Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1890-07-05
Day of Death
1965-01-22
Place of Birth
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Bessie Eyton
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.
Filmography (38)
⭐ 9.0
Role:
Ada Tremaine
The Girl of Gold
1925
⭐ 10.0
Role:
Maybelle Wescott
Cheap Kisses
1924
⭐ 9.0
Role:
Margaret Quentin
The Usurper
1919
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Christabel Beaumont
A Man of Honor
1919
⭐ 9.0
Role:
Mrs. Eloise Mackenzie
Children of Banishment
1919
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Gladys
The Way of a Man with a Maid
1918
⭐ 0
Role:
Eleanor Fordham
The Still Alarm
1918
⭐ 0
Role:
Kathlyn Otis
The City of Purple Dreams
1918
⭐ 0
Role:
Mary Moran
Who Shall Take My Life?
1917No Image
⭐ 8.0
Role:
Jeanne
The Law North of 65
1917
⭐ 3.8
Role:
Texas Ryan
The Heart of Texas Ryan
1917
⭐ 0
Role:
Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter
Beware of Strangers
1917
⭐ 5.3
Role:
Virginia Carvel
The Crisis
1916
⭐ 5.0
Role:
Sunshine West
Twisted Trails
1916No Image
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Mary Bishop
