Bessie Eyton
Known for
Acting
Life
1890 – 1965 (aged 74)
Born in
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Credits
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Biography
Bessie starred in at least 200 melodrama, action westerns and crime films. In the 1910 she was visiting the Selig Film studios with a party of friends, when a director saw and liked her red hair because he said it would photograph a beautiful black, so he offered her a minor role, she had no formal training on stage, as did many early film actors, she was talented and soon rose to be one of Selig's most popular stars.
Known For
The Heart of Texas Ryan
25 Feb 1917
The Spoilers
10 Apr 1914
The Crisis
21 Dec 1916
Blackbeard
23 Nov 1911
Twisted Trails
11 Dec 1916
Cheap Kisses
21 Dec 1924
The Girl of Gold
16 Feb 1925
The Mate of the Alden Bessie
04 Jan 1912
Photos
Filmography
1925
- The Girl of Goldas Ada Tremaine
1924
- Cheap Kissesas Maybelle Wescott
1919
- The Usurperas Margaret Quentin
- A Man of Honoras Christabel Beaumont
- Children of Banishmentas Mrs. Eloise Mackenzie
1918
- The Way of a Man with a Maidas Gladys
- The Still Alarmas Eleanor Fordham
- The City of Purple Dreamsas Kathlyn Otis
1917
- Who Shall Take My Life?as Mary Moran
- The Law North of 65as Jeanne
- The Heart of Texas Ryanas Texas Ryan
- Beware of Strangersas Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter
1916
- The Crisisas Virginia Carvel
- Twisted Trailsas Sunshine West
1915
- The Two Natures Within Himas Mary Bishop
- The Great Experimentas Ritta
- The Fork in the Roadas Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte
- The Red Blood of Courageas Lydia Duane
- The Primitive Wayas Mildred Manning
- His Fighting Bloodas Hope McTrigger
- Lassoing a Lionas Mary Valjon
1914
- In the Days of the Thundering Herdas Sally Madison
- When the West Was Youngas Nellie Halton
- Chip of the Flying Uas Dr. Cecil Grantham
- The White Mouseas Jean Silver
- Etienne of the Glad Heartas Marie Le Groux
- The Wilderness Mailas Joan, a Young French-Canadian
- In Defiance of the Lawas Isobel Deane
- Shotgun Jonesas Sally Lattier - the Daughter
- The Spoilersas Helen Chester
- Kid Pink and the Maharajah
- The Smuggler's Sisteras Bessie
1913
- Alone in the Jungleas Helen Brown
- In the Long Agoas Starlight
- Greater Wealthas Mrs. Ed Young
1912
- The Mate of the Alden Bessieas The Captain's Daughter
1911
- Blackbeardas Conchita
- Kit Carson's Wooingas Lat-to-nick