Bessie Love

★ Acting #20,249

1898 - 1986 (age 87) • Acting

Born: 9/9/1898 in Midland, Texas, USA

Died: 4/26/1986 (age 87)

Known for: Acting

Bessie Love

★ Acting #20,249

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).

Known For

The Broadway Melody

51%

Harriet 'Hank' Mahoney

1929

The Lost World

67%

Paula White

1925

Sunday Bloody Sunday

65%

Answering Service Lady

1971

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

59%

The Little Fish Blower

1916

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

57%

Self

1929

Nowhere to Go

66%

Harriet P. Jefferson

1958

The Matinee Idol

66%

Ginger Bolivar

1928

Hollywood

84%

Self

1980

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

72%

Self (archive footage)

2018

Gareth Hughes

Self (archive footage)

2000

Alice Guy-Blaché

Self

1997

The Hunger

67%

Lillybelle

1983

Reds

69%

Mrs. Partlow

1981

Ragtime

70%

Old Lady - T.O.C.

1981

Lady Chatterley's Lover

54%

Flora

1981

Hollywood

84%

Self

1980

Edward and Mrs Simpson

68%

Lady Cunard

1978

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

100%

Lady Cunard

1978

Gulliver's Travels

56%

(voice)

1977

The Ritz

60%

Maurine

1976

Vampyres

60%

American Lady

1974

Mousey

52%

Mrs. Richardson

1974

Catlow

51%

Mrs. Frost

1971

Sunday Bloody Sunday

65%

Answering Service Lady

1971

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

66%

Baccarat Player (uncredited)

1969

Isadora

62%

Mrs. Duncan

1968

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

54%

American tourist (uncredited)

1967

Battle Beneath the Earth

48%

Matron

1967

Promise Her Anything

41%

Pet Shop Customer

1966

The Wild Affair

53%

Marjorie's Mother

1965

The Pistol

70%

Martha Burroughs

1965

I Think They Call Him John

68%

Narrator (voice)

1964

Story Parade

80%

Mrs. Arquette

1964

Children of the Damned

61%

Mrs. Robbin

1964

The Sentimental Agent

65%

Mamie

1963

Man of the World

72%

Mrs Van Kempson

1962