Bessie Love

Actor

Born September 9, 1898 in Midland, Texas, USA

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 her as one of Hollywood’s most promising young actresses.

Filmography

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

Self (archive footage)

Alice Guy-Blaché

Self

The Hunger

Lillybelle

Reds

Mrs. Partlow

Ragtime

Old Lady - T.O.C.

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Flora

Hollywood

Self

Edward and Mrs Simpson

Lady Cunard

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

Lady Cunard

Gulliver's Travels

(voice)

The Ritz

Maurine

Vampyres

American Lady

Mousey

Mrs. Richardson

Catlow

Mrs. Frost

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Answering Service Lady

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Baccarat Player (uncredited)

Isadora

Mrs. Duncan

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

American tourist (uncredited)

Battle Beneath the Earth

Matron

Promise Her Anything

Pet Shop Customer

The Wild Affair

Marjorie's Mother

I Think They Call Him John

Narrator (voice)

Children of the Damned

Mrs. Robbin

The Sentimental Agent

Mamie

Man of the World

Mrs Van Kempson

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Bunny

Too Young to Love

Mrs. Busch

Nowhere to Go

Harriet P. Jefferson

Next to No Time

Becky Wiener

The Story of Esther Costello

Art Gallery Customer

Touch and Go

Mrs Baxter

ITV Play of the Week

Mrs Strong

The Barefoot Contessa

Mrs. Eubanks

The Weak and the Wicked

Prisoner

The Magic Box

Bride's Mother in Wedding Group

No Highway in the Sky

Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Journey Together

Mrs. Mary McWilliams

Atlantic Ferry

Begonia Baggot

Morals for Women

Helen Hutson

Round About Hollywood

Self

See America Thirst

Ellen

Good News

Babe

Conspiracy

Margaret Holt

They Learned About Women

Mary

Chasing Rainbows

Carlie Seymour

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

Self

The Girl in the Show

Hattie Hartley

The Idle Rich

Helen Thayer

The Broadway Melody

Harriet 'Hank' Mahoney

Anybody Here Seen Kelly?

Mitzi Lavelle

Sally of the Scandals

Sally Rand

The Swell Head

The Matinee Idol

Ginger Bolivar

Dress Parade

Janet Cleghorne

A Harp in Hock

Nora Banks

Rubber Tires

Mary Ellen Stack

The American

Jane Wilton

Going Crooked

Marie

Young April

Victoria

Lovey Mary

The King On Main Street

Mary Young

New Brooms

A Son of His Father

Nora Shea

Soul-Fire

Teita

The Lost World

Paula White

Sundown

Ellen Crawley

Dynamite Smith

Violet

The Silent Watcher

Mary, his wife

Those Who Dance

Veda Anargas

The Woman on the Jury

Grace Pierce

Torment

Marie

Gentle Julia

Julia

Slave of Desire

Pauline Gaudin

St. Elmo

Edna Earle

The Eternal Three

Hilda Gray

Human Wreckage

Mary Finnegan

Mary of the Movies

Herself (uncredited)

The Purple Dawn

Mui Far

Souls for Sale

Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)

The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous

Bernice

The Ghost Patrol

Effie Kugler

Deserted at the Altar

Anna Moore (The Country Girl)

Night Life in Hollywood

Self

Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12

Self

The Village Blacksmith

Rosemary Martin

Forget Me Not

Ann, The Girl

The Vermilion Pencil

Hyacinth

The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922

Self

The Sea Lion

Blossom Nelson

The Swamp

Mary

The Honor of Rameriz

The Geologist's Wife

Penny of Top Hill Trail

Penny

The Midlanders

Aurelie Lindstrom

Bonnie May

Pegeen

Pegeen O'Neill

A Fighting Colleen

Alannah Malone

Over the Garden Wall

Peggy Gordon

Cupid Forecloses

Geraldine Farleigh

The Little Boss

Peggy Winston (The Little Boss)

The Wishing Ring Man

Joy Havenith

Carolyn of the Corners

The Enchanted Barn

Shirley Hollister

The Dawn of Understanding

Sue Prescott

A Little Sister of Everybody

Celeste Janvier

How Could You, Caroline?

Caroline Rogers

The Great Adventure

Rags

Polly Ann

Wee Lady Betty

The Sawdust Ring

Janet Magie

Cheerful Givers

Judy

A Daughter of the Poor

Rose Eastman

Nina, the Flower Girl

Nina

A Sister of Six

Prudence

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

The Little Fish Blower

Reggie Mixes In

Agnes

The Good Bad-Man

Amy

The Aryan

Mary Jane Garth

The Flying Torpedo

Hulda