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.

Known for

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The Girl of Gold

1925 ⭐ 9.0

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Cheap Kisses

1924 ⭐ 10.0

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The Usurper

1919 ⭐ 9.0

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A Man of Honor

1919 ⭐ 7.0

Career timeline

1925

The Girl of Gold Notable

Ada Tremaine · 1925

⭐ 9.0

1924

Cheap Kisses Notable

Maybelle Wescott · 1924

⭐ 10.0

1919

The Usurper Notable

Margaret Quentin · 1919

⭐ 9.0

A Man of Honor Notable

Christabel Beaumont · 1919

⭐ 7.0

Children of Banishment Notable

Mrs. Eloise Mackenzie · 1919

⭐ 9.0

1918

The Way of a Man with a Maid Notable

Gladys · 1918

⭐ 7.0

The Still Alarm

Eleanor Fordham · 1918

The City of Purple Dreams

Kathlyn Otis · 1918

1917

Who Shall Take My Life?

Mary Moran · 1917

The Heart of Texas Ryan

Texas Ryan · 1917

⭐ 3.8

Beware of Strangers

Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter · 1917

1916

The Crisis

Virginia Carvel · 1916

⭐ 5.3

Twisted Trails

Sunshine West · 1916

⭐ 5.0

1914

In the Days of the Thundering Herd

Sally Madison · 1914

Chip of the Flying U

Dr. Cecil Grantham · 1914

Etienne of the Glad Heart

Marie Le Groux · 1914

1913

Alone in the Jungle

Helen Brown · 1913

⭐ 6.0

In the Long Ago

Starlight · 1913

1912

The Mate of the Alden Bessie

The Captain's Daughter · 1912

⭐ 4.0

1911

Blackbeard Notable

Conchita · 1911

⭐ 8.0

Kit Carson's Wooing

Lat-to-nick · 1911

Frequently appears with

Florence Vidor

Helen Merrimore

Malcolm McGregor

Schuyler Livingstone

Alan Roscoe

Ned Loring

Claire Du Brey

Edith Loring

Lillian Rich

Ardell Kendell

Cullen Landis

Donald Dillingham

Vera Reynolds

Kitty Dillingham

Phillips Smalley

George Wescott

Louise Dresser

Jane Dillingham

Full filmography

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The Girl of Gold

1925 ⭐ 9.0

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Cheap Kisses

1924 ⭐ 10.0

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The Usurper

1919 ⭐ 9.0

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A Man of Honor

1919 ⭐ 7.0

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Children of Banishment

1919 ⭐ 9.0

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The Way of a Man with a Maid

1918 ⭐ 7.0

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The Still Alarm

1918

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The City of Purple Dreams

1918

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Who Shall Take My Life?

1917

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The Heart of Texas Ryan

1917 ⭐ 3.8

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Beware of Strangers

1917

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The Crisis

1916 ⭐ 5.3

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Twisted Trails

1916 ⭐ 5.0

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In the Days of the Thundering Herd

1914

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Chip of the Flying U

1914

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Etienne of the Glad Heart

1914

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Shotgun Jones

1914

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The Spoilers

1914 ⭐ 6.2

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The Smuggler's Sister

1914

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Alone in the Jungle

1913 ⭐ 6.0