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 Heart of Texas Ryan

as Texas Ryan

The Spoilers

as Helen Chester

The Crisis

as Virginia Carvel

Blackbeard

as Conchita

The Law North of 65

as Jeanne

Twisted Trails

as Sunshine West

When the West Was Young

as Nellie Halton

Cheap Kisses

as Maybelle Wescott

Lassoing a Lion

as Mary Valjon

His Fighting Blood

as Hope McTrigger