Bessie Eyton
Known for
Acting
Born
July 5, 1890
Birthplace
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Died
January 22, 1965 (aged 74)
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.
Best known work
The Heart of Texas Ryan
1917
The Spoilers
1914
The Crisis
1916
Blackbeard
1911
The Law North of 65
1917
Twisted Trails
1916When the West Was Young
1914
Cheap Kisses
1924Lassoing a Lion
1915His Fighting Blood
1915Filmography
TBA
Lend Me Your Nameas Sophronia
1925
The Girl of Goldas Ada Tremaine
1924
Cheap Kissesas Maybelle Wescott
1919
The Usurperas Margaret Quentin
1919
A Man of Honoras Christabel Beaumont
1919
Children of Banishmentas Mrs. Eloise Mackenzie
1918
The Way of a Man with a Maidas Gladys
1918
The Still Alarmas Eleanor Fordham
1918
The City of Purple Dreamsas Kathlyn Otis
1917
Who Shall Take My Life?as Mary Moran
1917
The Law North of 65as Jeanne
1917
The Heart of Texas Ryanas Texas Ryan
1917
Beware of Strangersas Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter
1916
The Crisisas Virginia Carvel
1916
Twisted Trailsas Sunshine West
1915
The Two Natures Within Himas Mary Bishop
1915
The Great Experimentas Ritta
1915
The Fork in the Roadas Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte
1915
The Red Blood of Courageas Lydia Duane
1915
The Primitive Wayas Mildred Manning
1915
His Fighting Bloodas Hope McTrigger
1915
Lassoing a Lionas Mary Valjon
1914
In the Days of the Thundering Herdas Sally Madison
1914
When the West Was Youngas Nellie Halton
1914
Chip of the Flying Uas Dr. Cecil Grantham