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Bessie Love was an American actress who achieved prominence playing innocent, young girls and wholesome leading ladies in silent and early sound films. Her acting career spanned eight decades—from silent film to sound film, including theatre, radio, and television—and her performance in The Broadway Melody (1929) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Birth Name
Juanita Horton
Born
Saturday, 10 September 1898
Died
Saturday, 26 April 1986
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Broadway: The American Musical | Hank Mahoney | 2004 |
| The Hunger | Lillybelle | 1983 |
| Reds | Mrs. Partlow | 1981 |
| Ragtime | Old Lady - T.O.C. | 1981 |
| Lady Chatterley's Lover | Flora | 1981 |
| Hollywood | Self - Interviewee / Self | 1980 |
| Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Lady Cunard | 1978 |
| Gulliver's Travels | (voice) | 1977 |
| The Ritz | Maurine | 1976 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Broadway: The American Musical | Hank Mahoney | 2004 |
| The Hunger | Lillybelle | 1983 |
| Reds | Mrs. Partlow | 1981 |
| Ragtime | Old Lady - T.O.C. | 1981 |
| Lady Chatterley's Lover | Flora | 1981 |
| Hollywood | Self - Interviewee / Self | 1980 |
| Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Lady Cunard | 1978 |
| Gulliver's Travels | (voice) | 1977 |
| The Ritz | Maurine | 1976 |
| Mousey | Mrs. Richardson | 1974 |
| Vampyres | American Lady | 1974 |
| Pollyanna | Mrs Snow | 1973 |
| Catlow | Mrs. Frost | 1971 |
| Sunday Bloody Sunday | Answering Service Lady | 1971 |
| From a Bird's Eye View | Old Lady | 1970 |
| On Her Majesty's Secret Service | Baccarat Player | 1969 |
| My Partner the Ghost | Mrs. Trotter | 1969 |
| Isadora | Mrs. Duncan | 1968 |
| I'll Never Forget What's'isname | American tourist | 1967 |
| Battle Beneath the Earth | Matron | 1967 |
| ITV Playhouse | Mrs. Teitelbaum | 1967 |
| The Poppy Is Also a Flower | Minor Role | 1966 |
| Promise Her Anything | Pet Shop Customer | 1966 |
| The Wild Affair | Marjorie's Mother | 1965 |
| Public Eye | Chrissy Husack | 1965 |
| The Wednesday Play | Martha Burroughs | 1964 |
| I Think They Call Him John | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 1964 |
| Children of the Damned | Mrs. Robbins, Mark's Grandmother / Mrs. Robbin | 1964 |
| The Sentimental Agent | Mamie | 1963 |
| Zero One | Mrs. Glorny | 1962 |
| Man of the World | Mrs. Van Kempson | 1962 |
| The Andromeda Breakthrough | Mrs. Neilson | 1962 |
| The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Bunny | 1961 |
| Harpers West One | Customer | 1961 |
| Loss of Innocence | American Tourist | 1961 |
| Too Young to Love | Mrs. Busch | 1960 |
| Nowhere to Go | Harriet P. Jefferson | 1958 |
| Next to No Time | Becky Wiener | 1958 |
| The Story of Esther Costello | Matron in Art Gallery / Art Gallery Customer | 1957 |
| Emergency-Ward 10 | Mrs. Broom | 1957 |
| Touch and Go | Mrs. Baxter / Mrs Baxter | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Bessie Bockser / Miss Darling / Mrs. Sampler / Mrs. Strong | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Mary Louella Partridge / Irma Davis / Gertrude Miller | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Beau Brummell | Maid | 1954 |
| The Barefoot Contessa | Mrs. Eubanks | 1954 |
| Young and Willing | Prisoner | 1954 |
| Always a Bride | Hotel Guest | 1953 |
| The Magic Box | Bride's Mother in Wedding Group | 1952 |
| No Highway in the Sky | Plane Passenger | 1951 |
| Journey Together | Mrs. Mary McWilliams | 1945 |
| Some of the Best | Hank Mahoney in The Broadway Melody | 1944 |
| Atlantic Ferry | Begonia Baggot | 1941 |
| Morals for Women | Helen Hutson / Helen Huston | 1931 |
| Round About Hollywood | Self | 1931 |
| See America Thirst | Ellen | 1930 |
| Good News | Babe / Babe ODay | 1930 |
| Conspiracy | Margaret Holt | 1930 |
| Chasing Rainbows | Carlie Seymour | 1930 |
| They Learned About Women | Mary | 1930 |
| The Girl in the Show | Hattie Hartley | 1929 |
| The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Bessie Love / Self | 1929 |
| The Idle Rich | Helen Thayer | 1929 |
| The Broadway Melody | Hank Mahoney / Harriet 'Hank' Mahoney | 1929 |
| Sally of the Scandals | Sally Rand | 1928 |
| Anybody Here Seen Kelly? | Mitzi Lavelle | 1928 |
| The Matinee Idol | Ginger Bolivar | 1928 |
| Dress Parade | Janet Cleghorne | 1927 |
| A Harp in Hock | Nora Banks | 1927 |
| Life in Hollywood No. 4 | Self | 1927 |
| Rubber Tires | Mary Ellen Stack | 1927 |
| Going Crooked | Marie | 1926 |
| Young April | Victoria | 1926 |
| Lovey Mary | Lovey Mary | 1926 |
| The Song and Dance Man | Leola Lane | 1926 |
| The King on Main Street | Mary Young | 1925 |
| A Son of His Father | Nora Shea | 1925 |
| Soul-Fire | Teita | 1925 |
| The Lost World | Paula White | 1925 |
| Tongues of Flame | Lahleet | 1924 |
| Sundown | Ellen Crawley | 1924 |
| The Silent Watcher | Mary, his wife | 1924 |
| The Woman on the Jury | Grace Pierce | 1924 |
| Torment | Marie | 1924 |
| Gentle Julia | Julia | 1923 |
| Island of Desire | Pauline Gaudin | 1923 |
| The Eternal Three | Hilda Gray | 1923 |
| Human Wreckage | Mary Finnegan | 1923 |
| Mary of the Movies | Bessie Love / Herself | 1923 |
| The Purple Dawn | Mui Far | 1923 |
| Souls for Sale | Bessie Love | 1923 |
| The Ghost Patrol | Effie Kugler | 1923 |
| Three Who Paid | John Caspar / Virginia Cartwright | 1923 |
| Deserted at the Altar | Anna Moore (The Country Girl) | 1922 |
| Night Life in Hollywood | Self | 1922 |
| The Village Blacksmith | Rosemary Martin | 1922 |
| The Vermilion Pencil | Hyacinth | 1922 |
| The Sea Lion | Blossom Nelson | 1921 |
| Penny of Top Hill Trail | Penny | 1921 |
| The Midlanders | Aurelie Lindstrom | 1920 |
| Bonnie May | Bonnie May | 1920 |
| Pegeen | Pegeen O'Neill | 1920 |
| A Fighting Colleen | Alannah Malone | 1919 |
| Over the Garden Wall | Peggy Gordon | 1919 |
| Cupid Forecloses | Geraldine Farleigh | 1919 |
| A Yankee Princess | Patsy O'Reilly | 1919 |
| The Wishing Ring Man | Joy Havenith | 1919 |
| Carolyn of the Corners | Carolyn May Cameron | 1919 |
| The Dawn of Understanding | Sue Prescott | 1918 |
| A Little Sister of Everybody | Celeste Janvier | 1918 |
| The Great Adventure | Rags | 1918 |
| Wee Lady Betty | Wee Lady Betty | 1917 |
| The Sawdust Ring | Janet Magie | 1917 |
| Cheerful Givers | Judy | 1917 |
| A Daughter of the Poor | Rose Eastman | 1917 |
| Nina, the Flower Girl | Nina | 1917 |
| A Sister of Six | Prudence | 1916 |
| Intolerance | The Bride of Cana / The Bride of Cana (Judean Story) | 1916 |
| Hell-to-Pay Austin | Briar Rose Dawson | 1916 |
| Reggie Mixes In | Agnes / Agnes Shannon | 1916 |
| The Mystery of the Leaping Fish | The Little Fish Blower | 1916 |
| The Good Bad-Man | Amy / The Girl / Sarah May | 1916 |
| The Aryan | Mary Jane Garth | 1916 |
| The Flying Torpedo | Hulda | 1916 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1930 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
