Bessie Eyton

Bessie Eyton (née Harrison;[1] July 5, 1890 – January 22, 1965) was an American actress of the silent era.

Harrison married her first husband and namesake, actor Charles Eyton, on September 3, 1908.

While attending a studio tour at Selig Polyscope Company, she was spotted by a director who wanted to cast her as an extra in a film.

Although she made up to 200 films while signed to Selig, she is best known for her roles in The Spoilers (1914)[6] and the 12-reel adaptation of American novelist Winston Churchill's The Crisis (1916).

[9] Her final screen appearance was in The Girl of Gold (1925), starring Florence Vidor.

Bessie Eyton in Film Fun , June 1917