Bessie Banks (born Bessie Estelle Naylor) was an American actress and screenwriter active in Hollywood during the silent era.
[1][2] Bessie was born in Worthington, Minnesota, to Stephen Naylor and Harriet Lynch.
The family relocated to Santa Barbara, California, when Bessie was a girl.
In Santa Barbara, she met and married her husband, Canadian actor Perry Banks; together, they performed as a vaudeville act and appeared in a number of films produced in Santa Barbara at "Flying A" Studios.
[3] As screenwriter: As actress: