Bessie Love

Birth Name:

Juanita Horton

Birth Place:

Midland, Texas, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack, Script department, Writer

During World War II, she worked for the Red Cross
The United States Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers selected her as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1922
Actor Tom Mix recommended that she get involved with the film industry, so her mother sent her to Biograph Studios where she met director D․W․ Griffith and started her career
As a high school graduation gift, her parents financed a six-month trip around the United States for her
Made her stage debut in 1928 in Santa Barbara, Calif․, in "Burlesque․"
Her film career began in the silent film era, but stretched into the early talkies
In 1958, she wrote a play called "The Homecoming․"
Often played ingénues, flappers and wholesome leading ladies
Published an autobiography called "From Hollywood with Love" in 1977
Though she was born in America, she moved to Britain and became a British citizen 15 years before her death

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