Virginia Bradford

{{Infobox person

|name = Virginia Bradford

|image = Virginia Bradford 1930.JPG

|caption = Virginia Bradford in 1930.

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|11|7}}

|birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1995|10|30|1899|11|07}}

|death_place = Indiana

|occupation = Actress

|years_active = 1923–1934

| spouse = {{marriage|Cedric Belfrage|1928}}

}}

Virginia Bradford (born Ada Virginia Estes; November 7, 1899 – October 30, 1995{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}) was an American actress.

Biography

Bradford born Ada Virginia Estes in Memphis, Tennessee.{{Citation needed |date=August 2021}} She was a former reporter who worked as an actress in the late 1920s. Her films include The Country Doctor (1927) and Stage Madness (1927).{{cite web |last1=Wollstein |first1=Hans J. |title=Virginia Bradford |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/virginia-bradford-p7926 |website=AllMovie |access-date=August 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820060533/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/virginia-bradford-p7926 |archive-date=August 20, 2021}}

Filmography

Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
class="wikitable"
1923	The Ten Commandments		Uncredited
1926	A Six Shootin' Romance	Muriel Travis	Lost film{{cite web \|URL=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/499114/a-six-shootin-romance \|title=A Six Shootin' Romance \|website=Turner Classic Movies \|date=March 7, 1926 \|access-date=August 19, 2021}}
1926	The Boy Friend		Uncredited. Lost film {{cite web \|URL=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BoyFriend1926.html \|title=The Boy Friend \|website=silentera.com \|date=July 7, 2010 \|accessdate=August 19, 2021}}
1926	Atta Boy	The Girl, Jane Allen	{{cite web \|URL=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/491787/atta-boy \|title=Atta Boy \|website=Turner Classic Movies \|date=October 10, 1926 \|access-date=August 19, 2021}}
1927	Stage Madness	Dora Anderson	Lost film {{cite web \|URL=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/500490/stage-madness \|title=Stage Madness \|website=Turner Classic Movies \|date=January 9, 1927 \|access-date=August 19, 2021}}
1927	The Country Doctor	Opal Jones	{{cite web \|URL=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/3449?sid=ab91a3fb-7a1c-436c-a381-c6eda2a503cf \|title=The Country Doctor \|website=afi.com \|date=August 22, 1927 \|accessdate=August 19, 2021}}
1927	The Wreck of the Hesperus	Gale Slocum	Lost film {{cite web \|URL=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/504942/the-wreck-of-the-hesperus \|title=The Wreck of the Hesperus \|website=Turner Classic Movies \|date=October 31, 1927 \|access-date=August 19, 2021}}
1927	Chicago	Katie	{{cite web \|URL=https://moviessilently.com/2014/03/30/chicago-1927-a-silent-film-review/ \|title=Chicago (1927) A Silent Film Review \|website=moviesilently.com \|date=March 30, 2014 \|accessdate=August 19, 2021}}{{cite web \|URL=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/493462/chicago \|title=Chicago \|website=Turner Classic Movies \|date=March 4, 1928 \|access-date=August 19, 2021}}
1927	Car Shy	Eleanor Wright	{{cite web \|URL=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CarShy1927.html \|title=Shy Car \|website=silentera.com \|date=July 7, 2010 \|accessdate=August 20, 2021}}
1928	Two Lovers	Grete	Incomplete film {{cite web \|URL=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TwoLovers1928.html \|title=Two Lovers \|website=silentera.com \|date=July 3, 2012 \|accessdate=August 19, 2021}}
1928	Craig's Wife	Ethel	Lost film {{cite web \|URL=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CraigsWife1928.html \|title=Craig's Wife \|website=silentera.com \|date=July 7, 2010 \|accessdate=August 19, 2021}}
1928	Marked Money	Grace Fairchild	{{cite web \|URL=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/MarkedMoney1928.html \|title=Marked Money \|website=silentera.com \|date=July 7, 2010 \|accessdate=August 19, 2021}}{{cite web \|URL=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/498003/marked-money \|title=Marked Money \|website=Turner Classic Movies \|date=November 11, 1928 \|access-date=August 19, 2021}}
1929	The One Man Dog	Babette	Lost film{{cite web \|URL=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/499921/the-one-man-dog \|title=The One Man Dog \|website=Turner Classic Movies \|date=January 1929 \|access-date=August 19, 2021}}
1934	The Private Life of Don Juan		{{cite web \|URL=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-private-life-of-don-juan-v39312/cast-crew \|title=The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) \|website=allmovie.com \|date=November 30, 1934 \|accessdate=August 19, 2021}}

Personal life

Bradford married several times. In 1928, Bradford married Cedric Belfrage,{{cite news |title=Virginia Bradford of Movies Weds |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/09/15/archives/jewish-theatres-begin-new-season-several-to-open-tonight-yiddish.html |access-date=August 20, 2021 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=September 15, 1928 |page=22}} but divorced two years later.

{{cite web |URL=http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/tam_143/bioghist.html |title=Guide to the Cedric Belfrage Papers TAM.143 |website=nyu.edu |accessdate=August 19, 2021}} Bradford's other husbands include Frederick Minter, Joseph Petrie Lyons, and Thomas Prentice.

On October 30, 1995 Bradford died in Indiana.{{cite web |URL=http://www.silentera.com/people/actresses/Bradford-Virginia.html |title=Virginia Bradford |website=silentera.com |accessdate=August 19, 2021}}

References

External links

{{IMDb name|0103096}}
[http://www.seltzerbooks.com/brad1.html Detailed 1990 biography], written by her cousin

Category:1899 births

Category:1995 deaths

Category:American silent film actresses

Category:20th-century American actresses

Category:Actresses from Memphis, Tennessee