Bessie Banks (born Bessie Estelle Naylor) was an American actress and screenwriter active in Hollywood during the silent era.[1][2]
Biography
Bessie was born in Worthington, Minnesota, to Stephen Naylor and Harriet Lynch. Both of her parents were from Britain. The family relocated to Santa Barbara, California, when Bessie was a girl. In Santa Barbara, she met and married her husband, Canadian actor Perry Banks; together, they performed as a vaudeville act and appeared in a number of films produced in Santa Barbara at "Flying A" Studios.[3]
Selected filmography
As screenwriter:
- The Beggar Child (1914)
As actress:
- Dulcie's Adventure (1916)
- The Stinger Stung (1916)
- Youth's Endearing Charm (1916)
- The Madonna of the Night (1916)
- Love's Bitter Strength (1916)
- A Modern Knight (1916)
- Billy Van Deusen's Wedding Eve (1916)
- Some Night (1916)
- To Rent Furnished (1915)
- Billy Van Deusen's Campaign (1915)
- Deserted at the Auto (1915)
- A Disciple of Nietzsche (1915)
- Cats, Cash and a Cook Book (1915)
- The House of a Thousand Scandals (1915)
- In Trust (1915)
- Uncle Heck, by Heck! (1915)
- His Mysterious Profession (1915)
- A Woman Scorned (1915)
- When a Woman Waits (1914)
- The Ruin of Manley (1914)
References
- ^ The Moving Picture World. World Photographic Publishing Company. 1916.
- ^ Motography. 1916.
- ^ "Vaudeville at Opera House". The Lompoc Record. 23 Jul 1909. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
External links
- Bessie Banks at IMDb