Bessie Eyton
Born July 5, 1890 · Santa Barbara, California, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
More Movies
Beware of Strangers
Unreleased
Lend Me Your Name
The City of Purple Dreams
Etienne of the Glad Heart
The Spoilers
A Man of Honor
The Mate of the Alden Bessie
Children of Banishment
In the Long Ago
In the Days of the Thundering Herd
The Still Alarm
Who Shall Take My Life?
The Way of a Man with a Maid
The Heart of Texas Ryan
The Usurper
Twisted Trails
Alone in the Jungle
Chip of the Flying U
The Smuggler's Sister
The Girl of Gold
