Bessie Barriscale
Actor
- Born
- September 30, 1884 · Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
- Died
- June 30, 1965 (age 80)
From Wikipedia
Bessie Barriscale (September 30, 1884 – June 30, 1965) was an American silent film and stage actress, and a major star for producer Thomas Ince in the late 1910s.
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She was born Elizabeth Barry Scale, in Hoboken, New Jersey to Irish immigrants from County Cork. Her cousins were actresses Edith and Mabel Taliaferro. In the first decade of the 20th century Barriscale worked in the legitimate theatre on Broadway and on the road as movies were not popular for stage actors yet. She began her film career in 1913, and worked intensively for New York Motion Picture Company and Triangle Film Corporation (among other studios) until she announced her retirement in the early 1930s.
Known for
Secrets
March 16, 1933
A Woman Who Understood
March 14, 1920
Borrowed Plumage
July 29, 1917
Show Folks
October 20, 1928
The Breaking Point
February 14, 1921
Above the Clouds
December 13, 1933
The Broken Gate
December 1, 1920
The Woman Michael Married
July 27, 1919
Kitty Kelly, M.D.
October 12, 1919
Home
August 27, 1916
Life's Twist
August 11, 1920
Patriotism
June 10, 1918
Acting40
- 1934Beloved as Mrs. Walkins
- 1933Above the Clouds as Mother
- 1933Secrets as Susan Carlton
- 1928Show Folks as Kitty Mayo
- 1921The Breaking Point as Ruth Marshall
- 1920The Broken Gate as Aurora Lane
- 1920Life's Twist as Muriel Chester / Tina Pierce
- 1920The Notorious Mrs. Sands as Mary Ware
- 1920A Woman Who Understood as Madge Graham
- 1920The Luck of Geraldine Laird