1916Nominee
Best Performance
The Crisis
Bessie Eyton
Actor · Writer
Santa Barbara, California, USA
July 5, 1890
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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Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1914Nominee
Best Performance
Shotgun Jones
1911Winner
Best Performance
Blackbeard
Career Highlights
1924Highlight
Best Performance
Cheap Kisses
1914Highlight
Best Performance
The Spoilers