Bessie Eyton

1890-07-05 – 1965-01-22 (age 74) Santa Barbara, California, USA

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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.

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Bessie Eyton

Bessie Eyton

Bessie Eyton

Bessie Eyton

Known For

The Crisis

The Crisis

1916

as Virginia Carvel

Greater Wealth

1913

as Mrs. Ed Young

Shotgun Jones

Shotgun Jones

1914

as Sally Lattier - the Daughter

Cheap Kisses

Cheap Kisses

1924

as Maybelle Wescott

The Red Blood of Courage

1915

as Lydia Duane

Blackbeard

Blackbeard

1911

as Conchita

Beware of Strangers

Beware of Strangers

1917

as Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter

In the Days of the Thundering Herd

In the Days of the Thundering Herd

1914

as Sally Madison

The Still Alarm

The Still Alarm

1918

as Eleanor Fordham

The City of Purple Dreams

The City of Purple Dreams

1918

as Kathlyn Otis

Etienne of the Glad Heart

Etienne of the Glad Heart

1914

as Marie Le Groux

The White Mouse

1914

as Jean Silver

The Great Experiment

1915

as Ritta

When the West Was Young

1914

as Nellie Halton

Who Shall Take My Life?

Who Shall Take My Life?

1917

as Mary Moran

The Mate of the Alden Bessie

The Mate of the Alden Bessie

1912

as The Captain's Daughter

The Wilderness Mail

1914

as Joan, a Young French-Canadian

Children of Banishment

Children of Banishment

1919

as Mrs. Eloise Mackenzie

In the Long Ago

In the Long Ago

1913

as Starlight

The Usurper

The Usurper

1919

as Margaret Quentin