Acting, 1890
Bessie Eyton
Born Jul 5, 1890, Santa Barbara, California, USA, Died Jan 22, 1965 (74)
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.
Filmography
39 titles- 1925
The Girl of GoldAda TremaineIMDb 9.0Movie - 1924
Cheap KissesMaybelle WescottIMDb 10.0Movie - 1919
Children of BanishmentMrs. Eloise MackenzieIMDb 9.0Movie - 1919
A Man of HonorChristabel BeaumontIMDb 7.0Movie - 1919
The UsurperMargaret QuentinIMDb 9.0Movie - 1918
The Way of a Man with a MaidGladysIMDb 7.0Movie - 1918
The Still AlarmEleanor FordhamMovie - 1918
The City of Purple DreamsKathlyn OtisMovie - 1917
Beware of StrangersMadeleine, Mentor's DaughterMovie - 1917
Who Shall Take My Life?Mary MoranMovie - 1917
The Heart of Texas RyanTexas RyanIMDb 3.6Movie - 1917The Law North of 65JeanneIMDb 8.0Movie
- 1916
The CrisisVirginia CarvelIMDb 5.3Movie - 1916
Twisted TrailsSunshine WestIMDb 5.0Movie - 1915The Red Blood of CourageLydia DuaneIMDb 10.0Movie
- 1915The Great ExperimentRittaIMDb 9.0Movie
- 1915The Two Natures Within HimMary BishopIMDb 7.0Movie
- 1915The Fork in the RoadElsa - the Innkeeper's DaughteIMDb 9.0Movie
- 1915His Fighting BloodHope McTriggerIMDb 8.0Movie
- 1915The Primitive WayMildred ManningMovie
- 1915Lassoing a LionMary ValjonIMDb 8.0Movie
- 1914When the West Was YoungNellie HaltonIMDb 7.0Movie
- 1914
Shotgun JonesSally Lattier - the DaughterMovie - 1914
The SpoilersHelen ChesterIMDb 6.2Movie - 1914
Chip of the Flying UDr. Cecil GranthamMovie - 1914Kid Pink and the MaharajahMovie
- 1914
In the Days of the Thundering HerdSally MadisonMovie - 1914
Etienne of the Glad HeartMarie Le GrouxMovie - 1914The White MouseJean SilverMovie
- 1914
The Smuggler's SisterBessieMovie - 1914The Wilderness MailJoan, a Young French-CanadianMovie
- 1914In Defiance of the LawIsobel DeaneMovie
- 1913Greater WealthMrs. Ed YoungMovie
- 1913
Alone in the JungleHelen BrownIMDb 6.0Movie - 1913
In the Long AgoStarlightMovie - 1912
The Mate of the Alden BessieThe Captain's DaughterIMDb 4.0Movie - 1911
BlackbeardConchitaIMDb 8.0Movie - 1911
Kit Carson's WooingLat-to-nickMovie 
Lend Me Your NameSophroniaMovie