BESSIE EYTON
Bessie Eyton
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: July 5, 1890
Deathday: January 22, 1965
Place of Birth: Santa Barbara, California, USA
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
Starring
1925·
The Girl of GoldAda Tremaine
1924·
Cheap KissesMaybelle Wescott
1919·
The UsurperMargaret Quentin
Gladys
Texas Ryan
1917·
Beware of StrangersMadeleine, Mentor's Daughter
1917·
The Law North of 65Jeanne
Mary Moran
1916·
The CrisisVirginia Carvel
1916·
Twisted TrailsSunshine West
Mary Bishop
1915·
The Great ExperimentRitta
1915·
The Fork in the RoadElsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte
Lydia Duane
1915·
The Primitive WayMildred Manning
1915·
His Fighting BloodHope McTrigger
1915·
Lassoing a LionMary Valjon
Sally Madison
1914·
The SpoilersHelen Chester
1914·
Shotgun JonesSally Lattier - the Daughter
Bessie
Isobel Deane
1914·
The Wilderness MailJoan, a Young French-Canadian
Marie Le Groux
1914·
The White MouseJean Silver
1914·
Chip of the Flying UDr. Cecil Grantham
Nellie Halton
1913·
Alone in the JungleHelen Brown
1913·
In the Long AgoStarlight
1913·
Greater WealthMrs. Ed Young
The Captain's Daughter
1911·
BlackbeardConchita
1911·
Kit Carson's WooingLat-to-nick
Production
Writer