Birth Day: 1890-07-05
Place of birth: Santa Barbara, California, USA
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.
Credits
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As Ada Tremaine
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As Maybelle Wescott
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As Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter
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As Texas Ryan
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As Mary Moran
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As Jeanne
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As Sunshine West
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As Virginia Carvel
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As Mary Bishop
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As Ritta
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As Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte
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As Lydia Duane
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As Mildred Manning
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As Hope McTrigger
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As Helen Chester
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As Sally Lattier - the Daughter
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As Isobel Deane
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As Bessie
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As Joan, a Young French-Canadian
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As Marie Le Groux
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As Jean Silver
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As Dr. Cecil Grantham
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As Nellie Halton
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As Sally Madison
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As Mrs. Ed Young
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As Helen Brown
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As Starlight
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As The Captain's Daughter
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As Lat-to-nick
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As Conchita