Bessie Eyton
Bessie Eyton
Person

Bessie Eyton

Actor 1890-07-05 Santa Barbara, California, USA

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

FILMOGRAPHY
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The Heart of Texas Ryan

The Heart of Texas Ryan

1917 · Texas Ryan

The Crisis

The Crisis

1916 · Virginia Carvel

The Spoilers

The Spoilers

1914 · Helen Chester

Blackbeard

Blackbeard

1911 · Conchita

The Mate of the Alden Bessie

The Mate of the Alden Bessie

1912 · The Captain's Daughter

Cheap Kisses

Cheap Kisses

1924 · Maybelle Wescott

The Way of a Man with a Maid

The Way of a Man with a Maid

1918 · Gladys

Alone in the Jungle

Alone in the Jungle

1913 · Helen Brown

A Man of Honor

A Man of Honor

1919 · Christabel Beaumont

Children of Banishment

Children of Banishment

1919 · Mrs. Eloise Mackenzie

The Girl of Gold

The Girl of Gold

1925 · Ada Tremaine

The Usurper

The Usurper

1919 · Margaret Quentin

Twisted Trails

Twisted Trails

1916 · Sunshine West

Who Shall Take My Life?

Who Shall Take My Life?

1917 · Mary Moran

The City of Purple Dreams

The City of Purple Dreams

1918 · Kathlyn Otis

Shotgun Jones

Shotgun Jones

1914 · Sally Lattier - the Daughter

Chip of the Flying U

Chip of the Flying U

1914 · Dr. Cecil Grantham

In the Long Ago

In the Long Ago

1913 · Starlight

In the Days of the Thundering Herd

In the Days of the Thundering Herd

1914 · Sally Madison

Beware of Strangers

Beware of Strangers

1917 · Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter