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Acting

Bessie Love

Career: Active from 1916 to 1974, with a break from 1942 to 1957, busiest in 1916 with 10 main titles.

Leading roles: 72
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: The Lost World
84/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
1930 · Nominated · 2nd Academy Awards
The Broadway Melody
Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Bessie Love Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.7, average 5.4
Family Dynamics
3.5, average 4.9
Violence
2.9, average 4.1
Coming of Age
1.8, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Setting 6
Silent Era Drama 6
Silent Film 5
Classic Hollywood 5
Historical Drama 5
Classic Cinema 3
Class Conflict 3
Early Cinema 3
Political Intrigue 3
Character-Driven 3
Social Commentary 3
Nostalgic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

119

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

4 titles · average score 64

The Hunger

61

as Lillybelle

Reds

79

as Mrs. Partlow

Lady Chatterley's Lover

47

as Flora

Ragtime

70

as Old Lady - T.O.C.

1970s

8 titles · average score 62

Edward and Mrs Simpson

71

TV show · as Lady Cunard

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

87

as Lady Cunard

Gulliver's Travels

42

as (voice)

The Ritz

65

as Maurine

Mousey

56

as Mrs. Richardson

Vampyres

55

as American Lady

Sunday Bloody Sunday

76

as Answering Service Lady

Catlow

47

as Mrs. Frost

1960s

15 titles · average score 49

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

69

as Baccarat Player (uncredited)

Isadora

72

as Mrs. Duncan

I'll Never Forget What's'isname

56

as American tourist (uncredited)

Battle Beneath the Earth

31

as Matron

The Wild Affair

55

as Marjorie's Mother

I Think They Call Him John

as Narrator (voice)

Children of the Damned

41

as Mrs. Robbin

TV show · as Mrs. Arquette

The Sentimental Agent

TV show · as Mamie

Man of the World

TV show · as Mrs Van Kempson

The Andromeda Breakthrough

TV show · as Mrs. Neilson

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

31

as Bunny

1950s

10 titles · average score 67

International Detective

TV show · as Mrs. Morgan / Marta Steibel

Nowhere to Go

65

as Harriet P. Jefferson

Next to No Time

67

as Becky Wiener

The Story of Esther Costello

62

as Art Gallery Customer

ITV Play of the Week

TV show · as Mrs Strong

Touch and Go

63

as Mrs Baxter

The Barefoot Contessa

77

as Mrs. Eubanks

The Weak and the Wicked

64

as Prisoner

The Magic Box

70

as Bride's Mother in Wedding Group

No Highway in the Sky

69

as Plane Passenger (uncredited)

1940s

2 titles · average score 65

Journey Together

65

as Mrs. Mary McWilliams

Atlantic Ferry

as Begonia Baggot

1930s

6 titles · average score 55

Morals for Women

as Helen Hutson

They Learned About Women

49

as Mary

Good News

62

as Babe

Conspiracy

50

as Margaret Holt

Chasing Rainbows

59

as Carlie Seymour

See America Thirst

as Ellen

1920s

46 titles · average score 67

The Broadway Melody

47

as Harriet 'Hank' Mahoney

The Idle Rich

62

as Helen Thayer

The Girl in the Show

as Hattie Hartley

The Matinee Idol

75

as Ginger Bolivar

Anybody Here Seen Kelly?

as Mitzi Lavelle

Dress Parade

as Janet Cleghorne

Young April

as Victoria

The Lost World

84

as Paula White

Soul-Fire

as Teita

The King On Main Street

as Mary Young

Slave of Desire

as Pauline Gaudin

Forget Me Not

as Ann, The Girl

1910s

28 titles · average score 67

Cupid Forecloses

as Geraldine Farleigh

The Enchanted Barn

as Shirley Hollister

Over the Garden Wall

as Peggy Gordon

The Great Adventure

as Rags

The Sawdust Ring

as Janet Magie

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

63

as The Little Fish Blower

The Good Bad-Man

64

as Amy

Reggie Mixes In

55

as Agnes

A Sister of Six

as Prudence

The Flying Torpedo

as Hulda

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

85

as The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)

The Aryan

as Mary Jane Garth