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Bessie Eyton
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.
Top Filmography
6.2
The Spoilers
1914 // MOVIE
5.3
The Crisis
1916 // MOVIE
4.0
The Heart of Texas Ryan
1917 // MOVIE
5.0
Twisted Trails
1916 // MOVIE
4.0
The Mate of the Alden Bessie
1912 // MOVIE
6.0
Alone in the Jungle
1913 // MOVIE
0.0
Who Shall Take My Life?
1917 // MOVIE
0.0
The Law North of 65
1917 // MOVIE
0.0
Kit Carson's Wooing
1911 // MOVIE
0.0
Chip of the Flying U
1914 // MOVIE
0.0
The White Mouse
1914 // MOVIE
0.0
When the West Was Young
1914 // MOVIE
0.0
Greater Wealth
1913 // MOVIE
0.0
Etienne of the Glad Heart
1914 // MOVIE
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The Wilderness Mail
1914 // MOVIE