Bessie Eyton

Acting·Jul 5, 1890·Santa Barbara, California, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
The Girl of Gold1925 · Ada Tremaine	Ada Tremaine
Cheap Kisses1924 · Maybelle Wescott	Maybelle Wescott
The Usurper1919 · Margaret Quentin	Margaret Quentin
A Man of Honor1919 · Christabel Beaumont	Christabel Beaumont
Children of Banishment1919 · Mrs. Eloise Mackenzie	Mrs. Eloise Mackenzie
The Way of a Man with a Maid1918 · Gladys	Gladys
The Still Alarm1918 · Eleanor Fordham	Eleanor Fordham
The City of Purple Dreams1918 · Kathlyn Otis	Kathlyn Otis
Who Shall Take My Life?1917 · Mary Moran	Mary Moran
TThe Law North of 651917 · Jeanne	Jeanne
The Heart of Texas Ryan1917 · Texas Ryan	Texas Ryan
Beware of Strangers1917 · Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter	Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter
The Crisis1916 · Virginia Carvel	Virginia Carvel
Twisted Trails1916 · Sunshine West	Sunshine West
TThe Two Natures Within Him1915 · Mary Bishop	Mary Bishop
TThe Great Experiment1915 · Ritta	Ritta
TThe Fork in the Road1915 · Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte	Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte
TThe Red Blood of Courage1915 · Lydia Duane	Lydia Duane
TThe Primitive Way1915 · Mildred Manning	Mildred Manning
HHis Fighting Blood1915 · Hope McTrigger	Hope McTrigger
LLassoing a Lion1915 · Mary Valjon	Mary Valjon
In the Days of the Thundering Herd1914 · Sally Madison	Sally Madison
WWhen the West Was Young1914 · Nellie Halton	Nellie Halton
Chip of the Flying U1914 · Dr. Cecil Grantham	Dr. Cecil Grantham
TThe White Mouse1914 · Jean Silver	Jean Silver
Etienne of the Glad Heart1914 · Marie Le Groux	Marie Le Groux
TThe Wilderness Mail1914 · Joan, a Young French-Canadian	Joan, a Young French-Canadian
IIn Defiance of the Law1914 · Isobel Deane	Isobel Deane
Shotgun Jones1914 · Sally Lattier - the Daughter	Sally Lattier - the Daughter
The Spoilers1914 · Helen Chester	Helen Chester
KKid Pink and the Maharajah1914 · Actor	Actor
The Smuggler's Sister1914 · Bessie, Writer	Bessie, Writer
Alone in the Jungle1913 · Helen Brown	Helen Brown
In the Long Ago1913 · Starlight	Starlight
GGreater Wealth1913 · Mrs. Ed Young	Mrs. Ed Young
The Mate of the Alden Bessie1912 · The Captain's Daughter	The Captain's Daughter
Blackbeard1911 · Conchita	Conchita
Kit Carson's Wooing1911 · Lat-to-nick	Lat-to-nick
Lend Me Your NameSophronia	Sophronia