Bessie Eyton

Bessie Eyton

ActorWriter Jul 5 (died age 74) Santa Barbara, California, USA 1911–1925 (14 year career)
5.1 avg rating

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.

Known For

Filmography

Acting (38)

Movies (38)

The Girl of Gold

The Girl of Gold

1925

as Ada Tremaine

Cheap Kisses

Cheap Kisses

1924

as Maybelle Wescott

Children of Banishment

Children of Banishment

1919

as Mrs. Eloise Mackenzie

A Man of Honor

A Man of Honor

1919

as Christabel Beaumont

The Usurper

The Usurper

1919

as Margaret Quentin

The Still Alarm

The Still Alarm

1918

as Eleanor Fordham

The City of Purple Dreams

The City of Purple Dreams

1918

as Kathlyn Otis

The Way of a Man with a Maid

The Way of a Man with a Maid

1918

as Gladys

Beware of Strangers

Beware of Strangers

1917

as Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter

Who Shall Take My Life?

Who Shall Take My Life?

1917

as Mary Moran

The Heart of Texas Ryan

The Heart of Texas Ryan

1917

as Texas Ryan

4.0
The Law North of 65

The Law North of 65

1917

as Jeanne

Twisted Trails

Twisted Trails

1916

as Sunshine West

5.0
The Crisis

The Crisis

1916

as Virginia Carvel

5.3
The Red Blood of Courage

The Red Blood of Courage

1915

as Lydia Duane

Lassoing a Lion

Lassoing a Lion

1915

as Mary Valjon

The Fork in the Road

The Fork in the Road

1915

as Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte

The Primitive Way

The Primitive Way

1915

as Mildred Manning

His Fighting Blood

His Fighting Blood

1915

as Hope McTrigger

The Great Experiment

The Great Experiment

1915

as Ritta

The Two Natures Within Him

The Two Natures Within Him

1915

as Mary Bishop

In Defiance of the Law

In Defiance of the Law

1914

as Isobel Deane

Kid Pink and the Maharajah

Kid Pink and the Maharajah

1914
When the West Was Young

When the West Was Young

1914

as Nellie Halton

The White Mouse

The White Mouse

1914

as Jean Silver

In the Days of the Thundering Herd

In the Days of the Thundering Herd

1914

as Sally Madison

Shotgun Jones

Shotgun Jones

1914

as Sally Lattier - the Daughter

The Smuggler's Sister

The Smuggler's Sister

1914

as Bessie

Etienne of the Glad Heart

Etienne of the Glad Heart

1914

as Marie Le Groux

The Wilderness Mail

The Wilderness Mail

1914

as Joan, a Young French-Canadian

The Spoilers

The Spoilers

1914

as Helen Chester

6.2
Chip of the Flying U

Chip of the Flying U

1914

as Dr. Cecil Grantham

Greater Wealth

Greater Wealth

1913

as Mrs. Ed Young

In the Long Ago

In the Long Ago

1913

as Starlight

Alone in the Jungle

Alone in the Jungle

1913

as Helen Brown

6.0
The Mate of the Alden Bessie

The Mate of the Alden Bessie

1912

as The Captain's Daughter

4.0
Blackbeard

Blackbeard

1911

as Conchita

Kit Carson's Wooing

Kit Carson's Wooing

1911

as Lat-to-nick