Bessie Eyton
female
Born on July 05, 1890 (135 years old)
Passed Away on January 22, 1965
From Santa Barbara, California, USA
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 1925
- 1924
- 1919
- 1918
- 1917
- 1916
- 1915
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Lassoing a Lion
as
Mary Valjon
1915
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His Fighting Blood
as
Hope McTrigger
1915
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The Red Blood of Courage
as
Lydia Duane
1915
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The Primitive Way
as
Mildred Manning
1915
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The Fork in the Road
as
Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte
1915
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The Great Experiment
as
Ritta
1915
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The Two Natures Within Him
as
Mary Bishop
1915
- 1914
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When the West Was Young
as
Nellie Halton
1914
Chip of the Flying U
as
Dr. Cecil Grantham
1914
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The White Mouse
as
Jean Silver
1914
Etienne of the Glad Heart
as
Marie Le Groux
1914
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The Wilderness Mail
as
Joan, a Young French-Canadian
1914
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In Defiance of the Law
as
Isobel Deane
1914
The Smuggler's Sister
as
Bessie
1914
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Kid Pink and the Maharajah
1914
Shotgun Jones
as
Sally Lattier - the Daughter
1914
The Spoilers
as
Helen Chester
1914
In the Days of the Thundering Herd
as
Sally Madison
1914
- 1913
- 1912
- 1911
