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Bessie Love


Bessie Love

Birthday:

09/09/1898

Place of birth:

Midland, Texas, USA:

Biography:

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. Love made a successful transition to sound films—something many silent stars struggled with. Her performance as Hank Mahoney in The Broadway Melody (1929) earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, cementing her place in film history. In the 1930s, she moved to the United Kingdom, where she continued acting in film, theatre, radio, and later television. Her career ultimately spanned from 1915 to 1983, making her one of the longest‑working performers of her generation. She died on April 26, 1986, in London at age 87.


Credits

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Gareth Hughes (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
Alice Guy-Blaché (1997)
as Self
The Hunger (1983)
as Lillybelle
Reds (1981)
as Mrs. Partlow
Ragtime (1981)
as Old Lady - T.O.C.
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981)
as Flora
Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
as Lady Cunard
Gulliver's Travels (1977)
as (voice)
The Ritz (1976)
as Maurine
Vampyres (1974)
as American Lady
Mousey (1974)
as Mrs. Richardson
Catlow (1971)
as Mrs. Frost
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
as Answering Service Lady
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
as Baccarat Player (uncredited)
Isadora (1968)
as Mrs. Duncan
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
as American tourist (uncredited)
Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
as Matron
Promise Her Anything (1966)
as Pet Shop Customer
The Wild Affair (1965)
as Marjorie's Mother
The Pistol (1965)
as Martha Burroughs
I Think They Call Him John (1964)
as Narrator (voice)
Children of the Damned (1964)
as Mrs. Robbin
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
as Bunny
Too Young to Love (1960)
as Mrs. Busch
Nowhere to Go (1958)
as Harriet P. Jefferson
Next to No Time (1958)
as Becky Wiener
The Story of Esther Costello (1957)
as Art Gallery Customer
Touch and Go (1955)
as Mrs Baxter
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
as Mrs. Eubanks
The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
as Prisoner
The Magic Box (1952)
as Bride's Mother in Wedding Group
No Highway in the Sky (1951)
as Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Journey Together (1945)
as Mrs. Mary McWilliams
London Scrapbook (1942)
as Herself
Atlantic Ferry (1941)
as Begonia Baggot
Morals for Women (1931)
as Helen Hutson
Round About Hollywood (1931)
as Self
See America Thirst (1930)
as Ellen
Good News (1930)
as Babe
Conspiracy (1930)
as Margaret Holt
They Learned About Women (1930)
as Mary
Chasing Rainbows (1930)
as Carlie Seymour
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
as Self
The Girl in the Show (1929)
as Hattie Hartley
The Idle Rich (1929)
as Helen Thayer
The Broadway Melody (1929)
as Harriet 'Hank' Mahoney
Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928)
as Mitzi Lavelle
Sally of the Scandals (1928)
as Sally Rand
The Swell Head (1928)
as
The Matinee Idol (1928)
as Ginger Bolivar
Dress Parade (1927)
as Janet Cleghorne
A Harp in Hock (1927)
as Nora Banks
Rubber Tires (1927)
as Mary Ellen Stack
The American (1927)
as Jane Wilton
Going Crooked (1926)
as Marie
Young April (1926)
as Victoria
Lovey Mary (1926)
as Lovey Mary
The Song and Dance Man (1926)
as Leola Lane
The King On Main Street (1925)
as Mary Young
New Brooms (1925)
as
A Son of His Father (1925)
as Nora Shea
Soul-Fire (1925)
as Teita
The Lost World (1925)
as Paula White
Tongues of Flame (1924)
as Lahleet
Sundown (1924)
as Ellen Crawley
Dynamite Smith (1924)
as Violet
The Silent Watcher (1924)
as Mary, his wife
Those Who Dance (1924)
as Veda Anargas
The Woman on the Jury (1924)
as Grace Pierce
Torment (1924)
as Marie
Gentle Julia (1923)
as Julia
Slave of Desire (1923)
as Pauline Gaudin
St. Elmo (1923)
as Edna Earle
The Eternal Three (1923)
as Hilda Gray
Human Wreckage (1923)
as Mary Finnegan
Mary of the Movies (1923)
as Herself (uncredited)
The Purple Dawn (1923)
as Mui Far
Souls for Sale (1923)
as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous (1923)
as Bernice
The Ghost Patrol (1923)
as Effie Kugler
Three Who Paid (1923)
as John Caspar / Virginia Cartwright
Deserted at the Altar (1922)
as Anna Moore (The Country Girl)
Night Life in Hollywood (1922)
as Self
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922)
as Self
The Village Blacksmith (1922)
as Rosemary Martin
Bulldog Courage (1922)
as Gloria Phillips
Forget Me Not (1922)
as Ann, The Girl
The Vermilion Pencil (1922)
as Hyacinth
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 (1922)
as Self
The Sea Lion (1921)
as Blossom Nelson
The Spirit of the Lake (1921)
as
The Swamp (1921)
as Mary
The Honor of Rameriz (1921)
as The Geologist's Wife
Penny of Top Hill Trail (1921)
as Penny
The Midlanders (1920)
as Aurelie Lindstrom
Bonnie May (1920)
as Bonnie May
Pegeen (1920)
as Pegeen O'Neill
A Fighting Colleen (1919)
as Alannah Malone
Over the Garden Wall (1919)
as Peggy Gordon
Cupid Forecloses (1919)
as Geraldine Farleigh
The Little Boss (1919)
as Peggy Winston (The Little Boss)
A Yankee Princess (1919)
as Patsy O'Reilly
The Wishing Ring Man (1919)
as Joy Havenith
Carolyn of the Corners (1919)
as
The Enchanted Barn (1919)
as Shirley Hollister
The Dawn of Understanding (1918)
as Sue Prescott
A Little Sister of Everybody (1918)
as Celeste Janvier
How Could You, Caroline? (1918)
as Caroline Rogers
The Great Adventure (1918)
as Rags
Polly Ann (1917)
as Polly Ann
Wee Lady Betty (1917)
as Wee Lady Betty
The Sawdust Ring (1917)
as Janet Magie
Cheerful Givers (1917)
as Judy
A Daughter of the Poor (1917)
as Rose Eastman
Nina, the Flower Girl (1917)
as Nina
The Heiress at Coffee Dan's (1916)
as Waffles
A Sister of Six (1916)
as Prudence
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
as The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)
Hell-to-Pay Austin (1916)
as Briar Rose Dawson
Stranded (1916)
as The Girl
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
as The Little Fish Blower
Reggie Mixes In (1916)
as Agnes
The Good Bad-Man (1916)
as Amy
The Aryan (1916)
as Mary Jane Garth
The Flying Torpedo (1916)
as Hulda
Acquitted (1916)
as Helen Carter
A Yankee Princess (1919)
Screenplay