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Bessie Love
Acting
09 Sept 1898
† 26 Apr 1986
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 1...
Also Known As
Juanita Horton
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Bessie Love's Movies
66%
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
18 Dec 1969
66%
The Hunger
29 Apr 1983
71%
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
04 Sept 1916
69%
Reds
25 Dec 1981
68%
The Barefoot Contessa
29 Sept 1954
70%
Ragtime
20 Nov 1981
51%
The Broadway Melody
08 Feb 1929
67%
The Lost World
02 Feb 1925
59%
Vampyres
06 Jul 1974
66%
Sunday Bloody Sunday
21 Sept 1971
61%
Children of the Damned
10 Jan 1964
54%
Lady Chatterley's Lover
29 Jun 1981
70%
No Highway in the Sky
28 Jun 1951
59%
The Ritz
12 Aug 1976
72%
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
07 Dec 2018
59%
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
11 Jun 1916
61%
Isadora
14 Sept 1968
68%
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
28 Dec 1961
66%
Nowhere to Go
02 Dec 1958
56%
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
23 Nov 1929
