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(Jul. 5, 1890 Santa Barbara,
California - Jan. 22, 1965 Thousand Oaks, California)
 Eyton appeared in some 85 movies. Among her most relevant roles,
'Helen Chester' in "The Spoilers" (1914), 'Moya Dalton' in "The Man
from Texas" (1915), and 'Virginia Carvel' in "The Crisis" (1916).
(bio by: MC)
She had come to the screen in 1911 as Hobart Bosworth's leading lady
and remained with the Selig company until its demise in 1918,
appearing opposite such virile matinee idols as Thomas Santschi, Tom
Mix, and Wheeler Oakman. In 1915, she divorced her husband, Selig
producer Charles Eyton (1871-1941), who then married Kathleen
Williams, Bessie's great rival and her co-star in the first and most
famous screen version of Rex Beach's The Spoilers (1914). Bessie
Eyton's period was decidedly the 1910s prior to America's
involvement in World War I, but she made sporadic screen appearances
until 1925, returning in the 1930s as a dress extra. |
