Bessie Eyton
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Jul 5, 1890 (136 years old)
Place of Birth
Santa Barbara, California, USA
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.
Known For
| 1925 | The Girl of GoldAda Tremaine | |
| 1924 | Cheap KissesMaybelle Wescott | |
| 1919 | The UsurperMargaret Quentin | |
| 1919 | A Man of HonorChristabel Beaumont | |
| 1919 | Children of BanishmentMrs. Eloise Mackenzie | |
| 1918 | The Way of a Man with a MaidGladys | |
| 1918 | The Still AlarmEleanor Fordham | |
| 1918 | The City of Purple DreamsKathlyn Otis | |
| 1917 | Who Shall Take My Life?Mary Moran | |
| 1917 | The Law North of 65Jeanne | |
| 1917 | Beware of StrangersMadeleine, Mentor's Daughter | |
| 1917 | The Heart of Texas RyanTexas Ryan | |
| 1916 | Twisted TrailsSunshine West | |
| 1916 | The CrisisVirginia Carvel | |
| 1915 | Lassoing a LionMary Valjon | |
| 1915 | His Fighting BloodHope McTrigger | |
| 1915 | The Primitive WayMildred Manning | |
| 1915 | The Red Blood of CourageLydia Duane | |
| 1915 | The Fork in the RoadElsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte | |
| 1915 | The Great ExperimentRitta | |
| 1915 | The Two Natures Within HimMary Bishop | |
| 1914 | When the West Was YoungNellie Halton | |
| 1914 | Chip of the Flying UDr. Cecil Grantham | |
| 1914 | The White MouseJean Silver | |
| 1914 | Etienne of the Glad HeartMarie Le Groux | |
| 1914 | The Wilderness MailJoan, a Young French-Canadian | |
| 1914 | In Defiance of the LawIsobel Deane | |
| 1914 | The Smuggler's SisterBessie | |
| 1914 | Kid Pink and the Maharajah | |
| 1914 | Shotgun JonesSally Lattier - the Daughter | |
| 1914 | The SpoilersHelen Chester | |
| 1914 | In the Days of the Thundering HerdSally Madison | |
| 1913 | Greater WealthMrs. Ed Young | |
| 1913 | In the Long AgoStarlight | |
| 1913 | Alone in the JungleHelen Brown | |
| 1912 | The Mate of the Alden BessieThe Captain's Daughter | |
| 1911 | Kit Carson's WooingLat-to-nick | |
| 1911 | BlackbeardConchita |
| 1914 | The Smuggler's SisterWriter |