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| Bessie
Love
1898 - 1986 |
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. The actress Bessie Love was born as Juanita Horton in Texas. Still in High school she was spotted by director D.W. Griffith for the movie. Juanita Horton had chosen the pseudonym Bessie Love and throw herself into the film world with passion. Already the first film she took part in belongs to the milestones of film history - "The Birth of a Nation" (15). She worked with much diligence in countless movies like "The Flying Torpedo" (16), "Stranded" (16), "Intolerance" (16), "A Daughter of the Poor" (17), "Polly Ann" (17), "The Great Adventure" (18) and "The Little Boss" (19) in the following years. Although Bessie Love worked always hard she didn't experience the same big stardom like Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Norma Talmadge or Gloria Swanson. Her career was characterized with many ups and downs. The 20's marked the height of her career. Sie appeared in many movies and enchanted the audience with her performances in "The Swamp" (21), "The Sea Lion" (21), "Three Who Paid" (23), "Souls for Sale" (23), "Human Wreckage" (23), "St. Elmo" (23), "Torment" (24), "Sundown" (24), "The Lost World" (25), "Bulldog Courage" (25), "Meet the Prince" (26), "The American" (27) and "Idle Rich" (29) which profit from her charisma und screen presence. At the beginning of the sound film era she was able to cause a stir as a musical star at the end of the 20's and at the beginning of the 30's. She played in movies like "The Broadway Melody" (29) - for which she was nominated as best actress in a leading role, "The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (29), "Chasing Rainbows" (30), "Conspiracy" (30) and "See America Thirst" (30). When her career in Hollywood broke down she went to London where she specifically worked for the theater. But she also took sporadically part in some movies like "I Live Again" (36), "Atlantic Ferry" (41) and "Journey Together" (46). From the 50's she appeared both in American and English movies, her well-known movies of these years belong "The Barefoot Contessa" (54), "Children of the Damned" (63), "Isadora" (68) and "Catlow" (71). She made her last comeback in the 80's with appearances in the movies
"Ragtime" (81), "Reds" (81) and "The Hunger" (83).
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