Bessie Eyton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

34

Gender

Female

Birthday

1890-07-05

Day of death

1965-01-22 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Santa Barbara, California, USA

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.

Known For

  • The Spoilers

    The Spoilers

  • The Usurper

    The Usurper

  • Twisted Trails

    Twisted Trails

  • In Defiance of the Law

    In Defiance of the Law

  • The Girl of Gold

    The Girl of Gold

  • Greater Wealth

    Greater Wealth

  • The Red Blood of Courage

    The Red Blood of Courage

  • The Two Natures Within Him

    The Two Natures Within Him

  • The Fork in the Road

    The Fork in the Road

  • The Heart of Texas Ryan

    The Heart of Texas Ryan

  • The Way of a Man with a Maid

    The Way of a Man with a Maid

  • Kid Pink and the Maharajah

    Kid Pink and the Maharajah

  • The Great Experiment

    The Great Experiment

  • Lassoing a Lion

    Lassoing a Lion

  • The Primitive Way

    The Primitive Way

  • His Fighting Blood

    His Fighting Blood

  • Kit Carson's Wooing

    Kit Carson's Wooing

  • Blackbeard

    Blackbeard

  • Who Shall Take My Life?

    Who Shall Take My Life?

  • Alone in the Jungle

    Alone in the Jungle

  • Shotgun Jones

    Shotgun Jones

  • Cheap Kisses

    Cheap Kisses

  • The Mate of the Alden Bessie

    The Mate of the Alden Bessie

  • Chip of the Flying U

    Chip of the Flying U

  • The Crisis

    The Crisis

  • Beware of Strangers

    Beware of Strangers

  • The Law North of 65

    The Law North of 65

  • When the West Was Young

    When the West Was Young

  • The White Mouse

    The White Mouse

  • In the Long Ago

    In the Long Ago

  • The Smuggler's Sister

    The Smuggler's Sister

  • The Wilderness Mail

    The Wilderness Mail

  • In the Days of the Thundering Herd

    In the Days of the Thundering Herd

  • Etienne of the Glad Heart

    Etienne of the Glad Heart