Bessie Eyton
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Born: 1890-07-05Died: 1965-01-22
Bessie Harrison
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.
Credits
Who Shall Take My Life? | Mary Moran | 1917-12-01 |
The Law North of 65 | Jeanne | 1917-10-06 |
Twisted Trails | Sunshine West | 1916-12-11 |
Kit Carson's Wooing | Lat-to-nick | 1911-09-11 |
When the West Was Young | Nellie Halton | 1914-09-07 |
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