Bessie Eyton
Jul 05, 1890 - Jan 22, 1965 (74 years old) in Santa Barbara, California, USA
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 Spoilers
Helen Chester
The Heart of Texas Ryan
Texas Ryan
The Way of a Man with a Maid
Gladys
When the West Was Young
Nellie Halton
His Fighting Blood
Hope McTrigger
Twisted Trails
Sunshine West
Chip of the Flying U
Dr. Cecil Grantham
Beware of Strangers
Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter
Greater Wealth
Mrs. Ed Young
Alone in the Jungle
Helen Brown
Credits
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The Girl of Gold 1925Ada Tremaine★ NR -
Cheap Kisses 1924Maybelle Wescott★ NR -
Gladys★ NR -
Mary Moran★ NR -
The Law North of 65 1917Jeanne★ NR
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Texas Ryan★ 4 -
Beware of Strangers 1917Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter★ NR -
The Crisis 1916Virginia Carvel★ 5.3 -
Twisted Trails 1916Sunshine West★ 5 -
Mary Bishop★ NR
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The Great Experiment 1915Ritta★ NR
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The Fork in the Road 1915Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte★ NR
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Lydia Duane★ NR
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The Primitive Way 1915Mildred Manning★ NR
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His Fighting Blood 1915Hope McTrigger★ NR
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Lassoing a Lion 1915Mary Valjon★ NR
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Sally Madison★ NR -
Nellie Halton★ NR
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Chip of the Flying U 1914Dr. Cecil Grantham★ NR -
The White Mouse 1914Jean Silver★ NR
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Marie Le Groux★ NR -
The Wilderness Mail 1914Joan, a Young French-Canadian★ NR
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Isobel Deane★ NR
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Shotgun Jones 1914Sally Lattier - the Daughter★ NR -
The Spoilers 1914Helen Chester★ 6.2 -
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Bessie★ NR -
Alone in the Jungle 1913Helen Brown★ 6 -
In the Long Ago 1913Starlight★ NR -
Greater Wealth 1913Mrs. Ed Young★ NR
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The Captain's Daughter★ 4 -
Blackbeard 1911Conchita★ NR -
Kit Carson's Wooing 1911Lat-to-nick★ NR
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