On Her Majesty's Secret Service1969
As Baccarat Player (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Bessie Love
Born
Bessie Love (born Juanita Horton, September 10, 1898 - April 26, 1986) became one of the most recognizable faces of early American cinema. After her family moved to Los Angeles, she was sent to Biograph Studios, where legendary director D.W. Griffith noticed her talent and cast her in several films, including Intolerance (1916). During the silent era, she gained popularity for her lively, wholesome screen presence and worked with major stars such as Douglas Fairbanks. Her career soared in the 1920s, and she was named a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1922, marking her as one of Hollywood’s most promising young actresses. Love made a successful transition to sound films—something many silent stars struggled with. Her performance as Hank Mahoney in The Broadway Melody (1929) earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, cementing her place in film history. In the 1930s, she moved to the United Kingdom, where she continued acting in film, theatre, radio, and later television. Her career ultimately spanned from 1915 to 1983, making her one of the longest‑working performers of her generation. She died on April 26, 1986, in London at age 87.
Filmography (127)
The Hunger1983
As Lillybelle
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Reds1981
As Mrs. Partlow
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Lady Chatterley's Lover1981
As Flora
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages1916
As The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Ritz1976
As Maurine
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Barefoot Contessa1954
As Mrs. Eubanks
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Ragtime1981
As Old Lady - T.O.C.
TMDb 7.0 / 10
No Highway in the Sky1951
As Plane Passenger (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché2018
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Children of the Damned1964
As Mrs. Robbin
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Sunday Bloody Sunday1971
As Answering Service Lady
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone1961
As Bunny
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Vampyres1974
As American Lady
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Broadway Melody1929
As Harriet 'Hank' Mahoney
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Story of Esther Costello1957
As Art Gallery Customer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Hollywood Revue of 19291929
As Self
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Catlow1971
As Mrs. Frost
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Lost World1925
As Paula White
TMDb 6.7 / 10
I'll Never Forget What's'isname1967
As American tourist (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Good Bad-Man1916
As Amy
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Isadora1968
As Mrs. Duncan
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Next to No Time1958
As Becky Wiener
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Magic Box1952
As Bride's Mother in Wedding Group
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Nowhere to Go1958
As Harriet P. Jefferson
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Matinee Idol1928
As Ginger Bolivar
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Mousey1974
As Mrs. Richardson
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Dress Parade1927
As Janet Cleghorne
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Gentle Julia1923
As Julia
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Cupid Forecloses1919
As Geraldine Farleigh
TMDb 9.0 / 10
St. Elmo1923
As Edna Earle
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Too Young to Love1960
As Mrs. Busch
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Mary of the Movies1923
As Herself (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Weak and the Wicked1954
As Prisoner
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Stranded
Stranded1916
As The Girl
Gulliver's Travels1977
As (voice)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
They Learned About Women1930
As Mary
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Battle Beneath the Earth1967
As Matron
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Good News1930
As Babe
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Torment1924
As Marie
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Souls for Sale1923
As Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Gareth Hughes
Gareth Hughes2000
As Self (archive footage)
Soul-Fire1925
As Teita
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Edward & Mrs. Simpson1978
As Lady Cunard
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Promise Her Anything1966
As Pet Shop Customer
TMDb 4.1 / 10
A Son of His Father1925
As Nora Shea
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Wild Affair1965
As Marjorie's Mother
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Round About Hollywood1931
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Anybody Here Seen Kelly?1928
As Mitzi Lavelle
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Journey Together1945
As Mrs. Mary McWilliams
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Girl in the Show1929
As Hattie Hartley
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Polly Ann1917
As Polly Ann
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish1916
As The Little Fish Blower
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Night Life in Hollywood1922
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
I Think They Call Him John1964
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Nina, the Flower Girl1917
As Nina
Atlantic Ferry1941
As Begonia Baggot
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Pegeen1920
As Pegeen O'Neill
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The King On Main Street1925
As Mary Young
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Idle Rich1929
As Helen Thayer
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Deserted at the Altar1922
As Anna Moore (The Country Girl)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Human Wreckage1923
As Mary Finnegan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
See America Thirst1930
As Ellen
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A Little Sister of Everybody1918
As Celeste Janvier
A Sister of Six1916
As Prudence
TMDb 7.5 / 10
A Daughter of the Poor1917
As Rose Eastman
The Woman on the Jury1924
As Grace Pierce
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Honor of Rameriz1921
As The Geologist's Wife
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Conspiracy1930
As Margaret Holt
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Touch and Go1955
As Mrs Baxter
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Spirit of the Lake
The Spirit of the Lake1921
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Wampas Baby Stars of 19221922
As Self
The Village Blacksmith1922
As Rosemary Martin
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Slave of Desire1923
As Pauline Gaudin
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Dawn of Understanding1918
As Sue Prescott
Chasing Rainbows1930
As Carlie Seymour
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Wishing Ring Man1919
As Joy Havenith
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Rubber Tires1927
As Mary Ellen Stack
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous1923
As Bernice
The Purple Dawn1923
As Mui Far
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Carolyn of the Corners1919
The Heiress at Coffee Dan's
The Heiress at Coffee Dan's1916
As Waffles
Alice Guy-Blaché1997
As Self
Hell-to-Pay Austin
Hell-to-Pay Austin1916
As Briar Rose Dawson
The Ghost Patrol1923
As Effie Kugler
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Those Who Dance1924
As Veda Anargas
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 121922
As Self
Over the Garden Wall1919
As Peggy Gordon
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Morals for Women1931
As Helen Hutson
TMDb 4.1 / 10
New Brooms1925
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Forget Me Not1922
As Ann, The Girl
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Sea Lion1921
As Blossom Nelson
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Swamp1921
As Mary
TMDb 8.0 / 10
A Harp in Hock1927
As Nora Banks
TMDb 7.0 / 10
How Could You, Caroline?1918
As Caroline Rogers
Sally of the Scandals1928
As Sally Rand
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Aryan1916
As Mary Jane Garth
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Eternal Three1923
As Hilda Gray
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Young April1926
As Victoria
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The American1927
As Jane Wilton
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Cheerful Givers1917
As Judy
Reggie Mixes In1916
As Agnes
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Flying Torpedo1916
As Hulda
The Song and Dance Man
The Song and Dance Man1926
As Leola Lane
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Midlanders1920
As Aurelie Lindstrom
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Swell Head1928
The Sawdust Ring1917
As Janet Magie
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Great Adventure1918
As Rags
Dynamite Smith1924
As Violet
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Wee Lady Betty1917
As Wee Lady Betty
The Vermilion Pencil1922
As Hyacinth
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Pistol
The Pistol1965
As Martha Burroughs
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Silent Watcher1924
As Mary, his wife
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Bonnie May1920
As Bonnie May
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Lovey Mary1926
As Lovey Mary
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Three Who Paid
Three Who Paid1923
As John Caspar / Virginia Cartwright
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Penny of Top Hill Trail1921
As Penny
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Enchanted Barn1919
As Shirley Hollister
TMDb 10.0 / 10
A Fighting Colleen1919
As Alannah Malone
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Sundown1924
As Ellen Crawley
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Little Boss1919
As Peggy Winston (The Little Boss)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Going Crooked1926
As Marie
TMDb 10.0 / 10
A Yankee Princess
A Yankee Princess1919
As Patsy O'Reilly
TMDb 9.0 / 10
London Scrapbook
London Scrapbook1942
As Herself
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Acquitted
Acquitted1916
As Helen Carter
Tongues of Flame
Tongues of Flame1924
As Lahleet
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Bulldog Courage
Bulldog Courage1922
As Gloria Phillips
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb