Bessie Eyton
Acting
July 5, 1890
Died at age 74
January 22, 1965
Date of Death
Santa Barbara, California, USA
38 Credits
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.
