Overview
Mini Biography:
Bessie Love was born in Texas. Her cowboy father moved the family to Hollywood...
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another
1 win
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Alternate Names:
Miss Bessie Love
Filmography
- The Hunger (1983) .... Lillybelle
- Reds (1981) .... Mrs. Partlow
- Ragtime (1981) .... Old T.O.C. Lady
... aka Love and Glory (Philippines: English title) - Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981) .... Flora
... aka L'amant de lady Chatterley (France)
... aka Lady Chatterley's Liebhaber (West Germany)
- "Edward & Mrs. Simpson" .... Lady Cunard (1 episode, 1978)
- Venus at the Prow (1978) TV episode .... Lady Cunard - Gulliver's Travels (1977) (voice)
- "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 - The Ritz (1976) .... Maurine
- "Shades of Greene" .... St. Louis Woman (1 episode, 1975)
- Cheap in August (1975) TV episode .... St. Louis Woman - Mousey (1974) (TV) .... Mrs. Richardson
... aka Cat and Mouse (UK) - 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) - "Pollyanna" .... Mrs Snow (1 episode, 1973)
- Episode #1.2 (1973) TV episode .... Mrs Snow - Catlow (1971) .... Mrs. Frost
- "Public Eye" .... Chrissy Husack (1 episode, 1971)
- The Beater and the Game (1971) TV episode .... Chrissy Husack - Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) .... Telephone Operator
- "W. Somerset Maugham" .... American lady (1 episode, 1970)
- Jane (1970) TV episode .... American lady
- 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) - "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 - Isadora (1968) .... Mrs. Duncan
... aka The Loves of Isadora (USA: reissue title) - I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967) .... American tourist
... aka I'll Never Forget What's 'Isname (USA: video box title) - Battle Beneath the Earth (1967) .... Matron
... aka Battle Beneath the Sea (USA) - 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) - Promise Her Anything (1965) .... Pet Shop Customer
- "The Wednesday Play" .... Martha Burroughs (1 episode, 1965)
- The Pistol (1965) TV episode .... Martha Burroughs - I Think They Call Him John (1964) (voice) .... Narrator
- Children of the Damned (1964) .... Mrs. Robbins, Mark's Grandmother
... aka Horror! (USA) - The Wild Affair (1963) .... Marjorie's Mother
- "The Sentimental Agent" .... Mamie (1 episode, 1963)
- Never Play Cards with Strangers (1963) TV episode .... Mamie - "Zero One" .... Mrs. Glorny (1 episode, 1962)
- Gunpoint to Shannon (1962) TV episode .... Mrs. Glorny - "The Andromeda Breakthrough" .... Mrs. Neilson (1 episode, 1962)
- Gale Warning (1962) TV episode .... Mrs. Neilson - The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) .... Bunny
... aka The Widow and the Gigolo - "Harpers West One" .... Customer (1 episode, 1961)
- Episode #1.4 (1961) TV episode .... Customer - The Greengage Summer (1961) .... American tourist
... aka Loss of Innocence (USA) - "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 - Too Young to Love (1960) .... Mrs. Busch
- "International Detective" .... Mrs. Morgan (1 episode, 1960)
- The Brenner Case (1960) TV episode .... Mrs. Morgan
- "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 - Nowhere to Go (1958) .... Harriet P. Jefferson
- Next to No Time (1958) .... Becky Wiener
- "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 - The Story of Esther Costello (1957) .... Matron in Art Gallery
... aka The Golden Virgin - "London Playhouse" .... Mrs. Goren (1 episode, 1955)
- The Glorification of Al Toolum (1955) TV episode .... Mrs. Goren - Touch and Go (1955) .... Mrs Baxter
... aka The Light Touch - Beau Brummell (1954) (uncredited) .... Maid
- The Barefoot Contessa (1954) .... Mrs. Eubanks
... aka La contessa scalza (Italy) - The Weak and the Wicked (1954) .... Prisoner
... aka Young and Willing (USA) - The Magic Box (1952) .... Bride's mother in wedding group
- No Highway (1951) (uncredited) .... Plane passenger
... aka No Highway in the Sky (USA)
- The Front Page (1948) (TV) .... Mrs. Grant
- You Can't Take It with You (1947) (TV)
- Journey Together (1945) .... Mrs. Mary McWilliams
- Atlantic Ferry (1941) .... Begonia Baggot
... aka Sons of the Sea (USA: alternative title)
- I Live Again (1936) .... Kathleen Vernon
... aka Live Again - Morals for Women (1931) .... Helen Huston
... aka Big City Interlude (USA: reissue title)
... aka Farewell Party - See America Thirst (1930) .... Ellen
- Good News (1930) .... Diixie O'Day
- Conspiracy (1930) .... Margaret Holt
- They Learned About Women (1930) .... Mary Collins
- Chasing Rainbows (1930) .... Carlie
... aka Road Show
- The Girl in the Show (1929) .... Hattie Hartley
- The Idle Rich (1929) .... Helen Thayer
- The Broadway Melody (1929) .... Hank Mahoney
... aka The Broadway Melody of 1929 (USA) - Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928) .... Mitzi Lavelle
... aka Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (UK) - Sally of the Scandals (1928) .... Sally Rand
- The Matinee Idol (1928) .... Ginger Bolivar
- Dress Parade (1927) .... Janet Cleghorne
- Amateur Night (1927) (uncredited) (unconfirmed) .... Undetermined Role
- A Harp in Hock (1927) .... Nora Banks
... aka The Samaritan - Rubber Tires (1927) .... Mary Ellen Stack
... aka Ten Thousand Reward - The American (1927)
... aka The Flag Maker - Going Crooked (1926) .... Marie
- Young April (1926) .... Victoria
- Meet the Prince (1926)
- Lovey Mary (1926) .... Lovey Mary
... aka Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch - The Song and Dance Man (1926) .... Leola Lane
- The King on Main Street (1925) .... Mary Young
- New Brooms (1925) .... Geraldine Marsh
- A Son of His Father (1925) .... Nora Shea
- Soul-Fire (1925) .... Teita
- The Lost World (1925) (as Miss Bessie Love) .... Miss Paula White
- Tongues of Flame (1924) .... Lahleet
- Sundown (1924) .... Ellen Crawley
- Dynamite Smith (1924) .... Violet
- The Silent Watcher (1924) .... Mary, his wife
- Those Who Dance (1924) .... Veda Carney
- The Woman on the Jury (1924) .... Grace Pierce
- Torment (1924) .... Marie
- Gentle Julia (1923) .... Julia
- Slave of Desire (1923) .... Pauline Gaudin
- St. Elmo (1923/I) .... Edna Earle
- The Eternal Three (1923) .... Hilda Gray
- Human Wreckage (1923) .... Mary Finnegan
- Purple Dawn (1923) .... Mui Far
- The Ghost Patrol (1923) .... Effie Kugler
- Three Who Paid (1923) .... John Caspar/Virginia Cartwright
... aka Three Men to Pay - Deserted at the Altar (1922) .... Anna Moore (the country girl)
- The Village Blacksmith (1922) .... Rosemary Martin, the Daughter
- Bulldog Courage (1922) .... Gloria Phillips
- Forget Me Not (1922) .... Ann, The Girl
- The Vermilion Pencil (1922) .... Hyacinth
- The Sea Lion (1921) .... Blossom Nelson
- The Swamp (1921) .... Mary
- The Spirit of the Lake (1921)
- The Honor of Ramirez (1921)
- Penny of Top Hill Trail (1921) .... Penny
- Bonnie May (1920) .... Bonnie May
- Pegeen (1920) .... Pegeen O'Neill
- The Midlanders (1920) .... Aurelie Lindstrom
- A Fighting Colleen (1919) .... Alannah Malone
- Over the Garden Wall (1919) .... Peggy Gordon
- Cupid Forecloses (1919) .... Geraldine Farleigh
- The Little Boss (1919) .... Peggy Winston (The Little Boss)
- A Yankee Princess (1919) .... Patsy O'Reilly
- The Wishing Ring Man (1919) .... Joy Havenith
- Carolyn of the Corners (1919) .... Carolyn May Cameron
- The Enchanted Barn (1919) .... Shirley Hollister
- The Dawn of Understanding (1918) .... Sue Prescott
- A Little Sister of Everybody (1918) .... Celeste Janvier
- How Could You, Caroline? (1918) .... Caroline Rogers
- The Great Adventure (1918) .... Rags
- Polly Ann (1917) .... Polly Ann
... aka Pernickety Polly Ann - Wee Lady Betty (1917) .... Wee Lady Betty
- The Sawdust Ring (1917) .... Janet Magie
- Cheerful Givers (1917) .... Judy
- A Daughter of the Poor (1917) .... Rose Eastman
... aka The Heart of the Poor (USA: reissue title)
... aka The Spitfire - Nina, the Flower Girl (1917) .... Nina
- The Heiress at Coffee Dan's (1916) .... Waffles
- A Sister of Six (1916) .... Prudence
- Hell-to-Pay Austin (1916) .... Briar Rose Dawson
... aka Love in the West - 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) - Stranded (1916/I) .... The Girl
- The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916) .... The Little Fish Blower
- Reggie Mixes In (1916) .... Agnes
... aka Facing the Music - The Good Bad Man (1916) .... Amy
... aka Passing Through - The Aryan (1916) .... Mary Jane Garth
- The Flying Torpedo (1916) .... Hulda
- Acquitted (1916) .... Helen Carter
- Georgia Pearce (1915)
- Good News (1930) ("Gee, But I'd Like to Make You Happy" (1930))
- They Learned About Women (1930) (performer: "A Man of My Own")
- Chasing Rainbows (1930) (performer: "Everybody Tap")
... aka Road Show
- 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 - The Broadway Melody (1929) (performer: "The Broadway Melody", "Harmony Babies", "The Boy Friend")
... aka The Broadway Melody of 1929 (USA)
- "Hollywood" (1980) TV mini-series (advisor)
... aka "Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film" (USA: video box title)
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