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

as Helen Chester

The Crisis

as Virginia Carvel

The Heart of Texas Ryan

as Texas Ryan

Twisted Trails

as Sunshine West

The Mate of the Alden Bessie

as The Captain's Daughter

Alone in the Jungle

as Helen Brown

Who Shall Take My Life?

as Mary Moran

The Law North of 65

as Jeanne

Kit Carson's Wooing

as Lat-to-nick

When the West Was Young

as Nellie Halton