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Bessie Eyton

Actor

Bessie Eyton Movies, Biography & Filmography

ActorKnown for Acting0 local creditsExpanded credits available

Birthday

July 5, 1890

Deathday

January 22, 1965

Birthplace

Santa Barbara, California, USA

Gender

Female

Also known as

Bessie Harrison

Popularity

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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.

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