Portrait of Bessie Barriscale

Acting

Bessie Barriscale

Career

Active from 1914 to 1933, busiest in 1919 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
35
top three billing
Average score
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Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Early Cinema 3
  • Silent Film 3
  • Melodrama 2
  • Morality Tale 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

40
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1930s

3 titles · average score 53
Beloved
Beloved (1934)

as Mrs. Walkins

Above the Clouds
Above the Clouds (1933)

as Mother

Secrets
Secrets (1933)
GoodWatch score 53

as Susan Carlton

1920s

7 titles
Show Folks
Show Folks (1928)

as Kitty Mayo

The Breaking Point
The Breaking Point (1921)

as Ruth Marshall

A Woman Who Understood
A Woman Who Understood (1920)

as Madge Graham

The Notorious Mrs. Sands
The Notorious Mrs. Sands (1920)

as Mary Ware

The Luck of Geraldine Laird
The Luck of Geraldine Laird (1920)

as Geraldine Laird

Life's Twist
Life's Twist (1920)

as Muriel Chester / Tina Pierce

The Broken Gate
The Broken Gate (1920)

as Aurora Lane

1910s

30 titles
The Woman Michael Married
The Woman Michael Married (1919)

as Mira Sacky

Beckoning Roads
Beckoning Roads (1919)

as Marquita Shay

A Trick of Fate
A Trick of Fate (1919)

as Anna Gerard / Mary Lee

Kitty Kelly, M.D.
Kitty Kelly, M.D. (1919)

as Dr. Kitty Kelly

All of a Sudden Norma
All of a Sudden Norma (1919)

as Norma Brisbane

Two-Gun Betty
Two-Gun Betty (1918)

as Betty Craig

The Hater of Men
The Hater of Men (1917)

as Janice Salsbury

Borrowed Plumage
Borrowed Plumage (1917)

as Nora

Home
Home (1916)

as Bessie Wheaton

A Corner in Colleens
A Corner in Colleens (1916)

as Shamrock

The Devil
The Devil (1915)

as Isabella Zanden

The Rose of the Rancho
The Rose of the Rancho (1914)

as Juanita Castro