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Bessie Eyton
Actor
Born July 5, 1890Died January 22, 1965 (74 years)
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.
Filmography
| 1917 | The Heart of Texas Ryan · as Texas Ryan |
| 1914 | Dawn · as Cast |
| 1914 | The Baby Spy · as Jane Sherman |
| 1914 | The Spoilers · as Helen Chester |
| 1914 | Buster and Sunshine · as Buster's Mother |
| 1913 | A Dip in the Briney · as Rosie Jones |
| 1913 | The Hopeless Dawn · as Jo |
| 1913 | Hope · as Hope Anderson |
| 1913 | Budd Doble Comes Back · as Rosebud Doble |
| 1913 | Alone in the Jungle · as Helen Brown |
| 1913 | The Dancer's Redemption · as Magdalene |
| 1913 | The Flaming Forge · as Jennie - The Smithy's Daughter |
| 1913 | A Revolutionary Romance · as Molly Brown |
| 1913 | Greater Wealth · as Mrs. Ed Young |
| 1912 | The God of Gold · as Miss Craven - An Heiress |
| 1912 | Monte Cristo · as Haidee |