Bessie Eyton

Bessie Eyton

🎂 5th July 1890 (135 yrs) 📍 Santa Barbara, California, USA

Known For

Who Shall Take My Life?

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.

Bessie Eyton

Movies Featuring Bessie Eyton

The Girl of Gold

The Girl of Gold (1925)

as Ada Tremaine
Cheap Kisses

Cheap Kisses (1924)

as Maybelle Wescott
The Usurper

The Usurper (1919)

as Margaret Quentin
A Man of Honor

A Man of Honor (1919)

as Christabel Beaumont
Children of Banishment

Children of Banishment (1919)

as Mrs. Eloise Mackenzie
The Way of a Man with a Maid

The Way of a Man with a Maid (1918)

as Gladys
The Still Alarm

The Still Alarm (1918)

as Eleanor Fordham
The City of Purple Dreams

The City of Purple Dreams (1918)

as Kathlyn Otis
Who Shall Take My Life?

Who Shall Take My Life? (1917)

as Mary Moran
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The Law North of 65 (1917)

as Jeanne
The Heart of Texas Ryan

The Heart of Texas Ryan (1917)

as Texas Ryan
Beware of Strangers

Beware of Strangers (1917)

as Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter
The Crisis

The Crisis (1916)

as Virginia Carvel
Twisted Trails

Twisted Trails (1916)

as Sunshine West
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The Two Natures Within Him (1915)

as Mary Bishop
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The Great Experiment (1915)

as Ritta
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The Fork in the Road (1915)

as Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte
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The Red Blood of Courage (1915)

as Lydia Duane
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The Primitive Way (1915)

as Mildred Manning
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His Fighting Blood (1915)

as Hope McTrigger
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Lassoing a Lion (1915)

as Mary Valjon
In the Days of the Thundering Herd

In the Days of the Thundering Herd (1914)

as Sally Madison
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When the West Was Young (1914)

as Nellie Halton
Chip of the Flying U

Chip of the Flying U (1914)

as Dr. Cecil Grantham
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The White Mouse (1914)

as Jean Silver
Etienne of the Glad Heart

Etienne of the Glad Heart (1914)

as Marie Le Groux
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The Wilderness Mail (1914)

as Joan, a Young French-Canadian
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In Defiance of the Law (1914)

as Isobel Deane
Shotgun Jones

Shotgun Jones (1914)

as Sally Lattier - the Daughter
The Spoilers

The Spoilers (1914)

as Helen Chester
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Kid Pink and the Maharajah (1914)

The Smuggler's Sister

The Smuggler's Sister (1914)

as Bessie
Alone in the Jungle

Alone in the Jungle (1913)

as Helen Brown
In the Long Ago

In the Long Ago (1913)

as Starlight
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Greater Wealth (1913)

as Mrs. Ed Young
The Mate of the Alden Bessie

The Mate of the Alden Bessie (1912)

as The Captain's Daughter
Blackbeard

Blackbeard (1911)

as Conchita
Kit Carson's Wooing

Kit Carson's Wooing (1911)

as Lat-to-nick