Bessie Eyton

Actor· 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.

Filmography

4 credits across 1 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
1917	The Heart of Texas Ryan	Texas Ryan	Film
1914	The Spoilers	Helen Chester	Film
1913	Greater Wealth	Mrs. Ed Young	Film
	Lend Me Your Name	Sophronia	Film

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