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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
The Girl of Gold
Character: Ada Tremaine
MOVIE • 1925
Cheap Kisses
Character: Maybelle Wescott
MOVIE • 1924
The Usurper
Character: Margaret Quentin
MOVIE • 1919
The Way of a Man with a Maid
Character: Gladys
MOVIE • 1918
Who Shall Take My Life?
Character: Mary Moran
MOVIE • 1917
The Law North of 65
Character: Jeanne
MOVIE • 1917
The Heart of Texas Ryan
Character: Texas Ryan
MOVIE • 1917
Beware of Strangers
Character: Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter
MOVIE • 1917
The Crisis
Character: Virginia Carvel
MOVIE • 1916
Twisted Trails
Character: Sunshine West
MOVIE • 1916
The Two Natures Within Him
Character: Mary Bishop
MOVIE • 1915
The Great Experiment
Character: Ritta
MOVIE • 1915
The Fork in the Road
Character: Elsa - the Innkeeper's Daughte
MOVIE • 1915
The Red Blood of Courage
Character: Lydia Duane
MOVIE • 1915
The Primitive Way
Character: Mildred Manning
MOVIE • 1915
His Fighting Blood
Character: Hope McTrigger
MOVIE • 1915
Lassoing a Lion
Character: Mary Valjon
MOVIE • 1915
In the Days of the Thundering Herd
Character: Sally Madison
MOVIE • 1914
When the West Was Young
Character: Nellie Halton
MOVIE • 1914
Chip of the Flying U
Character: Dr. Cecil Grantham
MOVIE • 1914
Crew
