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Videos (see all 12)
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916) -- Coke Ennyday, the scientific detective, divides his own time in periods for "Sleep", "Eat", "Dope" and "Drink"...
Vampyres (1974) -- A lesbian vampire couple waylay and abduct various passer-byes, both male and female, to hold them captive at their rural manor in the English countryside in order to kill and feed on them to satisfy their insatiable thirst for blood.
The Lost World (1925) -- The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) -- The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
The Lost World (1925) -- The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.

Overview

Date of Birth:

10 September 1898, Midland, Texas, USA more

Date of Death:

26 April 1986, London, England, UK more

Mini Biography:

Bessie Love was born in Texas. Her cowboy father moved the family to Hollywood... more

Trivia:

WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922. more

STARmeter: ?

Down 11% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more

NewsDesk:

Falk To Star In Classic Dinosaur Tale
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 19 January 2001)

Alternate Names:

Miss Bessie Love

Filmography

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Actress
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. The Hunger (1983) Lillybelle 1983 - 6.2 (6,589)
- 2. Reds (1981) Mrs. Partlow 1981 - 7.4 (7,568)
- 3. Ragtime (1981)   Old T.O.C. Lady 1981 - 7.2 (3,631)
AKAs:
  • Love and Glory (Philippines: English title)
- 4. Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981)   Flora 1981 - 4.9 (743)
AKAs:
  • L'amant de lady Chatterley (France)
  • Lady Chatterley's Liebhaber (West Germany)
- 5. "Edward & Mrs. Simpson" (1978)   Lady Cunard (1 episode, 1978) 1978 - 8.3 (100)
1 TV episode:
- 6. Gulliver's Travels (1977) (voice) 1977 - 4.9 (162)
- 7. "Katy" (1976)   Mrs. Finch (3 episodes, 1976) 1976 - -
3 TV episodes:
- 8. The Ritz (1976) Maurine 1976 - 7.8 (1,040)
- 9. "Shades of Greene" (1975)   St. Louis Woman (1 episode, 1975) 1975 - 6.2 (8)
1 TV episode:
- 10. Mousey (1974) (TV)   Mrs. Richardson 1974 - 6.4 (65)
AKAs:
  • Cat and Mouse (UK)
- 11. Vampyres (1974)   American Lady 1974 - 6.1 (1,008)
AKAs:
  • Blood Hunger
  • Daughters of Dracula (USA: reissue title)
  • Satan's Daughters
  • Vampyres, Daughters of Dracula
  • Vampyres: Daughters of Darkness (USA)
- 12. "Pollyanna" (1973)   Mrs Snow (1 episode, 1973) 1973 - 5.1 (34)
1 TV episode:
- 13. Catlow (1971) Mrs. Frost 1971 - 5.5 (321)
- 14. "Public Eye" (1965)   Chrissy Husack (1 episode, 1971) 1971 - 9.6 (40)
1 TV episode:
- 15. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) Telephone Operator 1971 - 7.2 (1,400)
- 16. "W. Somerset Maugham" (1969)   American lady (1 episode, 1970) 1970 - -
1 TV episode:
  • Jane (1970) American lady
- 17. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)   (uncredited) American Guest 1969 $64.6M 6.9 (21,195)
AKAs:
  • Ian Fleming's On Her Majesty's Secret Service (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
  • O.H.M.S.S. (UK: promotional abbreviation)
- 18. "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)" (1969)   Mrs. Trotter (1 episode, 1969) 1969 - 8.2 (210)
AKAs:
  • My Partner the Ghost (USA)
1 TV episode:
- 19. Isadora (1968)   Mrs. Duncan 1968 - 7.5 (799)
AKAs:
  • The Loves of Isadora (USA: reissue title)
- 20. I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)   American tourist 1967 - 6.3 (249)
AKAs:
  • I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname (USA: video box title)
- 21. Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)   Matron 1967 - 4.2 (295)
AKAs:
  • Battle Beneath the Sea (USA)
- 22. Poppies Are Also Flowers (1966)   (uncredited) Minor Role 1966 - 5.1 (181)
AKAs:
  • Danger Grows Wild (UK)
  • Mohn ist auch eine Blume (Austria)
  • Opération opium (France)
  • The Opium Connection (USA: video title)
  • The Poppy Is Also a Flower (USA: promotional title)
- 23. Promise Her Anything (1965) Pet Shop Customer 1965 - 5.1 (176)
- 24. "The Wednesday Play" (1964)   Martha Burroughs (1 episode, 1965) 1965 - 7.2 (19)
1 TV episode:
- 25. I Think They Call Him John (1964) (voice) Narrator 1964 - -
- 26. Children of the Damned (1964)   Mrs. Robbins, Mark's Grandmother 1964 - 5.9 (1,249)
AKAs:
  • Horror! (USA)
- 27. The Wild Affair (1963) Marjorie's Mother 1963 - 7.7 (9)
- 28. "The Sentimental Agent" (1963)   Mamie (1 episode, 1963) 1963 - 5.2 (6)
1 TV episode:
- 29. "Zero One" (1962)   Mrs. Glorny (1 episode, 1962) 1962 - 8.5 (19)
1 TV episode:
- 30. "The Andromeda Breakthrough" (1962)   Mrs. Neilson (1 episode, 1962) 1962 - 6.4 (11)
1 TV episode:
- 31. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)   Bunny 1961 - 6.5 (716)
AKAs:
  • The Widow and the Gigolo
- 32. "Harpers West One" (1961)   Customer (1 episode, 1961) 1961 - -
1 TV episode:
- 33. The Greengage Summer (1961)   American tourist 1961 - 7.3 (167)
AKAs:
  • Loss of Innocence (USA)
- 34. "ITV Television Playhouse" (1955)   Auntie / Irma Davis (2 episodes, 1957-1960) 1960 - 4.5 (7)
2 TV episodes:
- 35. Too Young to Love (1960) Mrs. Busch 1960 - -
- 36. "International Detective" (1959)   Mrs. Morgan (1 episode, 1960) 1960 - -
1 TV episode:
- 37. "ITV Play of the Week" (1955)   Bessie Bockser / Mrs. Strong (2 episodes, 1957-1959) 1959 - 8.0 (15)
AKAs:
  • Play of the Week (UK: short title)
2 TV episodes:
- 38. Nowhere to Go (1958) Harriet P. Jefferson 1958 - 6.9 (104)
- 39. Next to No Time (1958) Becky Wiener 1958 - 6.6 (22)
- 40. "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" (1950)   Grace Jones / Mrs. Dudley-Brown (2 episodes, 1952-1958) 1958 - 7.7 (17)
2 TV episodes:
- 41. The Story of Esther Costello (1957)   Matron in Art Gallery 1957 - 6.6 (145)
AKAs:
  • The Golden Virgin
- 42. "London Playhouse" (1955)   Mrs. Goren (1 episode, 1955) 1955 - -
1 TV episode:
- 43. Touch and Go (1955)   Mrs Baxter 1955 - 5.8 (25)
AKAs:
  • The Light Touch
- 44. Beau Brummell (1954) (uncredited) Maid 1954 - 6.5 (503)
- 45. The Barefoot Contessa (1954)   Mrs. Eubanks 1954 - 6.9 (3,335)
AKAs:
  • La contessa scalza (Italy)
- 46. The Weak and the Wicked (1954)   Prisoner 1954 - 4.8 (41)
AKAs:
  • Young and Willing (USA)
- 47. The Magic Box (1952) Bride's mother in wedding group 1952 - 7.5 (356)
- 48. No Highway (1951)   (uncredited) Plane passenger 1951 - 7.3 (841)
AKAs:
  • No Highway in the Sky (USA)
- 49. The Front Page (1948) (TV) Mrs. Grant 1948 - -
- 50. You Can't Take It with You (1947) (TV) 1947 - -
- 51. Journey Together (1945) Mrs. Mary McWilliams 1945 - 5.9 (20)
- 52. Atlantic Ferry (1941)   Begonia Baggot 1941 - 6.3 (37)
AKAs:
  • Sons of the Sea (USA: alternative title)
- 53. I Live Again (1936)   Kathleen Vernon 1936 - -
AKAs:
  • Live Again
- 54. Morals for Women (1931)   Helen Huston 1931 - 7.5 (32)
AKAs:
  • Big City Interlude (USA: reissue title)
  • Farewell Party
- 55. See America Thirst (1930) Ellen 1930 - -
- 56. Good News (1930) Diixie O'Day 1930 - 8.0 (241)
- 57. Conspiracy (1930) Margaret Holt 1930 - 6.9 (13)
- 58. They Learned About Women (1930) Mary Collins 1930 - 6.2 (89)
- 59. Chasing Rainbows (1930)   Carlie 1930 - 6.8 (51)
AKAs:
  • Road Show
- 60. The Girl in the Show (1929) Hattie Hartley 1929 - 8.4 (46)
- 61. The Idle Rich (1929) Helen Thayer 1929 - 7.6 (17)
- 62. The Broadway Melody (1929)   Hank Mahoney 1929 $4.37M 6.8 (1,813)
AKAs:
  • The Broadway Melody of 1929 (USA: alternative title)
- 63. Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928)   Mitzi Lavelle 1928 - 6.6 (6)
AKAs:
  • Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (UK)
- 64. Sally of the Scandals (1928) Sally Rand 1928 - -
- 65. The Matinee Idol (1928) Ginger Bolivar 1928 - 7.6 (150)
- 66. Dress Parade (1927) Janet Cleghorne 1927 - 7.6 (66)
- 67. Amateur Night (1927) (uncredited) (unconfirmed) Undetermined Role 1927 - -
- 68. A Harp in Hock (1927)   Nora Banks 1927 - -
AKAs:
  • The Samaritan
- 69. Rubber Tires (1927)   Mary Ellen Stack 1927 - 7.5 (13)
AKAs:
  • Ten Thousand Reward
- 70. The American (1927)   1927 - -
AKAs:
  • The Flag Maker
- 71. Going Crooked (1926) Marie 1926 - -
- 72. Young April (1926) Victoria 1926 - 7.6 (17)
- 73. Meet the Prince (1926) 1926 - -
- 74. Lovey Mary (1926)   Lovey Mary 1926 - -
AKAs:
  • Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
- 75. The Song and Dance Man (1926) Leola Lane 1926 - -
- 76. The King on Main Street (1925) Mary Young 1925 - 6.6 (8)
- 77. New Brooms (1925) Geraldine Marsh 1925 - -
- 78. A Son of His Father (1925) Nora Shea 1925 - -
- 79. Soul-Fire (1925) Teita 1925 - 8.1 (81)
- 80. The Lost World (1925) (as Miss Bessie Love) Miss Paula White 1925 - 7.1 (1,292)
- 81. Tongues of Flame (1924) Lahleet 1924 - -
- 82. Sundown (1924) Ellen Crawley 1924 - -
- 83. Dynamite Smith (1924) Violet 1924 - -
- 84. The Silent Watcher (1924) Mary, his wife 1924 - -
- 85. Those Who Dance (1924) Veda Carney 1924 - -
- 86. The Woman on the Jury (1924) Grace Pierce 1924 - -
- 87. Torment (1924) Marie 1924 - -
- 88. Gentle Julia (1923) Julia 1923 - -
- 89. Slave of Desire (1923) Pauline Gaudin 1923 - -
- 90. St. Elmo (1923/I) Edna Earle 1923 - -
- 91. The Eternal Three (1923) Hilda Gray 1923 - -
- 92. Human Wreckage (1923) Mary Finnegan 1923 - -
- 93. Purple Dawn (1923) Mui Far 1923 - -
- 94. The Ghost Patrol (1923) Effie Kugler 1923 - -
- 95. Three Who Paid (1923)   John Caspar/Virginia Cartwright 1923 - -
AKAs:
  • Three Men to Pay
- 96. Deserted at the Altar (1922) Anna Moore (the country girl) 1922 - -
- 97. The Village Blacksmith (1922) Rosemary Martin, the Daughter 1922 - 6.5 (13)
- 98. Bulldog Courage (1922) Gloria Phillips 1922 - -
- 99. Forget Me Not (1922) Ann, The Girl 1922 - -
- 100. The Vermilion Pencil (1922) Hyacinth 1922 - -
- 101. The Sea Lion (1921) Blossom Nelson 1921 - 7.2 (26)
- 102. The Swamp (1921) Mary 1921 - -
- 103. The Spirit of the Lake (1921) 1921 - -
- 104. The Honor of Ramirez (1921) 1921 - -
- 105. Penny of Top Hill Trail (1921) Penny 1921 - -
- 106. Bonnie May (1920) Bonnie May 1920 - -
- 107. The Midlanders (1920) Aurelie Lindstrom 1920 - -
- 108. Pegeen (1920) Pegeen O'Neill 1920 - -
- 109. A Fighting Colleen (1919) Alannah Malone 1919 - -
- 110. Over the Garden Wall (1919) Peggy Gordon 1919 - -
- 111. Cupid Forecloses (1919) Geraldine Farleigh 1919 - -
- 112. The Little Boss (1919) Peggy Winston (The Little Boss) 1919 - -
- 113. A Yankee Princess (1919) Patsy O'Reilly 1919 - -
- 114. The Wishing Ring Man (1919) Joy Havenith 1919 - -
- 115. Carolyn of the Corners (1919) Carolyn May Cameron 1919 - -
- 116. The Enchanted Barn (1919) Shirley Hollister 1919 - -
- 117. The Dawn of Understanding (1918) Sue Prescott 1918 - -
- 118. A Little Sister of Everybody (1918) Celeste Janvier 1918 - -
- 119. How Could You, Caroline? (1918) Caroline Rogers 1918 - -
- 120. The Great Adventure (1918) Rags 1918 - -
- 121. Polly Ann (1917)   Polly Ann 1917 - -
AKAs:
  • Pernickety Polly Ann
- 122. Wee Lady Betty (1917) Wee Lady Betty 1917 - -
- 123. The Sawdust Ring (1917) Janet Magie 1917 - -
- 124. Cheerful Givers (1917) Judy 1917 - -
- 125. A Daughter of the Poor (1917)   Rose Eastman 1917 - -
AKAs:
  • The Heart of the Poor (USA: reissue title)
  • The Spitfire
- 126. Nina, the Flower Girl (1917) Nina 1917 - -
- 127. The Heiress at Coffee Dan's (1916) Waffles 1916 - -
- 128. A Sister of Six (1916) Prudence 1916 - -
- 129. Hell-to-Pay Austin (1916)   Briar Rose Dawson 1916 - -
AKAs:
  • Love in the West
- 130. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)   The Bride of Cana (Judean Story) 1916 - 8.2 (4,870)
AKAs:
  • Intolerance (USA: short title)
  • Intolerance: A Sun-Play of the Ages (USA: copyright title)
- 131. Stranded (1916/I) The Girl 1916 - -
- 132. The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916) The Little Fish Blower 1916 - 7.1 (238)
- 133. Reggie Mixes In (1916)   Agnes 1916 - 7.0 (435)
AKAs:
  • Facing the Music
- 134. The Good Bad Man (1916)   Amy 1916 - -
AKAs:
  • Passing Through
- 135. The Aryan (1916) Mary Jane Garth 1916 - -
- 136. The Flying Torpedo (1916) Hulda 1916 - 3.1 (6)
- 137. Acquitted (1916) Helen Carter 1916 - -
- 138. Georgia Pearce (1915) 1915 - -
Soundtrack
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Good News (1930) ("Gee, But I'd Like to Make You Happy" (1930)) 1930 - 8.0 (241)
- 2. They Learned About Women (1930) (performer: "A Man of My Own") 1930 - 6.2 (89)
- 3. Chasing Rainbows (1930)   (performer: "Everybody Tap") 1930 - 6.8 (51)
AKAs:
  • Road Show
- 4. The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)   (performer: "FOUNTAIN IN THE PARK", "I NEVER KNEW I COULD DO A THING LIKE THAT", "MARIE, POLLY AND BESS") 1929 - 8.1 (1,006)
AKAs:
  • The Hollywood Revue
- 5. The Broadway Melody (1929)   (performer: "The Broadway Melody", "Harmony Babies", "The Boy Friend") 1929 $4.37M 6.8 (1,813)
AKAs:
  • The Broadway Melody of 1929 (USA: alternative title)
Miscellaneous Crew
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Hollywood" (1980)   advisor (unknown episodes) 1980 - 9.1 (281)
AKAs:
  • Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film (USA: video box title)
Writer
 Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. A Yankee Princess (1919) (writer) 1919 - -
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Looks Familiar" (1970)   Herself - Guest (1 episode, 1980) 1980 - -
1 TV episode:
- 2. "Hollywood" (1980)   Herself (unknown episodes) 1980 - 9.1 (281)
AKAs:
  • Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film (USA: video box title)
- 3. "The Hollywood Greats" (1977)   Herself (1 episode, 1978) 1978 - 7.9 (12)
AKAs:
  • Hollywood Greats (USA: new title)
1 TV episode:
- 4. "Late Show London" (1966)   Herself (1 episode, 1966) 1966 - -
1 TV episode:
- 5. "This Is Your Life" (1955)   Herself (1 episode, 1963) 1963 - 6.6 (29)
1 TV episode:
- 6. London Scrapbook (1942) Herself 1942 - -
- 7. Screen Snapshots No. 8 (1931) Herself 1931 - -
- 8. Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 18 (1930) Herself 1930 - -
- 9. The Voice of Hollywood No. 11 (1930) (uncredited) Herself 1930 - -
- 10. The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)   Herself 1929 - 8.1 (1,006)
AKAs:
  • The Hollywood Revue
- 11. Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927) Herself 1927 - -
- 12. Mary of the Movies (1923) (uncredited) Herself 1923 - -
- 13. Souls for Sale (1923) (uncredited) Herself - Celebrity Actress 1923 - 7.4 (195)
- 14. Night Life in Hollywood (1922)   Herself 1922 - -
AKAs:
  • The Shriek of Hollywood (USA: alternative title)
Archive Footage
- 1. "Broadway: The American Musical"  
1 TV episode:
- 2. This Happy Breed (1944) (uncredited) Herself
- 3. Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939) Herself

Additional Details

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography | 17 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 1 Magazine Cover Photo more

Genres:

Drama | Comedy | Romance | Western more

Plot Keywords:

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