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.
Filmography
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Ada Tremaine
The Girl of Gold (1925)
Movie
Maybelle Wescott
Cheap Kisses (1924)
Movie
Mary Moran
Who Shall Take My Life? (1917)
Movie
Texas Ryan
The Heart of Texas Ryan (1917)
Movie
Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter
Beware of Strangers (1917)
Movie
Virginia Carvel
The Crisis (1916)
Movie
Sunshine West
Twisted Trails (1916)
Movie
Mary Bishop
The Two Natures Within Him (1915)
Movie
Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughter
The Fork in the Road (1915)
Movie
Lydia Duane
The Red Blood of Courage (1915)
Movie
Mildred Manning
The Primitive Way (1915)
Movie
Hope McTrigger
His Fighting Blood (1915)
Movie
Actress
Lassoing a Lion (1915)
Movie
Sally Madison
In the Days of the Thundering Herd (1914)
Movie
Nellie Halton
When the West Was Young (1914)
Movie
Dr. Cecil Grantham
Chip of the Flying U (1914)
Movie
Jean Silver
The White Mouse (1914)
Movie
Marie Le Groux
Etienne of the Glad Heart (1914)
Movie
Joan, a Young French-Canadian
The Wilderness Mail (1914)
Movie
Isobel Deane
In Defiance of the Law (1914)
Movie
Sally Lattier - the Daughter
Shotgun Jones (1914)
Movie
Helen Chester
The Spoilers (1914)
Movie
Helen Brown
Alone in the Jungle (1913)
Movie
Starlight - the Indian Maiden
In the Long Ago (1913)
Movie
Mrs. Ed Young
Greater Wealth (1913)
Movie
The Captain's Daughter
The Mate of the Alden Bessie (1912)
Movie
Conchita - the Maid
Blackbeard (1911)
Movie
Lat-to-nick
Kit Carson's Wooing (1911)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1890-07-05
Deathday1965-01-22 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceSanta Barbara, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsBessie Harrison
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