Bessie Love

ActorWriter Sep 9 (died age 87) Midland, Texas, USA 1916–2018 (102 year career)

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Biography

Bessie Love (born Juanita Horton, September 10, 1898 - April 26, 1986) became one of the most recognizable faces of early American cinema. After her family moved to Los Angeles, she was sent to Biograph Studios, where legendary director D.W. Griffith noticed her talent and cast her in several films, including Intolerance (1916). During the silent era, she gained popularity for her lively, wholesome screen presence and worked with major stars such as Douglas Fairbanks. Her career soared in the 1…

Known For

Film

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Baccarat Player (uncredited)

Film

The Hunger

Lillybelle

Film

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)

Film

Reds

Mrs. Partlow

Film

The Barefoot Contessa

Mrs. Eubanks

Film

Ragtime

Old Lady - T.O.C.

Film

The Lost World

Paula White

Film

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Answering Service Lady

Filmography

Acting (134)

Movies (127)

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

2018

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

Gareth Hughes

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Alice Guy-Blaché

1997

as Self

The Hunger

as Lillybelle

Reds

as Mrs. Partlow

Ragtime

as Old Lady - T.O.C.

Lady Chatterley's Lover

1981

as Flora

5.4

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

as Lady Cunard

Gulliver's Travels

as (voice)

The Ritz

as Maurine

Vampyres

as American Lady

Mousey

as Mrs. Richardson

Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Answering Service Lady

6.6

Catlow

1971

as Mrs. Frost

5.0

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969

as Baccarat Player (uncredited)

6.6

Isadora

1968

as Mrs. Duncan

6.1

Battle Beneath the Earth

1967

as Matron

4.6

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

1967

as American tourist (uncredited)

Promise Her Anything

as Pet Shop Customer

The Wild Affair

as Marjorie's Mother

The Pistol

as Martha Burroughs

Children of the Damned

1964

as Mrs. Robbin

6.1

I Think They Call Him John

1964

as Narrator (voice)

6.7

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

as Bunny

Too Young to Love

as Mrs. Busch

Nowhere to Go

as Harriet P. Jefferson

6.6

Next to No Time

1958

as Becky Wiener

8.0

The Story of Esther Costello

1957

as Art Gallery Customer

7.0

Touch and Go

1955

as Mrs Baxter

6.3

The Barefoot Contessa

1954

as Mrs. Eubanks

6.8

The Weak and the Wicked

1954

as Prisoner

6.4

The Magic Box

1952

as Bride's Mother in Wedding Group

6.4

No Highway in the Sky

1951

as Plane Passenger (uncredited)

7.0

Journey Together

1945

as Mrs. Mary McWilliams

London Scrapbook

as Herself

Atlantic Ferry

as Begonia Baggot

Morals for Women

as Helen Hutson

Round About Hollywood

as Self

Good News

as Babe

Chasing Rainbows

as Carlie Seymour

See America Thirst

as Ellen

They Learned About Women

as Mary

Conspiracy

as Margaret Holt

The Idle Rich

as Helen Thayer

The Broadway Melody

as Harriet 'Hank' Mahoney

5.1

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

as Self

The Girl in the Show

as Hattie Hartley

The Matinee Idol

as Ginger Bolivar

The Swell Head

Sally of the Scandals

1928

as Sally Rand

Anybody Here Seen Kelly?

1928

as Mitzi Lavelle

Dress Parade

1927

as Janet Cleghorne

6.5

The American

1927

as Jane Wilton

Rubber Tires

1927

as Mary Ellen Stack

6.0

A Harp in Hock

1927

as Nora Banks

The Song and Dance Man

1926

as Leola Lane

Going Crooked

1926

as Marie

Young April

1926

as Victoria

7.5

Lovey Mary

1926

as Lovey Mary

The King On Main Street

as Mary Young

The Lost World

as Paula White

Soul-Fire

as Teita

New Brooms

1925

A Son of His Father

1925

as Nora Shea

Sundown

1924

as Ellen Crawley

Those Who Dance

1924

as Veda Anargas

Torment

1924

as Marie

The Silent Watcher

1924

as Mary, his wife

Dynamite Smith

1924

as Violet

Tongues of Flame

1924

as Lahleet

The Woman on the Jury

1924

as Grace Pierce

Mary of the Movies

1923

as Herself (uncredited)

St. Elmo

1923

as Edna Earle

Souls for Sale

1923

as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)

6.2

Gentle Julia

1923

as Julia

The Purple Dawn

1923

as Mui Far

Slave of Desire

1923

as Pauline Gaudin

The Ghost Patrol

1923

as Effie Kugler

Human Wreckage

1923

as Mary Finnegan

The Eternal Three

1923

as Hilda Gray

Three Who Paid

1923

as John Caspar / Virginia Cartwright

The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous

1923

as Bernice

Forget Me Not

1922

as Ann, The Girl

Night Life in Hollywood

1922

as Self

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12

1922

as Self

The Village Blacksmith

1922

as Rosemary Martin

5.3

Deserted at the Altar

1922

as Anna Moore (The Country Girl)

The Vermilion Pencil

1922

as Hyacinth

The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922

1922

as Self

Bulldog Courage

1922

as Gloria Phillips

The Spirit of the Lake

1921

The Honor of Rameriz

1921

as The Geologist's Wife

Penny of Top Hill Trail

1921

as Penny

The Swamp

1921

as Mary

The Sea Lion

1921

as Blossom Nelson

5.4

The Midlanders

1920

as Aurelie Lindstrom

Pegeen

1920

as Pegeen O'Neill

Bonnie May

1920

as Bonnie May

The Wishing Ring Man

1919

as Joy Havenith

The Little Boss

1919

as Peggy Winston (The Little Boss)

The Enchanted Barn

1919

as Shirley Hollister

Over the Garden Wall

1919

as Peggy Gordon

Cupid Forecloses

1919

as Geraldine Farleigh

Carolyn of the Corners

1919

A Fighting Colleen

1919

as Alannah Malone

A Yankee Princess

1919

as Patsy O'Reilly

The Great Adventure

1918

as Rags

The Dawn of Understanding

1918

as Sue Prescott

How Could You, Caroline?

1918

as Caroline Rogers

A Little Sister of Everybody

1918

as Celeste Janvier

The Sawdust Ring

1917

as Janet Magie

5.0

A Daughter of the Poor

1917

as Rose Eastman

Polly Ann

1917

as Polly Ann

Nina, the Flower Girl

1917

as Nina

Wee Lady Betty

1917

as Wee Lady Betty

Cheerful Givers

1917

as Judy

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1916

as The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)

The Good Bad-Man

as Amy

A Sister of Six

as Prudence

The Flying Torpedo

as Hulda

Stranded

1916

as The Girl

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

1916

as The Little Fish Blower

Reggie Mixes In

as Agnes

Acquitted

as Helen Carter

Hell-to-Pay Austin

1916

as Briar Rose Dawson

The Heiress at Coffee Dan's

1916

as Waffles

The Aryan

1916

as Mary Jane Garth

5.5

Television (7)

Hollywood

1980

as Self

8.3

Edward and Mrs Simpson

as Lady Cunard

Story Parade

as Mrs. Arquette

The Sentimental Agent

as Mamie

Man of the World

as Mrs Van Kempson

International Detective

as Marta Steibel

ITV Play of the Week

as Mrs Strong

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

A Yankee Princess

1919

Screenplay