Acting
Bessie Eyton
Acting · Born 1890-07-05 · Santa Barbara, California, USA
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.
Credits · 21
FilmThe Girl of Gold
1925 · Ada Tremaine
FilmCheap Kisses
1924 · Maybelle Wescott
FilmThe Usurper
1919 · Margaret Quentin
FilmA Man of Honor
1919 · Christabel Beaumont
FilmChildren of Banishment
1919 · Mrs. Eloise Mackenzie
FilmThe Way of a Man with a Maid
1918 · Gladys
The Law North of 65
FilmThe Law North of 65
1917 · Jeanne
FilmThe Heart of Texas Ryan
1917 · Texas Ryan
FilmThe Crisis
1916 · Virginia Carvel
FilmTwisted Trails
1916 · Sunshine West
The Two Natures Within Him
FilmThe Two Natures Within Him
1915 · Mary Bishop
The Great Experiment
FilmThe Great Experiment
1915 · Ritta
The Fork in the Road
FilmThe Fork in the Road
1915 · Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte
The Red Blood of Courage
FilmThe Red Blood of Courage
1915 · Lydia Duane
His Fighting Blood
FilmHis Fighting Blood
1915 · Hope McTrigger
Lassoing a Lion
FilmLassoing a Lion
1915 · Mary Valjon
When the West Was Young
FilmWhen the West Was Young
1914 · Nellie Halton
FilmThe Spoilers
1914 · Helen Chester
FilmAlone in the Jungle
1913 · Helen Brown
FilmThe Mate of the Alden Bessie
1912 · The Captain's Daughter
FilmBlackbeard
1911 · Conchita