Bessie Love

Born: 1898-09-09

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bessie Love (September 10, 1898 – April 26, 1986) was an American motion picture actress who achieved prominence mainly in the silent films and early talkies.  With a small frame and delicate features, she played innocent young girls, flappers, and wholesome leading ladies. In addition to her acting career, she wrote the screenplay for the 1919 movie A Yankee Princess. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bessie Love  licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Lady Chatterley's Lover

as Flora
Released: 1981-06-29

After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love...

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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

as The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)
Released: 1916-09-04

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven...

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The Hunger

as Lillybelle
Released: 1983-04-29

Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John,...

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Isadora

as Mrs. Duncan
Released: 1968-09-14

A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of...

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Reds

as Mrs. Partlow
Released: 1981-12-25

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared...

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Ragtime

as Old Lady - T.O.C.
Released: 1981-11-20

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among...

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The Barefoot Contessa

as Mrs. Eubanks
Released: 1954-09-29

Has-been director Harry Dawes gets a new lease on his career when the independently wealthy...

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Children of the Damned

as Mrs. Robbin
Released: 1964-01-10

Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence,...

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The Lost World

as Paula White
Released: 1925-02-02

The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where...

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The Broadway Melody

as Hank Mahoney
Released: 1929-02-08

The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie...

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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

as Bunny
Released: 1961-12-28

Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a...

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Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Answering Service Lady
Released: 1971-07-01

Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod...

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No Highway in the Sky

as Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Released: 1951-06-28

James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded...

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The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

as The Little Fish Blower
Released: 1916-06-11

Coke Ennyday, the scientific detective, divides his time into periods of "Sleep", "Eat", "Dope"...

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Vampyres

as American Lady
Released: 1974-07-06

A duo of bisexual female vampires prey on passing motorists, whom they seduce and murder in the...

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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2018-12-07

The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and...

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The Hollywood Revue of 1929

as Self
Released: 1929-11-23

An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.

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See America Thirst

as Ellen
Released: 1930-11-23

Two men, one timid and one aggressive, make out as comical criminals.

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The Ritz

as Maurine
Released: 1976-08-12

To escape from a mobster, businessman Gaetano Proclo orders a cab driver to take him to a place...

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Catlow

as Mrs. Frost
Released: 1971-10-01

Catlow is a 1971 western based on a story by Louis L'Amour. It stars Yul Brynner as a outlaw...

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Promise Her Anything

as Pet Shop Customer
Released: 1966-02-22

A widowed mother decides to go after the child psychologist she works for because she thinks...

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The Magic Box

as Bride's Mother in Wedding Group
Released: 1952-01-01

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...

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Gulliver's Travels

as (voice)
Released: 1977-01-01

Based on the novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift and built around the Lilliput and Blefuscu...

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The Story of Esther Costello

as Art Gallery Customer
Released: 1957-11-06

Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother....

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Journey Together

as Mrs. Mary McWilliams
Released: 1945-10-01

Two Englishmen (Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling) train with the Royal Air Force, ending with...

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The Good Bad Man

as Amy
Released: 1916-04-21

An outlaw calling himself Passin' Through halts his "evil" ways long enough to help out some...

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Nowhere to Go

as Harriet P. Jefferson
Released: 1958-12-02

A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to...

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The Weak and the Wicked

as Prisoner
Released: 1954-02-02

Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison...

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Souls for Sale

as Self - Celebrity Actress (uncredited)
Released: 1923-04-22

A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.

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The Matinee Idol

as Ginger Bolivar
Released: 1928-03-14

The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape...

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Mousey

as Mrs. Richardson
Released: 1974-05-24

A high school teacher separated from his son plots revenge on his ex-wife.

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Battle Beneath the Earth

as Matron
Released: 1967-10-01

Government officials discover a horrible plot: the Chinese are tunneling their way to the United...

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A Son of His Father

as Nora Shea
Released: 1925-09-28

'Big Boy' Morgan and his friend, invalid Charlie Grey, must overcome the efforts of the...

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Mary of the Movies

as Herself (uncredited)
Released: 1923-05-27

Mary's kid brother needs an operation and, in order to pay for it, Mary goes to a Hollywood...

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Good News

as Babe
Released: 1930-08-22

A college football star falls for his mousy French tutor.

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Edward & Mrs. Simpson

as Lady Cunard
Released: 1978-11-06

While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite,...

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The King On Main Street

as Mary Young
Released: 1925-10-24

A European Ruler falls in love with an American.

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The Idle Rich

as Helen Thayer
Released: 1929-06-15

Millionaire William van Luyn falls in love with his secretary Joan Thayer and marries her. Her...

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Nina, the Flower Girl

as Nina
Released: 1917-01-21

Nina, a blind girl, lives with her grandmother, who has taught her to make artificial flowers,...

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The Wild Affair

as Marjorie's Mother
Released: 1965-12-05

Young office assistant Majorie will marry soon, however she's plagued by doubts if her fiance is...

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Conspiracy

as Margaret Holt
Released: 1930-08-10

Margaret Holt and her brother Victor set out to smash a narcotics ring responsible for their...

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Dress Parade

as Janet Cleghorne
Released: 1927-10-26

An amateur boxing champion stops at West Point to see a dress parade and falls for the...

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Rubber Tires

as Mary Ellen Stack
Released: 1927-02-07

When the Stack family suffers some financial setbacks, daughter Mary Ellen suggests they buy a...

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Atlantic Ferry

as Begonia Baggot
Released: 1941-09-06

The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the...

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They Learned About Women

as Mary
Released: 1930-01-30

Jack and Jerry are doing okay between profession baseball and Vaudeville. That is, until love...

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Too Young to Love

as Mrs. Busch
Released: 1960-03-08

A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he...

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Cupid Forecloses

as Geraldine Farleigh
Released: 1919-07-12

Geraldine Farleigh, a timid village schoolteacher, supports her family and must pay off her late...

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The Sea Lion

as Blossom Nelson
Released: 1921-12-04

When his long-suffering wife leaves him, the hard-driving captain of a whaling ship turns bitter...

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Round About Hollywood

as Self
Released: 1931-05-22

This short travelogue depicts snippets of locations in Hollywood, California, most of them as...

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Human Wreckage

as Mary Finnegan
Released: 1923-06-17

An attorney's wife is determined to fight the evils of addictive substances.

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The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922

as Self
Released: 1922-03-15

The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the United States Western...

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Alice Guy-Blaché

as Self
Released: 1997-02-20

A one-hour biographical documentary about Alice Guy-Blaché, one of the first women to direct films.

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The Swell Head

as uncredited
Released: 1928-07-14

The Swell Head is a 1928 silent comedy short

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Morals for Women

as Helen Hutson
Released: 1931-10-24

A desperate woman turns to prostitution but is saved by true love.

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The Vermilion Pencil

as Hyacinth
Released: 1922-03-19

The Vermilion Pencil is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Norman Dawn, and produced...

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Over the Garden Wall

as Peggy Gordon
Released: 1919-09-21

Peggy ( Bessie Love ) and her sister Frances ( Myrtle Reeves ) live with their father, but...

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Reggie Mixes In

as Agnes
Released: 1916-06-10

Reggie, a wealthy young man about town, is eager for excitement, so he takes to visiting the...

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The Honor of Rameriz

as The Geologist's Wife
Released: 1921-10-16

The Honor of Rameriz is a 1921 American silent short Western film produced by Cyrus J. Williams...

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Deserted at the Altar

as Anna Moore (The Country Girl)
Released: 1922-12-01

Anna Moore, a poor orphaned country girl, and her little brother, Tommy, live with hypocritical...

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The Sawdust Ring

as Janet Magie
Released: 1917-07-15

Janet sets out to find her circus ringleader father, who her mother abandoned believing him to...

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Chasing Rainbows

as Carlie Seymour
Released: 1930-01-10

The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on...

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Going Crooked

as Marie
Released: 1926-12-12

A young women is part a jewel theft ring, but opts out of a robbery because guns will be used. A...

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The Enchanted Barn

as Shirley Hollister
Released: 1919-01-27

The Hollisters, a bright, spirited, wholesome family, are compelled to move into the country....

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Gentle Julia

as Julia
Released: 1923-12-24

Gentle Julia is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film based on the popular novel Gentle...

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A Harp in Hock

as Nora Banks
Released: 1927-10-10

A Harp in Hock, also known as The Samaritan, is a lost 1927 American silent melodrama film...

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The Flying Torpedo

as Hulda
Released: 1916-03-12

In the future (1921), an alliance of several foreign countries plot to attack the US. American...

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Cheerful Givers

as Judy
Released: 1917-04-21

A 1917 film directed by Paul Powell.

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The Swamp

as Mary
Released: 1921-10-30

Mary and her son Buster live in a single room in the slums of the city, having been deserted by...

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The Girl in the Show

as Hattie Hartley
Released: 1929-08-30

In this drama, a traveling troupe of actors find themselves in danger of becoming unemployed...

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Touch and Go

as Mrs Baxter
Released: 1955-10-02

When Jim Fletcher is told by his firm that his new furniture designs are not in keeping with the...

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The Village Blacksmith

as Rosemary Martin
Released: 1922-11-01

(survived only 10 minutes) As young men, the squire (Marshall) and the village blacksmith...

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The Woman on the Jury

as Grace Pierce
Released: 1924-04-20

The story of a woman on trial for her life for shooting the man who had promised to love her but...

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New Brooms

as uncredited
Released: 1925-10-12

Thomas Bates Sr. (Robert McWade) takes his broom manufacturing business very seriously, and his...

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Young April

as Victoria
Released: 1926-10-11

Young orphan Victoria Sax becomes a grand duchess and is summoned to a remote kingdom.

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A Sister of Six

as Prudence
Released: 1916-10-29

A young woman and her five little brothers and sisters are left orphans by the murder of their...

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The Dawn of Understanding

as Sue Prescott
Released: 1918-12-02

The Dawn of Understanding is a lost 1918 American silent Western comedy film produced by The...

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St. Elmo

as Edna Earle
Released: 1923-09-30

St. Elmo is a man who killed his romantic rival in a brawl. Traveling the world as a confirmed...

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Pegeen

as Pegeen O'Neill
Released: 1920-01-01

Pegeen O'Neill must fend for herself when her father Dan becomes mentally unbalanced after his...

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Those Who Dance

as Veda Anargas
Released: 1924-04-27

A federal agent assigned to stop a bootlegging gang joins forces with the gang leader's wife and...

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Bonnie May

as Bonnie May
Released: 1920-06-10

Young actress Bonnie May finds work in a private play given at Mrs. Baron’s mansion, where she...

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Penny of Top Hill Trail

as Penny
Released: 1921-06-01

Penny arrives in the West by aeroplane. She is considered a suspicious character and thrown into...

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A Daughter of the Poor

as Rose Eastman
Released: 1917-03-17

A young girl, Rose Eastmen lives with her lazy Uncle, who works as a janitor in a publishing...

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Carolyn of the Corners

as uncredited
Released: 1919-03-09

The story of an orphan girl and her dog.

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The Great Adventure

as Rags
Released: 1918-03-10

Ragna "Rags" Jansen has found local success and acclaim in her small town as an actress, but...

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I Think They Call Him John

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1964-06-01

The life of an old man, John Cartner Ronson, living alone in a huge block of flats in London...

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The Aryan

as Mary Jane Garth
Released: 1916-04-09

Steve Denton, rich from years of prospecting, is fleeced by the citizens of Yellow Ridge. In his...

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Soul-Fire

as Teita
Released: 1925-05-30

Eric Fane (Richard Barthelmess) is a composer unwilling to compromise his dream for a steady job...

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The Midlanders

as Aurelie Lindstrom
Released: 1920-12-01

Aurelie, an orphan, escapes from a New Orleans convent and is adopted by Mississippi riverboat...

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Night Life in Hollywood

as Self
Released: 1922-11-15

A picture depicting the engrossing adventures of a small town youth in Hollywood and showing the...

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The American

as Jane Wilton
Released: 1927-01-01

Seref, who returns to his country after many years in America, as a dollar billionaire with a...

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Acquitted

as Helen Carter
Released: 1916-02-06

Hard-working insurance company bookkeeper John Carter, comes home Easter eve to his suburban...

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The Wishing Ring Man

as Joy Havenith
Released: 1919-03-10

Forced to wear quaint short dresses and pigtails so that she will inspire her grandfather's...

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Sundown

as Ellen Crawley
Released: 1924-11-30

Cattlemen attempt to keep their lands and herds from being overrun by nesters.

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How Could You, Caroline?

as Caroline Rogers
Released: 1918-05-05

Caroline Rogers, a spirited young girl with a taste for highly romantic novels, comes home from...

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Dynamite Smith

as Violet
Released: 1924-10-12

Gladstone Smith, a fearful young reporter, gets on the wrong side of a murderous criminal and...

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The Ghost Patrol

as Effie Kugler
Released: 1923-01-21

With his understanding manner policeman Donald Dorgan wins respect on his tough beat in "Little...

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The Little Boss

as Peggy Winston (The Little Boss)
Released: 1919-06-02

The Little Boss is a 1919 American silent romantic comedy film directed by David Smith and...

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A Fighting Colleen

as Alannah Malone
Released: 1919-11-22

Young and spunky Alannah, an Irish immigrant living in a tenement, sells newspapers to support...

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Forget Me Not

as Ann, The Girl
Released: 1922-07-23

Young mother Mary Gordoon is too poor to take care of her infant daughter, Ann, and leaves the...

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A Little Sister of Everybody

as Celeste Janvier
Released: 1918-06-30

Young Celeste Janvier ( Bessie Love ) lives in an East Side tenement with her immigrant...

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Anybody Here Seen Kelly?

as Mitzi Lavelle
Released: 1928-09-09

Anybody Here Seen Kelly? is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by William Wyler. This...

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The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous

as Bernice
Released: 1923-04-07

Originally planned as 12 two-reelers, only three were made: The Little Knight, The Love Charm,...

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The Sentimental Agent

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-09-28

The Sentimental Agent is a television drama series spin-off from Man of the World. It was...

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Hollywood

as Self
First aired: 1980-01-08

A 1980 documentary series exploring the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios...

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Edward and Mrs Simpson

as Lady Cunard
First aired: 1978-11-08

While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite,...

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