Bessie Barriscale
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Acting Credits
Biography
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. 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 beg...
Known For
Filmography
Beloved
1934
as Mrs. Walkins
Secrets
1933
as Susan Carlton
Above the Clouds
1933
as Mother
Show Folks
1928
as Kitty Mayo
The Breaking Point
1921
as Ruth Marshall
The Broken Gate
1920
as Aurora Lane
Life's Twist
1920
as Muriel Chester / Tina Pierce
The Luck of Geraldine Laird
1920
as Geraldine Laird
The Notorious Mrs. Sands
1920
as Mary Ware
A Woman Who Understood
1920
as Madge Graham
The Woman Michael Married
1919
as Mira Sacky
Kitty Kelly, M.D.
1919
as Dr. Kitty Kelly
Josselyn's Wife
1919
as Ellen Latimer Josselyn
Hearts Asleep
1919
as Nancy
All of a Sudden Norma
1919
as Norma Brisbane
Beckoning Roads
1919
as Marquita Shay
Her Purchase Price
1919
as Sheka
A Trick of Fate
1919
as Anna Gerard / Mary Lee
Madam Who
1918
as Jeanne Beaufort
Rose o' Paradise
1918
as Virginia Singleton
Patriotism
1918
as Robin Cameron
Maid o' the Storm
1918
as Ariel
The White Lie
1918
as Dorothy Kingsley
The Heart of Rachael
1918
as Rachael
Two-Gun Betty
1918
as Betty Craig
Borrowed Plumage
1917
as Nora
The Hater of Men
1917
as Janice Salsbury
Wooden Shoes
1917
as Pampy
Home
1916
as Bessie Wheaton
Plain Jane
1916
as Jane, 'The Orphint'
Honor's Altar
1916
as Winnie Mallory
Bullets and Brown Eyes
1916
as Countess Olga
The Green Swamp
1916
as Margery Allison
A Corner in Colleens
1916
as Shamrock
The Cup of Life
1915
as Helen Fiske
The Reward
1915
as Jane Wallace
The Devil
1915
as Isabella Zanden
The Making of Bobby Burnit
1914
as Agnes Elliston
The Rose of the Rancho
1914
as Juanita Castro
Ready Money
1914
as Grace Tyler