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Bessie Love

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The Resume

    (September 10, 1898-April 26, 1986)
    Born in Midland, Texas
    Birth name was Juanita Horton
    Appeared in the films 'Intolerance' (1916), 'The Great Adventure' (1916), 'Deserted at the Altar' (1922), 'The Lost World' (1925), 'The Broadway Melody' (1928), 'The Idle Rich' (1929), 'Morals for Women' (1931), 'I Live Again' (1936), 'Journey Together' (1945), 'The Barefoot Contessa' (1954), 'Too Young to Love' (1959), 'The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone' (1961), 'Isadora' (1968), 'The Ritz' (1976), 'Reds' (1981), and 'The Hunger' (1983)
    Became a British citizen (1971)

Why she might be annoying:

    D.W. Griffith insisted she adopt a screen name, claiming her birth name was too long for marquees and too difficult to pronounce.
    Her film career went into a downturn during the 1930s, prompting her to quip, 'I started at the top and worked my way down to the bottom.'
    She was erroneously reported dead in the New York Times (1947) and Los Angeles Times (1967).

Why she might not be annoying:

    In 'The King of Main Street,' she was the first actress to do the Charleston on film, helping to popularize the dance in the US.
    She toured in a vaudeville revue for sixteen weeks, which proved so physically demanding that she fractured a rib (1928).
    She made a successful transition from silent films to talking pictures.
    She was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for 'The Broadway Melody.'
    She volunteered with the Red Cross during World War II.
    In 'Isadora,' in addition to portraying the mother of Vanessa Redgrave's character, she was also Redgrave's dialect coach.

Credit: C. Fishel


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