Bessie Eyton
ActorBirthday | Jul 5, 1890 (75 years old) |
Deathday | Jan 22, 1965 |
Place of birth | Santa Barbara, California, USA |
Gender | Female |
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
The Spoilers
6.2
Helen Chester
Apr 10, 1914
The Crisis
5.3
Virginia Carvel
Dec 21, 1916
Acting
Participated in 32 movies, 0 TV series