Bessie Eyton
ActingPersonal Info
gender
Female
birthday
July 5, 1890
died
January 22, 1965
place of birth
Santa Barbara, California, USA
also known as
Bessie Harrison
total credits
25 movies
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.
Known For
Filmography
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