Bessie Eyton
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Bessie Eyton

Acting

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.

Films Featuring Bessie Eyton

Who Shall Take My Life?

1917

The Law North of 65

The Law North of 65

19178.0

Twisted Trails

19165.0

Kit Carson's Wooing

1911

Chip of the Flying U

1914

The White Mouse

The White Mouse

1914

When the West Was Young

When the West Was Young

19147.0

Greater Wealth

Greater Wealth

1913

Etienne of the Glad Heart

1914

The Wilderness Mail

The Wilderness Mail

1914

In Defiance of the Law

In Defiance of the Law

1914

The Smuggler's Sister

1914

Cheap Kisses

192410.0

Lassoing a Lion

Lassoing a Lion

19158.0

The Primitive Way

The Primitive Way

1915

The Red Blood of Courage

The Red Blood of Courage

191510.0

His Fighting Blood

His Fighting Blood

19158.0

The Fork in the Road

The Fork in the Road

19159.0

The Great Experiment

The Great Experiment

19159.0

The Two Natures Within Him

The Two Natures Within Him

19157.0

Kid Pink and the Maharajah

Kid Pink and the Maharajah

1914

Shotgun Jones

1914

The Girl of Gold

19259.0

In the Long Ago

1913

Blackbeard

19118.0

The Mate of the Alden Bessie

19124.0

The Spoilers

19146.2

Alone in the Jungle

19136.0

In the Days of the Thundering Herd

1914

The Crisis

19165.3

Beware of Strangers

1917

The Heart of Texas Ryan

19173.6

The Way of a Man with a Maid

19187.0

The Usurper

19199.0

The Still Alarm

1918

The City of Purple Dreams

1918

A Man of Honor

19197.0

Children of Banishment

19199.0

Lend Me Your Name