Bessie Eyton
Age: N/A | From: Santa Barbara, California, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Bessie Harrison
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Santa Barbara, California, USA
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Movie Involvements: 30
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Girl of Gold
(1925) Ada Tremaine
The Crisis
(1916) Virginia Carvel
The Spoilers
(1914) Helen Chester
Greater Wealth
(1913) Mrs. Ed Young
The Red Blood of Courage
(1915) Lydia Duane
Shotgun Jones
(1914) Sally Lattier - the Daughter
The Heart of Texas Ryan
(1917) Texas Ryan
The White Mouse
(1914) Jean SilverActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Ada Tremaine | |
| 1924 | Maybelle Wescott | |
| 1917 | Mary Moran | |
| Jeanne | ||
| Texas Ryan | ||
| Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter | ||
| 1916 | Virginia Carvel | |
| Sunshine West | ||
| 1915 | Mary Bishop | |
| Ritta | ||
| Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte | ||
| Lydia Duane | ||
| Mildred Manning | ||
| Hope McTrigger | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1914 | Sally Madison | |
| Nellie Halton | ||
| Dr. Cecil Grantham | ||
| Jean Silver | ||
| Marie Le Groux | ||
| Joan, a Young French-Canadian | ||
| Isobel Deane | ||
| Sally Lattier - the Daughter | ||
| Helen Chester | ||
| N/A | ||
| Bessie | ||
| 1913 | Helen Brown | |
| Starlight | ||
| Mrs. Ed Young | ||
| 1912 | The Captain's Daughter | |
| 1911 | Lat-to-nick | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1914 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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