
Biography
Bessie Love (born Juanita Horton; September 10, 1898 – April 26, 1986) was an American-British actress who achieved prominence playing innocent, young girls and wholesome leading ladies in silent and early sound films. Her acting career spanned eight decades—from silent film to sound film, including theatre, radio, and television—and her performance in The Broadway Melody (1929) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Filmography
All 127
Movies 123
Self 11
TV Shows 4
Narrator 1
Self (archive footage)

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
Movie
Self

Alice Guy-Blaché (1997)
Movie
Lillybelle

The Hunger (1983)
Movie
Mrs. Partlow

Reds (1981)
Movie
5
Old Lady - T.O.C.

Ragtime (1981)
Movie
7.5
Flora

Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981)
Movie

Hollywood (1980)
TV Show
Lady Cunard

Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978)
TV Show
Lady Cunard

Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
Movie
Maurine

The Ritz (1976)
Movie
Mrs. Richardson

Mousey (1974)
Movie
American Lady

Vampyres (1974)
Movie
Answering Service Lady

Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Movie
Mrs. Duncan

Isadora (1968)
Movie
6
Matron

Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
Movie
Pet Shop Customer

Promise Her Anything (1966)
Movie
Marjorie's Mother

The Wild Affair (1965)
Movie
Narrator

I Think They Call Him John (1964)
Movie
Mrs. Robbin

Children of the Damned (1964)
Movie
5

The Sentimental Agent (1963)
TV Show
Bunny

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
Movie
Mrs. Busch

Too Young to Love (1960)
Movie
Marta Steibel / Mrs. Morgan

International Detective (1959)
TV Show
Harriet P. Jefferson

Nowhere to Go (1958)
Movie
Becky Wiener

Next to No Time (1958)
Movie
Art Gallery Customer

The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
Movie
Mrs Baxter

Touch and Go (1955)
Movie
6
Mrs. Eubanks

The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Movie
Prisoner

The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
Movie
Bride's Mother in Wedding Group

The Magic Box (1952)
Movie
6
Plane Passenger (uncredited)

No Highway (1951)
Movie
Mrs. Mary McWilliams

Journey Together (1945)
Movie
Self

London Scrapbook (1942)
Movie
Begonia Baggot

Atlantic Ferry (1941)
Movie
Helen Huston

Morals for Women (1931)
Movie
Self

Round About Hollywood (1931)
Movie
Ellen

See America Thirst (1930)
Movie
Babe ODay

Good News (1930)
Movie
Margaret Holt

Conspiracy (1930)
Movie
Self

Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 18 (1930)
Movie
Mary

They Learned About Women (1930)
Movie
Carlie Seymour

Chasing Rainbows (1930)
Movie
Self

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
Movie
6
Hattie Hartley

The Girl in the Show (1929)
Movie
Helen Thayer

The Idle Rich (1929)
Movie
Harriet 'Hank' Mahoney

The Broadway Melody (1929)
Movie
1
Mitzi Lavelle

Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928)
Movie
Sally Rand

Sally of the Scandals (1928)
Movie
Actress

The Swell Head (1928)
Movie
Ginger Bolivar

The Matinee Idol (1928)
Movie
Janet Cleghorne

Dress Parade (1927)
Movie
Nora Banks

A Harp in Hock (1927)
Movie
Self

Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927)
Movie
Mary Ellen Stack

Rubber Tires (1927)
Movie
Jane Wilton

The American (1927)
Movie
Marie

Going Crooked (1926)
Movie
Victoria

Young April (1926)
Movie
Lovey Mary

Lovey Mary (1926)
Movie
Leola Lane

The Song and Dance Man (1926)
Movie
Mary Young

The King On Main Street (1925)
Movie
Geraldine Marsh

New Brooms (1925)
Movie
Nora Shea

A Son of His Father (1925)
Movie
Teita

Soul-Fire (1925)
Movie
Paula White

The Lost World (1925)
Movie
Lahleet

Tongues of Flame (1924)
Movie
Ellen Crawley

Sundown (1924)
Movie
Violet

Dynamite Smith (1924)
Movie
Mary, his wife

The Silent Watcher (1924)
Movie
Veda Anargas

Those Who Dance (1924)
Movie
Grace Pierce

The Woman on the Jury (1924)
Movie
Marie

Torment (1924)
Movie
Julia

Gentle Julia (1923)
Movie
Pauline Gaudin

Slave of Desire (1923)
Movie
Edna Earle

St. Elmo (1923)
Movie
Hilda Gray

The Eternal Three (1923)
Movie
Mary Finnegan

Human Wreckage (1923)
Movie
Herself (uncredited)

Mary of the Movies (1923)
Movie
Mui Far

The Purple Dawn (1923)
Movie
Herself - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)

Souls for Sale (1923)
Movie
Bernice

The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous (1923)
Movie
Effie Kugler

The Ghost Patrol (1923)
Movie
John Caspar / Virginia Cartwright

Three Who Paid (1923)
Movie
Anna Moore (The Country Girl)

Deserted at the Altar (1922)
Movie
Self

Night Life in Hollywood (1922)
Movie
Self

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922)
Movie
Rosemary Martin

The Village Blacksmith (1922)
Movie
Gloria Phillips

Bulldog Courage (1922)
Movie
Ann, The Girl

Forget Me Not (1922)
Movie
Hyacinth

The Vermilion Pencil (1922)
Movie
Bessie

The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 (1922)
Movie
Blossom Nelson

The Sea Lion (1921)
Movie
Mary

The Swamp (1921)
Movie
Actress

The Spirit of the Lake (1921)
Movie
The Geologist's Wife

The Honor of Rameriz (1921)
Movie
Penny

Penny of Top Hill Trail (1921)
Movie
Aurelie Lindstrom

The Midlanders (1920)
Movie
Bonnie May

Bonnie May (1920)
Movie
Pegeen O'Neill

Pegeen (1920)
Movie
Alannah Malone

A Fighting Colleen (1919)
Movie
Peggy Gordon

Over the Garden Wall (1919)
Movie
Geraldine Farleigh

Cupid Forecloses (1919)
Movie
Peggy Winston (The Little Boss)

The Little Boss (1919)
Movie
Patsy O'Reilly

A Yankee Princess (1919)
Movie
Joy Havenith

The Wishing Ring Man (1919)
Movie
Carolyn May Cameron

Carolyn of the Corners (1919)
Movie
Shirley Hollister

The Enchanted Barn (1919)
Movie
Sue Prescott

The Dawn of Understanding (1918)
Movie
Celeste Janvier

A Little Sister of Everybody (1918)
Movie
Caroline Rogers

How Could You, Caroline? (1918)
Movie
Rags

The Great Adventure (1918)
Movie
Polly Ann

Polly Ann (1917)
Movie
Wee Lady Betty

Wee Lady Betty (1917)
Movie
Janet Magie

The Sawdust Ring (1917)
Movie
Judy

Cheerful Givers (1917)
Movie
Rose Eastman

A Daughter of the Poor (1917)
Movie
Nina

Nina, the Flower Girl (1917)
Movie
Waffles

The Heiress at Coffee Dan's (1916)
Movie
Prudence

A Sister of Six (1916)
Movie
The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Movie
6
Briar Rose Dawson

Hell-to-Pay Austin (1916)
Movie
The Girl

Stranded (1916)
Movie
The Little Fish Blower

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
Movie
Agnes Shannon

Reggie Mixes In (1916)
Movie
The Girl / Sarah May

The Good Bad Man (1916)
Movie
Mary Jane Garth

The Aryan (1916)
Movie
Hulda

The Flying Torpedo (1916)
Movie
Helen Carter

Acquitted (1916)
Movie
Ratings
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Information
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1898-09-10
Deathday1986-04-26 (87 years old)
Place of birthMidland, United States of America
ReligionChristian Science
Height
RelationshipsWilliam Hawks (1929-01-01 - 1936-01-01)
SpouseWilliam Hawks
ChildrenPatricia Hawks
FatherJohn Cross Horton
MotherEmma Jane Savage
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Also known asJuanita Horton
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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