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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 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:
Sister-in-law of Howard Hawks and Kenneth Hawks, cousin-in-law of... more
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Down 9% in popularity this week. See rank & trends on IMDbPro.
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more
Alternate Names:
Miss Bessie Love

Filmography

Actress:
  1. The Hunger (1983) .... Lillybelle
  2. Reds (1981) .... Mrs. Partlow
  3. Ragtime (1981) .... Old T.O.C. Lady
    ... aka Love and Glory (Philippines: English title)
  4. Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981) .... Flora
    ... aka L'amant de lady Chatterley (France)
    ... aka Lady Chatterley's Liebhaber (West Germany)

  5. "Edward & Mrs. Simpson" .... Lady Cunard (1 episode, 1978)
        - Venus at the Prow (1978) TV episode .... Lady Cunard
  6. Gulliver's Travels (1977) (voice)
  7. "Katy" .... Mrs. Finch (3 episodes, 1976)
        - Episode #1.6 (1976) TV episode .... Mrs. Finch
        - Episode #1.5 (1976) TV episode .... Mrs. Finch
        - Episode #1.4 (1976) TV episode .... Mrs. Finch
  8. The Ritz (1976) .... Maurine
  9. "Shades of Greene" .... St. Louis Woman (1 episode, 1975)
        - Cheap in August (1975) TV episode .... St. Louis Woman
  10. Mousey (1974) (TV) .... Mrs. Richardson
    ... aka Cat and Mouse (UK)
  11. Vampyres (1974) .... American Lady
    ... aka Blood Hunger
    ... aka Daughters of Dracula (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka Satan's Daughters
    ... aka Vampyres, Daughters of Dracula
    ... aka Vampyres: Daughters of Darkness (USA)
  12. "Pollyanna" .... Mrs Snow (1 episode, 1973)
        - Episode #1.2 (1973) TV episode .... Mrs Snow
  13. Catlow (1971) .... Mrs. Frost
  14. "Public Eye" .... Chrissy Husack (1 episode, 1971)
        - The Beater and the Game (1971) TV episode .... Chrissy Husack
  15. Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) .... Telephone Operator
  16. "W. Somerset Maugham" .... American lady (1 episode, 1970)
        - Jane (1970) TV episode .... American lady

  17. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) (uncredited) .... American Guest
    ... aka Ian Fleming's On Her Majesty's Secret Service (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
    ... aka O.H.M.S.S. (UK: promotional abbreviation)
  18. "Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)" .... Mrs. Trotter (1 episode, 1969)
    ... aka "My Partner the Ghost" (USA)
        - When Did You Start to Stop Seeing Things? (1969) TV episode .... Mrs. Trotter
  19. Isadora (1968) .... Mrs. Duncan
    ... aka The Loves of Isadora (USA: reissue title)
  20. I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967) .... American tourist
    ... aka I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname (USA: video box title)
  21. Battle Beneath the Earth (1967) .... Matron
    ... aka Battle Beneath the Sea (USA)
  22. Poppies Are Also Flowers (1966) (uncredited) .... Minor Role
    ... aka Danger Grows Wild (UK)
    ... aka Mohn ist auch eine Blume (Austria)
    ... aka Opération opium (France)
    ... aka The Opium Connection (USA: video title)
    ... aka The Poppy Is Also a Flower (USA: promotional title)
  23. Promise Her Anything (1965) .... Pet Shop Customer
  24. "The Wednesday Play" .... Martha Burroughs (1 episode, 1965)
        - The Pistol (1965) TV episode .... Martha Burroughs
  25. I Think They Call Him John (1964) (voice) .... Narrator
  26. Children of the Damned (1964) .... Mrs. Robbins, Mark's Grandmother
    ... aka Horror! (USA)
  27. The Wild Affair (1963) .... Marjorie's Mother
  28. "The Sentimental Agent" .... Mamie (1 episode, 1963)
        - Never Play Cards with Strangers (1963) TV episode .... Mamie
  29. "Zero One" .... Mrs. Glorny (1 episode, 1962)
        - Gunpoint to Shannon (1962) TV episode .... Mrs. Glorny
  30. "The Andromeda Breakthrough" .... Mrs. Neilson (1 episode, 1962)
        - Gale Warning (1962) TV episode .... Mrs. Neilson
  31. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) .... Bunny
    ... aka The Widow and the Gigolo
  32. "Harpers West One" .... Customer (1 episode, 1961)
        - Episode #1.4 (1961) TV episode .... Customer
  33. The Greengage Summer (1961) .... American tourist
    ... aka Loss of Innocence (USA)
  34. "ITV Television Playhouse" .... Auntie / ... (2 episodes, 1957-1960)
        - A Young Lady of Property (1960) TV episode .... Auntie
        - The Staring Match (1957) TV episode .... Irma Davis
  35. Too Young to Love (1960) .... Mrs. Busch
  36. "International Detective" .... Mrs. Morgan (1 episode, 1960)
        - The Brenner Case (1960) TV episode .... Mrs. Morgan

  37. "ITV Play of the Week" .... Bessie Bockser / ... (2 episodes, 1957-1959)
    ... aka "Play of the Week" (UK: short title)
        - South (1959) TV episode .... Mrs. Strong
        - The Wooden Dish (1957) TV episode .... Bessie Bockser
  38. Nowhere to Go (1958) .... Harriet P. Jefferson
  39. Next to No Time (1958) .... Becky Wiener
  40. "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" .... Grace Jones / ... (2 episodes, 1952-1958)
        - View Friendship and Marriage (1958) TV episode .... Mrs. Dudley-Brown
        - Mystery Story (1952) TV episode .... Grace Jones
  41. The Story of Esther Costello (1957) .... Matron in Art Gallery
    ... aka The Golden Virgin
  42. "London Playhouse" .... Mrs. Goren (1 episode, 1955)
        - The Glorification of Al Toolum (1955) TV episode .... Mrs. Goren
  43. Touch and Go (1955) .... Mrs Baxter
    ... aka The Light Touch
  44. Beau Brummell (1954) (uncredited) .... Maid
  45. The Barefoot Contessa (1954) .... Mrs. Eubanks
    ... aka La contessa scalza (Italy)
  46. The Weak and the Wicked (1954) .... Prisoner
    ... aka Young and Willing (USA)
  47. The Magic Box (1952) .... Bride's mother in wedding group
  48. No Highway (1951) (uncredited) .... Plane passenger
    ... aka No Highway in the Sky (USA)

  49. The Front Page (1948) (TV) .... Mrs. Grant
  50. You Can't Take It with You (1947) (TV)
  51. Journey Together (1945) .... Mrs. Mary McWilliams
  52. Atlantic Ferry (1941) .... Begonia Baggot
    ... aka Sons of the Sea (USA: alternative title)

  53. I Live Again (1936) .... Kathleen Vernon
    ... aka Live Again
  54. Morals for Women (1931) .... Helen Huston
    ... aka Big City Interlude (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka Farewell Party
  55. See America Thirst (1930) .... Ellen
  56. Good News (1930) .... Diixie O'Day
  57. Conspiracy (1930) .... Margaret Holt
  58. They Learned About Women (1930) .... Mary Collins
  59. Chasing Rainbows (1930) .... Carlie
    ... aka Road Show

  60. The Girl in the Show (1929) .... Hattie Hartley
  61. The Idle Rich (1929) .... Helen Thayer
  62. The Broadway Melody (1929) .... Hank Mahoney
    ... aka The Broadway Melody of 1929 (USA)
  63. Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928) .... Mitzi Lavelle
    ... aka Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (UK)
  64. Sally of the Scandals (1928) .... Sally Rand
  65. The Matinee Idol (1928) .... Ginger Bolivar
  66. Dress Parade (1927) .... Janet Cleghorne
  67. Amateur Night (1927) (uncredited) (unconfirmed) .... Undetermined Role
  68. A Harp in Hock (1927) .... Nora Banks
    ... aka The Samaritan
  69. Rubber Tires (1927) .... Mary Ellen Stack
    ... aka Ten Thousand Reward
  70. The American (1927)
    ... aka The Flag Maker
  71. Going Crooked (1926) .... Marie
  72. Young April (1926) .... Victoria
  73. Meet the Prince (1926)
  74. Lovey Mary (1926) .... Lovey Mary
    ... aka Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
  75. The Song and Dance Man (1926) .... Leola Lane
  76. The King on Main Street (1925) .... Mary Young
  77. New Brooms (1925) .... Geraldine Marsh
  78. A Son of His Father (1925) .... Nora Shea
  79. Soul-Fire (1925) .... Teita
  80. The Lost World (1925) (as Miss Bessie Love) .... Miss Paula White
  81. Tongues of Flame (1924) .... Lahleet
  82. Sundown (1924) .... Ellen Crawley
  83. Dynamite Smith (1924) .... Violet
  84. The Silent Watcher (1924) .... Mary, his wife
  85. Those Who Dance (1924) .... Veda Carney
  86. The Woman on the Jury (1924) .... Grace Pierce
  87. Torment (1924) .... Marie
  88. Gentle Julia (1923) .... Julia
  89. Slave of Desire (1923) .... Pauline Gaudin
  90. St. Elmo (1923/I) .... Edna Earle
  91. The Eternal Three (1923) .... Hilda Gray
  92. Human Wreckage (1923) .... Mary Finnegan
  93. Purple Dawn (1923) .... Mui Far
  94. The Ghost Patrol (1923) .... Effie Kugler
  95. Three Who Paid (1923) .... John Caspar/Virginia Cartwright
    ... aka Three Men to Pay
  96. Deserted at the Altar (1922) .... Anna Moore (the country girl)
  97. The Village Blacksmith (1922) .... Rosemary Martin, the Daughter
  98. Bulldog Courage (1922) .... Gloria Phillips
  99. Forget Me Not (1922) .... Ann, The Girl
  100. The Vermilion Pencil (1922) .... Hyacinth
  101. The Sea Lion (1921) .... Blossom Nelson
  102. The Swamp (1921) .... Mary
  103. The Spirit of the Lake (1921)
  104. The Honor of Ramirez (1921)
  105. Penny of Top Hill Trail (1921) .... Penny
  106. Bonnie May (1920) .... Bonnie May
  107. Pegeen (1920) .... Pegeen O'Neill
  108. The Midlanders (1920) .... Aurelie Lindstrom

  109. A Fighting Colleen (1919) .... Alannah Malone
  110. Over the Garden Wall (1919) .... Peggy Gordon
  111. Cupid Forecloses (1919) .... Geraldine Farleigh
  112. The Little Boss (1919) .... Peggy Winston (The Little Boss)
  113. A Yankee Princess (1919) .... Patsy O'Reilly
  114. The Wishing Ring Man (1919) .... Joy Havenith
  115. Carolyn of the Corners (1919) .... Carolyn May Cameron
  116. The Enchanted Barn (1919) .... Shirley Hollister
  117. The Dawn of Understanding (1918) .... Sue Prescott
  118. A Little Sister of Everybody (1918) .... Celeste Janvier
  119. How Could You, Caroline? (1918) .... Caroline Rogers
  120. The Great Adventure (1918) .... Rags
  121. Polly Ann (1917) .... Polly Ann
    ... aka Pernickety Polly Ann
  122. Wee Lady Betty (1917) .... Wee Lady Betty
  123. The Sawdust Ring (1917) .... Janet Magie
  124. Cheerful Givers (1917) .... Judy
  125. A Daughter of the Poor (1917) .... Rose Eastman
    ... aka The Heart of the Poor (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka The Spitfire
  126. Nina, the Flower Girl (1917) .... Nina
  127. The Heiress at Coffee Dan's (1916) .... Waffles
  128. A Sister of Six (1916) .... Prudence
  129. Hell-to-Pay Austin (1916) .... Briar Rose Dawson
    ... aka Love in the West
  130. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) .... The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)
    ... aka Intolerance (USA: short title)
    ... aka Intolerance: A Sun-Play of the Ages (USA: copyright title)
  131. Stranded (1916/I) .... The Girl
  132. The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916) .... The Little Fish Blower
  133. Reggie Mixes In (1916) .... Agnes
    ... aka Facing the Music
  134. The Good Bad Man (1916) .... Amy
    ... aka Passing Through
  135. The Aryan (1916) .... Mary Jane Garth
  136. The Flying Torpedo (1916) .... Hulda
  137. Acquitted (1916) .... Helen Carter
  138. Georgia Pearce (1915)
Soundtrack:
  1. Good News (1930) ("Gee, But I'd Like to Make You Happy" (1930))
  2. They Learned About Women (1930) (performer: "A Man of My Own")
  3. Chasing Rainbows (1930) (performer: "Everybody Tap")
    ... aka 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")
    ... aka The Hollywood Revue
  5. The Broadway Melody (1929) (performer: "The Broadway Melody", "Harmony Babies", "The Boy Friend")
    ... aka The Broadway Melody of 1929 (USA)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. "Hollywood" (1980) TV mini-series (advisor)
    ... aka "Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film" (USA: video box title)
Writer:
  1. A Yankee Princess (1919) (writer)
Self:
  1. "Looks Familiar" .... Herself - Guest (1 episode, 1980)
        - Episode dated 1 May 1980 (1980) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
  2. "Hollywood" (1980) TV mini-series .... Herself
    ... aka "Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film" (USA: video box title)

  3. "The Hollywood Greats" .... Herself (1 episode, 1978)
    ... aka "Hollywood Greats" (USA: new title)
        - Ronald Colman (1978) TV episode .... Herself

  4. "Late Show London" .... Herself (1 episode, 1966)
        - Episode #1.17 (1966) TV episode .... Herself
  5. "This Is Your Life" .... Herself (1 episode, 1963)
        - Bessie Love (1963) TV episode .... Herself

  6. London Scrapbook (1942) .... Herself

  7. Screen Snapshots No. 8 (1931) .... Herself
  8. The Voice of Hollywood No. 11 (1930) (uncredited) .... Herself
  9. Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 18 (1930) .... Herself

  10. The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) .... Herself
    ... aka The Hollywood Revue
  11. Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927) .... Herself
  12. Mary of the Movies (1923) (uncredited) .... Herself
  13. Souls for Sale (1923) (uncredited) .... Herself - Celebrity Actress
  14. Night Life in Hollywood (1922) .... Herself
    ... aka The Shriek of Hollywood (USA)
Archive Footage:
  1. "Broadway: The American Musical"
        - Syncopated City: 1919-1933 (2004) TV episode .... Hank Mahoney
  2. This Happy Breed (1944) (uncredited) .... Herself
  3. Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939) .... Herself


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