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
Helen Chester
The Way of a Man with a M...
Gladys
Twisted Trails
Sunshine West
Greater Wealth
Mrs. Ed Young
Chip of the Flying U
Dr. Cecil Grantham
The Mate of the Alden Bes...
The Captain's Daughter
Blackbeard
Conchita
In Defiance of the Law
Isobel Deane
Cheap Kisses
Maybelle Wescott
The Still Alarm
Eleanor Fordham