Bessie Love

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
September 9, 1898 (87 years old)
Died
April 26, 1986
Place of Birth
Midland, Texas, USA
Popular Genres
Drama Comedy Romance
Career Span
1916 – 2018

Bessie Love

5 wins
111 nominations
5 Oscars
126 credits

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bessie Love (September 10, 1898 – April 26, 1986) was an American motion picture actress who achieved prominence mainly in the silent films and early talkies.  With a small frame and delicate features, she played innocent young girls, flappers, and wholesome leading ladies. In addition to her acting career, she wrote the screenplay for the 1919 movie A Yankee Princess. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bessie Love  licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Personal Info

Born
Sep 9, 1898
From
Midland, Texas, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1916 – 2018

Known For

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1969
as Baccarat Player (uncredited)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981
as Flora
The Lost World
The Lost World
1925
as Paula White
The Barefoot Contessa
The Barefoot Contessa
1954
as Mrs. Eubanks
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)
The Hunger
The Hunger
1983
as Lillybelle
Reds
Reds
1981
as Mrs. Partlow
Ragtime
Ragtime
1981
as Old Lady - T.O.C.
Isadora
Isadora
1968
as Mrs. Duncan
No Highway in the Sky
No Highway in the Sky
1951
as Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Bonnie May
Bonnie May
1920
as Bonnie May
Conspiracy
Conspiracy
1930
as Margaret Holt

Frequent Collaborators

George Lazenby
George Lazenby
1 shared project
in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
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Diana Rigg
Diana Rigg
1 shared project
in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
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Telly Savalas
Telly Savalas
1 shared project
in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
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Gabriele Ferzetti
Gabriele Ferzetti
1 shared project
in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
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Ilse Steppat
Ilse Steppat
1 shared project
in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
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Bernard Lee
Bernard Lee
1 shared project
in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
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Lois Maxwell
Lois Maxwell
1 shared project
in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
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George Baker
George Baker
1 shared project
in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
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Bernard Horsfall
Bernard Horsfall
1 shared project
in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
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Desmond Llewelyn
Desmond Llewelyn
1 shared project
in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
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Yuri Borienko
Yuri Borienko
1 shared project
in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
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Virginia North
Virginia North
1 shared project
in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
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Award Recognition

5
Wins
111
Nominations
5
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2018

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché as Self (archive footage) Award

2000

Gareth Hughes as Self (archive footage)

1997

Alice Guy-Blaché as Self

1983

The Hunger as Lillybelle Award

1981

Lady Chatterley's Lover as Flora Award
Reds as Mrs. Partlow Award
Ragtime as Old Lady - T.O.C. Award

1978

Edward & Mrs. Simpson as Lady Cunard

1977

Gulliver's Travels as (voice)

1976

The Ritz as Maurine Award

1974

Vampyres as American Lady Award
Mousey as Mrs. Richardson

1971

Sunday Bloody Sunday as Answering Service Lady Award
Catlow as Mrs. Frost

1969

On Her Majesty's Secret Service as Baccarat Player (uncredited) Award

1968

Isadora as Mrs. Duncan Award

1967

Battle Beneath the Earth as Matron

1966

Promise Her Anything as Pet Shop Customer

1965

The Wild Affair as Marjorie's Mother
The Pistol as Martha Burroughs

1964

Children of the Damned as Mrs. Robbin Award
I Think They Call Him John as Narrator (voice)

1961

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone as Bunny Award

1960

Too Young to Love as Mrs. Busch

1958

Next to No Time as Becky Wiener
Nowhere to Go as Harriet P. Jefferson

1957

The Story of Esther Costello as Art Gallery Customer

1955

Touch and Go as Mrs Baxter

1954

The Barefoot Contessa as Mrs. Eubanks Award
The Weak and the Wicked as Prisoner

1952

The Magic Box as Bride's Mother in Wedding Group

1951

No Highway in the Sky as Plane Passenger (uncredited) Award

1945

Journey Together as Mrs. Mary McWilliams

1942

London Scrapbook as Herself

1941

Atlantic Ferry as Begonia Baggot

1931

Morals for Women as Helen Hutson
Round About Hollywood as Self

1930

Conspiracy as Margaret Holt Award
Good News as Babe
See America Thirst as Ellen
They Learned About Women as Mary
Chasing Rainbows as Carlie Seymour

1929

The Broadway Melody as Hank Mahoney Award
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 as Self
The Idle Rich as Helen Thayer
The Girl in the Show as Hattie Hartley

1928

The Matinee Idol as Ginger Bolivar
Anybody Here Seen Kelly? as Mitzi Lavelle
The Swell Head
Sally of the Scandals as Sally Rand

1927

Rubber Tires as Mary Ellen Stack
Dress Parade as Janet Cleghorne
A Harp in Hock as Nora Banks
The American as Jane Wilton

1926

Young April as Victoria
Going Crooked as Marie
Lovey Mary as Lovey Mary
The Song and Dance Man as Leola Lane

1925

The Lost World as Paula White Award
A Son of His Father as Nora Shea
New Brooms
The King On Main Street as Mary Young
Soul-Fire as Teita

1924

The Silent Watcher as Mary, his wife
Dynamite Smith as Violet
Sundown as Ellen Crawley
Those Who Dance as Veda Anargas
The Woman on the Jury as Grace Pierce
Torment as Marie
Tongues of Flame as Lahleet

1923

Souls for Sale as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
Mary of the Movies as Herself (uncredited)
Slave of Desire as Pauline Gaudin
Gentle Julia as Julia
St. Elmo as Edna Earle
The Purple Dawn as Mui Far
Human Wreckage as Mary Finnegan
The Eternal Three as Hilda Gray
The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous as Bernice
The Ghost Patrol as Effie Kugler
Three Who Paid as John Caspar / Virginia Cartwright

1922

The Vermilion Pencil as Hyacinth
Night Life in Hollywood as Self
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922 as Self
Deserted at the Altar as Anna Moore (The Country Girl)
Forget Me Not as Ann, The Girl
The Village Blacksmith as Rosemary Martin
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 as Self
Bulldog Courage as Gloria Phillips

1921

The Sea Lion as Blossom Nelson
The Swamp as Mary
Penny of Top Hill Trail as Penny
The Honor of Rameriz as The Geologist's Wife
The Spirit of the Lake

1920

Bonnie May as Bonnie May Award
The Midlanders as Aurelie Lindstrom
Pegeen as Pegeen O'Neill

1919

Carolyn of the Corners
The Little Boss as Peggy Winston (The Little Boss)
A Yankee Princess as Patsy O'Reilly
Over the Garden Wall as Peggy Gordon
The Enchanted Barn as Shirley Hollister
The Wishing Ring Man as Joy Havenith
A Fighting Colleen as Alannah Malone
Cupid Forecloses as Geraldine Farleigh

1918

A Little Sister of Everybody as Celeste Janvier
The Dawn of Understanding as Sue Prescott
The Great Adventure as Rags
How Could You, Caroline? as Caroline Rogers

1917

A Daughter of the Poor as Rose Eastman
The Sawdust Ring as Janet Magie
Nina, the Flower Girl as Nina
Wee Lady Betty as Wee Lady Betty
Polly Ann as Polly Ann
Cheerful Givers as Judy

1916

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish as The Little Fish Blower
The Aryan as Mary Jane Garth
A Sister of Six as Prudence
Acquitted as Helen Carter
The Good Bad-Man as Amy
Reggie Mixes In as Agnes
The Flying Torpedo as Hulda
Stranded as The Girl
Hell-to-Pay Austin as Briar Rose Dawson
The Heiress at Coffee Dan's as Waffles

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Lady Chatterley's Lover
The Lost World
The Barefoot Contessa
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
The Hunger
Reds
Ragtime
Isadora
No Highway in the Sky

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