Known For
Acting
Known Credits
39
Gender
Female
Birthday
July 5, 1890 (136 years old)
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.
| 1925 | The Girl of Goldas Ada Tremaine | |
| 1924 | Cheap Kissesas Maybelle Wescott | |
| 1919 | The Usurperas Margaret Quentin | |
| 1919 | A Man of Honoras Christabel Beaumont | |
| 1919 | Children of Banishmentas Mrs. Eloise Mackenzie | |
| 1918 | The Way of a Man with a Maidas Gladys | |
| 1918 | The Still Alarmas Eleanor Fordham | |
| 1918 | The City of Purple Dreamsas Kathlyn Otis | |
| 1917 | Who Shall Take My Life?as Mary Moran | |
| 1917 | The Law North of 65as Jeanne | |
| 1917 | The Heart of Texas Ryanas Texas Ryan | |
| 1917 | Beware of Strangersas Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter | |
| 1916 | The Crisisas Virginia Carvel | |
| 1916 | Twisted Trailsas Sunshine West | |
| 1915 | The Two Natures Within Himas Mary Bishop | |
| 1915 | The Great Experimentas Ritta | |
| 1915 | The Fork in the Roadas Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte | |
| 1915 | The Red Blood of Courageas Lydia Duane | |
| 1915 | The Primitive Wayas Mildred Manning | |
| 1915 | His Fighting Bloodas Hope McTrigger | |
| 1915 | Lassoing a Lionas Mary Valjon | |
| 1914 | In the Days of the Thundering Herdas Sally Madison | |
| 1914 | When the West Was Youngas Nellie Halton | |
| 1914 | Chip of the Flying Uas Dr. Cecil Grantham | |
| 1914 | The White Mouseas Jean Silver | |
| 1914 | Etienne of the Glad Heartas Marie Le Groux | |
| 1914 | The Wilderness Mailas Joan, a Young French-Canadian | |
| 1914 | In Defiance of the Lawas Isobel Deane | |
| 1914 | Shotgun Jonesas Sally Lattier - the Daughter | |
| 1914 | The Spoilersas Helen Chester | |
| 1914 | Kid Pink and the Maharajahas | |
| 1914 | The Smuggler's Sisteras Bessie | |
| 1913 | Alone in the Jungleas Helen Brown | |
| 1913 | In the Long Agoas Starlight | |
| 1913 | Greater Wealthas Mrs. Ed Young | |
| 1912 | The Mate of the Alden Bessieas The Captain's Daughter | |
| 1911 | Blackbeardas Conchita | |
| 1911 | Kit Carson's Wooingas Lat-to-nick | |
| Lend Me Your Nameas Sophronia |
| 1914 | The Smuggler's Sister...Writer |
