Person file · Acting
Bessie Eyton
Born 1890-07-05Santa 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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
The Girl of GoldAda TremaineCheap KissesMaybelle WescottThe UsurperMargaret QuentinA Man of HonorChristabel BeaumontChildren of BanishmentMrs. Eloise MackenzieThe Way of a Man with a MaidGladysThe Still AlarmEleanor FordhamThe City of Purple DreamsKathlyn OtisWho Shall Take My Life?Mary MoranThe Law North of 65JeanneThe Heart of Texas RyanTexas RyanBeware of StrangersMadeleine, Mentor's DaughterThe CrisisVirginia CarvelTwisted TrailsSunshine WestThe Two Natures Within HimMary BishopThe Great ExperimentRittaThe Fork in the RoadElsa - the Innkeeper's DaughteThe Red Blood of CourageLydia DuaneThe Primitive WayMildred ManningHis Fighting BloodHope McTriggerLassoing a LionMary ValjonIn the Days of the Thundering HerdSally MadisonWhen the West Was YoungNellie HaltonChip of the Flying UDr. Cecil Grantham