Bessie starred in at least 200 melodrama, action westerns and crime films. In the 1910 she was visiting the Selig Film studios with a party of friends, when a director saw and liked her red hair because he said it would photograph a beautiful black, so he offered her a minor role, she had no formal training on stage, as did many early film actors, she was talented and soon rose to be one of Selig's most popular stars.
1925The Girl of GoldMovieas Ada Tremaine
1924Cheap KissesMovieas Maybelle Wescott
1919The UsurperMovieas Margaret Quentin1919A Man of HonorMovieas Christabel Beaumont
1919Children of BanishmentMovieas Mrs. Eloise Mackenzie1918The Way of a Man with a MaidMovieas Gladys
1918The Still AlarmMovieas Eleanor Fordham
1918The City of Purple DreamsMovieas Kathlyn Otis
1917Who Shall Take My Life?Movieas Mary Moran
1917The Heart of Texas RyanMovieas Texas Ryan
1917Beware of StrangersMovieas Madeleine, Mentor's Daughter
1916The CrisisMovieas Virginia Carvel1916Twisted TrailsMovieas Sunshine West
1914In the Days of the Thundering HerdMovieas Sally Madison
1914Chip of the Flying UMovieas Dr. Cecil Grantham
1914Etienne of the Glad HeartMovieas Marie Le Groux
1914Shotgun JonesMovieas Sally Lattier - the Daughter
1914The SpoilersMovieas Helen Chester
1914The Smuggler's SisterMovieas Bessie · Writer1913Alone in the JungleMovieas Helen Brown
1913In the Long AgoMovieas Starlight
1912The Mate of the Alden BessieMovieas The Captain's Daughter
1911BlackbeardMovieas Conchita
1911Kit Carson's WooingMovieas Lat-to-nick
—Lend Me Your NameMovieas Sophronia