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Bessie Eyton

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1890-07-05

Deathday: 1965-01-22 (74 years old)

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

all 34

Movies 34

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Bessie Eyton

Biography

Filmography

all 34

Movies 34

The Girl of Gold (1925)

Cheap Kisses (1924)

Who Shall Take My Life? (1917)

A Strange Adventure (1917)

The Law North of 65 (1917)

The Heart of Texas Ryan (1917)

Beware of Strangers (1917)

The Crisis (1916)

Twisted Trails (1916)

The Two Natures Within Him (1915)

The Great Experiment (1915)

The Fork in the Road (1915)

The Red Blood of Courage (1915)

The Primitive Way (1915)

His Fighting Blood (1915)

Lassoing a Lion (1915)

In the Days of the Thundering Herd (1914)

When the West Was Young (1914)

Chip of the Flying U (1914)

The White Mouse (1914)

Etienne of the Glad Heart (1914)

The Wilderness Mail (1914)

In Defiance of the Law (1914)

Shotgun Jones (1914)

The Spoilers (1914)

Kid Pink and the Maharajah (1914)

The Smuggler's Sister (1914)

The Marshal's Capture (1913)

Alone in the Jungle (1913)

In the Long Ago (1913)

Greater Wealth (1913)

The Mate of the Alden Bessie (1912)

Blackbeard (1911)

Kit Carson's Wooing (1911)

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Information

Known ForActing

GenderFemale

Birthday1890-07-05

Deathday1965-01-22 (74 years old)

Birth PlaceSanta Barbara, United States

CitizenshipsUnited States of America

Also Known AsBessie Harrison

Credited with

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1890-07-05

Deathday
1965-01-22 (74 years old)

Birth Place
Santa Barbara, United States

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Bessie Harrison