Bessie Love
Born in Midland, Texas, USA — Sep 09 1898• Died Apr 26 1986
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Bessie Love (born Juanita Horton, September 10, 1898 - April 26, 1986) became one of the most recognizable faces of early American cinema. After her family moved to Los Angeles, she was sent to Biograph Studios, where legendary director D.W. Griffith noticed her talent and cast her in several films, including Intolerance (1916). During the silent era, she gained popularity for her lively, wholesome screen presence and worked with major stars such as Douglas Fairbanks. Her career soared in the 1920s, and she was named a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1922, marking…
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Story Parade
Mrs. Arquette
International Detective
Marta Steibel
Man of the World
Mrs Van Kempson
ITV Play of the Week
Mrs Strong
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Baccarat Player (uncredited)
Hollywood
Self
The Sentimental Agent
Mamie
Reds
Mrs. Partlow
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Lady Cunard
Ragtime
Old Lady - T.O.C.
The Hunger
Lillybelle
Vampyres
American Lady
No Highway in the Sky
Plane Passenger (uncredited)
The Ritz
Maurine
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Flora
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self (archive footage)
The Barefoot Contessa
Mrs. Eubanks
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Answering Service Lady
Isadora
Mrs. Duncan
Nowhere to Go
Harriet P. Jefferson
The Heiress at Coffee Dan's
Waffles
Catlow
Mrs. Frost
The Lost World
Paula White
The Magic Box
Bride's Mother in Wedding Group
The Broadway Melody
Harriet 'Hank' Mahoney
Battle Beneath the Earth
Matron
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Lady Cunard
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
American tourist (uncredited)
The Wild Affair
Marjorie's Mother
Souls for Sale
Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
Mousey
Mrs. Richardson
Gulliver's Travels
(voice)
Mary of the Movies
Herself (uncredited)
The Story of Esther Costello
Art Gallery Customer
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Bunny
Next to No Time
Becky Wiener
St. Elmo
Edna Earle
Children of the Damned
Mrs. Robbin
Conspiracy
Margaret Holt
Good News
Babe
The Little Boss
Peggy Winston (The Little Boss)
The Idle Rich
Helen Thayer
The Good Bad-Man
Amy
Touch and Go
Mrs Baxter
Atlantic Ferry
Begonia Baggot
Chasing Rainbows
Carlie Seymour
Too Young to Love
Mrs. Busch
The Pistol
Martha Burroughs
Journey Together
Mrs. Mary McWilliams
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self
Promise Her Anything
Pet Shop Customer
The Weak and the Wicked
Prisoner
Acquitted
Helen Carter
They Learned About Women
Mary
The Village Blacksmith
Rosemary Martin
The Silent Watcher
Mary, his wife
A Son of His Father
Nora Shea
The Swamp
Mary
Lovey Mary
Lovey Mary
The Matinee Idol
Ginger Bolivar
Young April
Victoria
Round About Hollywood
Self
The Woman on the Jury
Grace Pierce
The Girl in the Show
Hattie Hartley
The Sea Lion
Blossom Nelson
Rubber Tires
Mary Ellen Stack
Sundown
Ellen Crawley
The Aryan
Mary Jane Garth
Those Who Dance
Veda Anargas
The American
Jane Wilton
Morals for Women
Helen Hutson
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
Self
Bonnie May
Bonnie May
Wee Lady Betty
Wee Lady Betty
A Harp in Hock
Nora Banks
Gentle Julia
Julia
Stranded
The Girl
Night Life in Hollywood
Self
The Purple Dawn
Mui Far
Going Crooked
Marie
Dress Parade
Janet Cleghorne
Human Wreckage
Mary Finnegan
Forget Me Not
Ann, The Girl
The Vermilion Pencil
Hyacinth
Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
Mitzi Lavelle
The Ghost Patrol
Effie Kugler
Hell-to-Pay Austin
Briar Rose Dawson
Soul-Fire
Teita
Nina, the Flower Girl
Nina
The Dawn of Understanding
Sue Prescott
The Eternal Three
Hilda Gray
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
Self
Dynamite Smith
Violet
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
The Little Fish Blower
The King On Main Street
Mary Young
Slave of Desire
Pauline Gaudin
The Flying Torpedo
Hulda
A Sister of Six
Prudence
The Song and Dance Man
Leola Lane
See America Thirst
Ellen
Tongues of Flame
Lahleet
The Midlanders
Aurelie Lindstrom
A Daughter of the Poor
Rose Eastman
Cupid Forecloses
Geraldine Farleigh
New Brooms
The Spirit of the Lake
The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous
Bernice
Torment
Marie
The Wishing Ring Man
Joy Havenith
The Honor of Rameriz
The Geologist's Wife
I Think They Call Him John
Narrator (voice)
Polly Ann
Polly Ann
Reggie Mixes In
Agnes
Three Who Paid
John Caspar / Virginia Cartwright
Penny of Top Hill Trail
Penny
A Yankee Princess
Patsy O'Reilly
How Could You, Caroline?
Caroline Rogers
Carolyn of the Corners
A Fighting Colleen
Alannah Malone
Alice Guy-Blaché
Self
Cheerful Givers
Judy
The Great Adventure
Rags
Bulldog Courage
Gloria Phillips
Pegeen
Pegeen O'Neill
Deserted at the Altar
Anna Moore (The Country Girl)
Sally of the Scandals
Sally Rand
Over the Garden Wall
Peggy Gordon
The Enchanted Barn
Shirley Hollister
A Little Sister of Everybody
Celeste Janvier
The Sawdust Ring
Janet Magie
London Scrapbook
Herself
Gareth Hughes
Self (archive footage)
The Swell Head