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Bessie Eyton

Personal Info

Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1890-07-05 00:00:00
Birth Place:Santa Barbara, California, USA
Known For:Acting
Death Date:1965-01-22 00:00:00
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Bessie Eyton

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 (39)

The Usurper
The Usurper
Role: Margaret Quentin1919
Cheap Kisses
Cheap Kisses
Role: Maybelle Wescott1924
Chip of the Flying U
Chip of the Flying U
Role: Dr. Cecil Grantham1914
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Greater Wealth
Role: Mrs. Ed Young1913
The Way of a Man with a Maid
The Way of a Man with a Maid
Role: Gladys1918
Shotgun Jones
Shotgun Jones
Role: Sally Lattier - the Daughter1914
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In Defiance of the Law
Role: Isobel Deane1914
Who Shall Take My Life?
Who Shall Take My Life?
Role: Mary Moran1917
Twisted Trails
Twisted Trails
Role: Sunshine West1916
The Girl of Gold
The Girl of Gold
Role: Ada Tremaine1925
No Image
The Wilderness Mail
Role: Joan, a Young French-Canadian1914
The Spoilers
The Spoilers
Role: Helen Chester1914
The Crisis
The Crisis
Role: Virginia Carvel1916
Beware of Strangers
Beware of Strangers
Role: Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter1917
Blackbeard
Blackbeard
Role: Conchita1911
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Kid Pink and the Maharajah
actor1914
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Lassoing a Lion
Role: Mary Valjon1915
A Man of Honor
A Man of Honor
Role: Christabel Beaumont1919
Children of Banishment
Children of Banishment
Role: Mrs. Eloise Mackenzie1919
The Still Alarm
The Still Alarm
Role: Eleanor Fordham1918
Etienne of the Glad Heart
Etienne of the Glad Heart
Role: Marie Le Groux1914
The Mate of the Alden Bessie
The Mate of the Alden Bessie
Role: The Captain's Daughter1912
In the Long Ago
In the Long Ago
Role: Starlight1913
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The Great Experiment
Role: Ritta1915
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The Fork in the Road
Role: Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte1915
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The Primitive Way
Role: Mildred Manning1915
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The Red Blood of Courage
Role: Lydia Duane1915
The Smuggler's Sister
The Smuggler's Sister
Role: Bessie1914
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The White Mouse
Role: Jean Silver1914
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The Two Natures Within Him
Role: Mary Bishop1915
In the Days of the Thundering Herd
In the Days of the Thundering Herd
Role: Sally Madison1914
Kit Carson's Wooing
Kit Carson's Wooing
Role: Lat-to-nick1911
The City of Purple Dreams
The City of Purple Dreams
Role: Kathlyn Otis1918
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His Fighting Blood
Role: Hope McTrigger1915
The Heart of Texas Ryan
The Heart of Texas Ryan
Role: Texas Ryan1917
Alone in the Jungle
Alone in the Jungle
Role: Helen Brown1913
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When the West Was Young
Role: Nellie Halton1914
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The Law North of 65
Role: Jeanne1917
The Smuggler's Sister
The Smuggler's Sister
writer1914