Bessie Love
Known for: Acting
Born: September 9, 1898
Died: April 26, 1986
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 1…
Known for
The Lost World
1925
The Matinee Idol
1928
Conspiracy
1930
Chasing Rainbows
1930
Morals for Women
1931
I Think They Call Him John
1964
Rubber Tires
1927
Pegeen
1920
Bonnie May
1920
The Girl in the Show
1929
Cheerful Givers
1917
A Daughter of the Poor
1917
Going Crooked
1926
The Midlanders
1920
Carolyn of the Corners
1919
Penny of Top Hill Trail
1921
The Great Adventure
1918
London Scrapbook
1942
A Son of His Father
1925
The Wishing Ring Man
1919
Polly Ann
1917
The Sawdust Ring
1917
Wee Lady Betty
1917
Nina, the Flower Girl
1917
How Could You, Caroline?
1918
The Enchanted Barn
1919
The Dawn of Understanding
1918
A Little Sister of Everybody
1918
A Yankee Princess
1919
The Little Boss
1919
Cupid Forecloses
1919
Over the Garden Wall
1919
A Fighting Colleen
1919
Bulldog Courage
1922
The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous
1923
Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
1928
The Heiress at Coffee Dan's
1916
Sally of the Scandals
1928
Gentle Julia
1923
Sundown
1924
Lovey Mary
1926
The Swell Head
1928
Deserted at the Altar
1922
The Idle Rich
1929
Dress Parade
1927
The Sea Lion
1921
The Song and Dance Man
1926
The Flying Torpedo
1916
The King On Main Street
1925
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
1916
Soul-Fire
1925
Reggie Mixes In
1916
The American
1927
New Brooms
1925
The Swamp
1921
A Sister of Six
1916
The Spirit of the Lake
1921
The Honor of Rameriz
1921
Forget Me Not
1922
Hell-to-Pay Austin
1916
The Ghost Patrol
1923
Those Who Dance
1924
Slave of Desire
1923
The Silent Watcher
1924
Torment
1924
Tongues of Flame
1924
The Broadway Melody
1929
Good News
1930
They Learned About Women
1930
See America Thirst
1930
Young April
1926
Human Wreckage
1923
Three Who Paid
1923
St. Elmo
1923
Acquitted
1916
Stranded
1916
Dynamite Smith
1924
Mousey
1974
Gareth Hughes
2000
The Eternal Three
1923
Alice Guy-Blaché
1997
Round About Hollywood
1931
The Vermilion Pencil
1922
A Harp in Hock
1927
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
1922
Nowhere to Go
1958
The Good Bad-Man
1916
Next to No Time
1958
The Purple Dawn
1923
The Woman on the Jury
1924
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
Atlantic Ferry
1941
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
1922
The Pistol
1965
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
The Aryan
1916
The Wild Affair
1965
Isadora
1968
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961
Gulliver's Travels
1977
No Highway in the Sky
1951
The Story of Esther Costello
1957
Night Life in Hollywood
1922
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981
The Ritz
1976
Reds
1981
Catlow
1971
Touch and Go
1955
Too Young to Love
1960
Vampyres
1974
Children of the Damned
1964
The Village Blacksmith
1922
Mary of the Movies
1923
The Hunger
1983
Battle Beneath the Earth
1967
Promise Her Anything
1966
The Barefoot Contessa
1954
Journey Together
1945
Ragtime
1981
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
The Weak and the Wicked
1954
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
The Magic Box
1952
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967
Souls for Sale
1923
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
International Detective
1959
Hollywood
1980
ITV Play of the Week
1955
Story Parade
1964
Man of the World
1962
The Sentimental Agent
1963