The Red Blood of Courage
The Red Blood of Courage

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.
Born: 1890-07-05 in Santa Barbara, California, USA
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The Red Blood of Courage
In Defiance of the Law

The Still Alarm

The Mate of the Alden Bessie
The Fork in the Road
Kid Pink and the Maharajah

The Girl of Gold
When the West Was Young

Beware of Strangers
Lassoing a Lion
Greater Wealth
The White Mouse

Who Shall Take My Life?

The Crisis

The City of Purple Dreams
The Primitive Way

Cheap Kisses

In the Days of the Thundering Herd
The Great Experiment

Shotgun Jones
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