Bessie Love

Acting

Bessie Love

Born 1898-09-09 Midland, Texas, USA 127 films

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 Dougl…

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Filmography

127 films
The Hunger poster

Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her…

The Hunger

★ 6.7 1983

Reds poster

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared hi…

Reds

★ 6.9 1981

Ragtime poster

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the r…

Ragtime

★ 7.0 1981

The Ritz poster

To escape from a mobster, businessman Gaetano Proclo orders a cab driver to take him to a place whe…

The Ritz

★ 6.0 1976

Vampyres poster

A duo of bisexual female vampires prey on passing motorists, whom they seduce and murder in the Eng…

Vampyres

★ 6.0 1974

Mousey poster

A high school teacher separated from his son plots revenge on his ex-wife.

Mousey

★ 5.2 1974