Bessie Eyton

Bessie Eyton

Acting Born 1890-07-05 Santa Barbara, California, USA Died 1965-01-22

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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Known For

Shotgun Jones
Shotgun Jones
1914
Cheap Kisses
Cheap Kisses
1924 ★ 10.0
The Crisis
The Crisis
1916 ★ 5.3
Greater Wealth
Greater Wealth
1913
The Spoilers
The Spoilers
1914 ★ 6.2
Lend Me Your Name
Lend Me Your Name
Blackbeard
Blackbeard
1911 ★ 8.0
The Way of a Man with a Maid
The Way of a Man with a Maid
1918 ★ 7.0
The City of Purple Dreams
The City of Purple Dreams
1918
A Man of Honor
A Man of Honor
1919 ★ 7.0
Beware of Strangers
Beware of Strangers
1917
In the Long Ago
In the Long Ago
1913
The Primitive Way
The Primitive Way
1915
Who Shall Take My Life?
Who Shall Take My Life?
1917
In the Days of the Thundering Herd
In the Days of the Thundering Herd
1914
Kid Pink and the Maharajah
Kid Pink and the Maharajah
1914
Etienne of the Glad Heart
Etienne of the Glad Heart
1914
The White Mouse
The White Mouse
1914