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
Mary Moran
Who Shall Take My Life?
Jeanne
The Law North of 65
Sunshine West
Twisted Trails
Lat-to-nick
Kit Carson's Wooing
Nellie Halton
When the West Was Young
Dr. Cecil Grantham
Chip of the Flying U
Jean Silver
The White Mouse
Mrs. Ed Young
Greater Wealth
Marie Le Groux
Etienne of the Glad Heart
Joan, a Young French-Canadian
The Wilderness Mail
Isobel Deane
In Defiance of the Law
Bessie
The Smuggler's Sister
Maybelle Wescott
Cheap Kisses
Mary Valjon
Lassoing a Lion
Hope McTrigger
His Fighting Blood
Mildred Manning
The Primitive Way
Lydia Duane
The Red Blood of Courage
Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte
The Fork in the Road
Ritta
The Great Experiment
Mary Bishop
The Two Natures Within Him
Kid Pink and the Maharajah
Sally Lattier - the Daughter
Shotgun Jones
Ada Tremaine
The Girl of Gold
Starlight
In the Long Ago
Conchita
Blackbeard
The Captain's Daughter
The Mate of the Alden Bessie
Helen Chester
The Spoilers
Helen Brown
Alone in the Jungle
Sally Madison
In the Days of the Thundering Herd
Virginia Carvel
The Crisis
Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter
Beware of Strangers
Texas Ryan
The Heart of Texas Ryan
Gladys
The Way of a Man with a Maid
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
33
Gender
Female
Birthday
1890-07-05
Place of Birth
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Also Known As
Bessie Harrison