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Bessie Love (September 10, 1898 – April 26, 1986) was an American motion picture actress who achieved prominence mainly in the silent films and early talkies. With a small frame and delicate features, she played innocent young girls, flappers, and wholesome leading ladies. Her role in The Broadway Melody (1929) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In addition to her acting career, she wrote the screenplay for the 1919 film A Yankee Princess.
Date Of Birth September 10, 1898 Died 1986-04-26 Place Of Birth Midland, Texas, United States Height 5' (1.52 m) Weight 45.36 Profession Actress, Soundtrack, Miscellaneous Crew Spouse William Hawks daughter Children Patricia Star Sign Virgo
# Fact 1 Is one of 26 actresses to have received an Academy Award nomination for their performance in a musical; hers being The Broadway Melody (1929). The others, in chronological order, are: Grace Moore (One Night of Love (1934)), Jean Hagen (Singin' in the Rain (1952)), Marjorie Rambeau (Torch Song (1953)), Dorothy Dandridge (Carmen Jones (1954)), Deborah Kerr (The King and I (1956)), Rita Moreno (West Side Story (1961)), Gladys Cooper (My Fair Lady (1964)), Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins (1964), The Sound of Music (1965) and Victor Victoria (1982)), Debbie Reynolds (The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)), Peggy Wood (The Sound of Music (1965)), Carol Channing (Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)), Kay Medford (Funny Girl (1968)), Barbra Streisand (Funny Girl (1968)), Liza Minnelli (Cabaret (1972)), Ronee Blakley (Nashville (1975)), Lily Tomlin (Nashville (1975)), Ann-Margret (Tommy (1975)), Lesley Ann Warren (Victor Victoria (1982)), Amy Irving (Yentl (1983)), Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge! (2001)), Queen Latifah (Chicago (2002)), Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago (2002)), Renée Zellweger (Chicago (2002)), Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls (2006)), Penelope Cruz (Nine (2009)), Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables (2012)), and Meryl Streep (Into the Woods (2014)). 2 Her daughter Patricia was born in 1932. 3 WAMPAS Baby Star of 1922. 4 Sister-in-law of Howard Hawks and Kenneth Hawks , cousin-in-law of Carole Lombard . 5 D.W. Griffith , who introduced Bessie to films, also gave the actress her screen moniker.6 Worked for the Red Cross during WWII.
Actress Title Year Status Character On Her Majesty's Secret Service 1969 American Guest (uncredited) My Partner the Ghost 1969 TV Series Mrs. Trotter Isadora 1968 Mrs. Duncan ITV Playhouse 1968 TV Series Mrs. Teitelbaum I'll Never Forget What's'isname 1967 American tourist Battle Beneath the Earth 1967 Matron The Poppy Is Also a Flower 1966 Minor Role (uncredited) Promise Her Anything 1966 Pet Shop Customer The Wild Affair 1965 Marjorie's Mother The Wednesday Play 1965 TV Series Martha Burroughs Story Parade 1964 TV Series Mrs. Arquette Children of the Damned 1964 Mrs. Robbins, Mark's Grandmother The Sentimental Agent 1963 TV Series Mamie Zero One 1962 TV Series Mrs. Glorny Man of the World 1962 TV Series Mrs. Van Kempson The Andromeda Breakthrough 1962 TV Series Mrs. Neilson BBC Sunday-Night Play 1962 TV Mini-Series Mrs. Marshall The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone 1961 Bunny Harpers West One 1961 TV Series Customer Loss of Innocence 1961 American tourist Emergency-Ward 10 1960 TV Series Mrs. Broom ITV Television Playhouse 1957-1960 TV Series Gertrude Miller / Mary Louella Partridge / Irma Davis Don't Do It Dempsey 1960 TV Series Mrs. Glenton Too Young to Love 1960 Mrs. Busch International Detective 1960 TV Series Mrs. Morgan / Marta Steibel ITV Play of the Week 1957-1959 TV Series Mrs. Strong / Miss Darling / Bessie Bockser Saturday Playhouse 1959 TV Series Mrs. Stukeley-Mosher Nowhere to Go 1958 Harriet P. Jefferson BBC Sunday-Night Theatre 1952-1958 TV Series Kitty Lemoyne Dean / Mrs. Dudley-Brown / Mrs. Gibbs / ... Next to No Time 1958 Becky Wiener Long Distance 1958 TV Short Mrs. MacLean The Story of Esther Costello 1957 Matron in Art Gallery The Male Animal 1956 TV Movie Myrtle Keller London Playhouse 1955 TV Series Mrs. Goren Touch and Go 1955 Mrs. Baxter Beau Brummell 1954 Maid (uncredited) The Barefoot Contessa 1954 Mrs. Eubanks Young and Willing 1954 Prisoner The Magic Box 1951 Bride's Mother in Wedding Group No Highway in the Sky 1951 Plane Passenger (uncredited) The Front Page 1948 TV Movie Mrs. Grant You Can't Take It with You 1947 TV Movie Penelope Sycamore Journey Together 1945 Mrs. Mary McWilliams Atlantic Ferry 1941 Begonia Baggot I Live Again 1936 Kathleen Vernon Morals for Women 1931 Helen Huston See America Thirst 1930 Ellen Good News 1930 Babe Conspiracy 1930 Margaret Holt They Learned About Women 1930 Mary Chasing Rainbows 1930 Carlie Seymour The Girl in the Show 1929 Hattie Hartley The Idle Rich 1929 Helen Thayer The Broadway Melody 1929 Hank Mahoney Sally of the Scandals 1928 Sally Rand Anybody Here Seen Kelly? 1928 Mitzi Lavelle The Matinee Idol 1928 Ginger Bolivar The American 1927 Dress Parade 1927 Janet Cleghorne Amateur Night 1927 Short Undetermined Role (unconfirmed, uncredited) A Harp in Hock 1927 Nora Banks Rubber Tires 1927 Mary Ellen Stack Going Crooked 1926 Marie Young April 1926 Victoria Meet the Prince 1926 Lovey Mary 1926 Lovey Mary The Song and Dance Man 1926 Leola Lane Westward Bo 1926 Short The King on Main Street 1925 Mary Young New Brooms 1925 Geraldine Marsh A Son of His Father 1925 Nora Shea Soul-Fire 1925 Teita The Lost World 1925 Paula White (as Miss Bessie Love) Tongues of Flame 1924 Lahleet Sundown 1924 Ellen Crawley Dynamite Smith 1924 Violet The Silent Watcher 1924 Mary, his wife Those Who Dance 1924 Veda Anargas The Woman on the Jury 1924 Grace Pierce Torment 1924 Marie The Adventures of Prince Courageous 1923 Gentle Julia 1923 Julia Slave of Desire 1923 Pauline Gaudin St. Elmo 1923/I Edna Earle The Eternal Three 1923 Hilda Gray Human Wreckage 1923 Mary Finnegan Mary of the Movies 1923 Bessie Love (uncredited) The Purple Dawn 1923 Mui Far The Ghost Patrol 1923 Effie Kugler Three Who Paid 1923 John Caspar / Virginia Cartwright Deserted at the Altar 1922 Anna Moore (the country girl) The Village Blacksmith 1922/I Rosemary Martin, the Daughter Bulldog Courage 1922 Gloria Phillips Forget Me Not 1922 Ann, The Girl The Vermilion Pencil 1922 Hyacinth The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1922 1922 Short Bessie The Sea Lion 1921 Blossom Nelson The Spirit of the Lake 1921 Short The Swamp 1921 Mary The Honor of Ramirez 1921 Short Ramirez' Bride Penny of Top Hill Trail 1921 Penny The Midlanders 1920 Aurelie Lindstrom Bonnie May 1920 Bonnie May Pegeen 1920 Pegeen O'Neill A Fighting Colleen 1919 Alannah Malone Over the Garden Wall 1919 Peggy Gordon Cupid Forecloses 1919 Geraldine Farleigh The Little Boss 1919 Peggy Winston (The Little Boss) A Yankee Princess 1919 Patsy O'Reilly The Wishing Ring Man 1919 Joy Havenith Carolyn of the Corners 1919 Carolyn May Cameron The Enchanted Barn 1919 Shirley Hollister The Dawn of Understanding 1918 Sue Prescott A Little Sister of Everybody 1918 Celeste Janvier How Could You, Caroline? 1918 Caroline Rogers The Great Adventure 1918 Rags Polly Ann 1917 Polly Ann Wee Lady Betty 1917 Wee Lady Betty The Sawdust Ring 1917 Janet Magie Cheerful Givers 1917 Judy A Daughter of the Poor 1917 Rose Eastman Nina, the Flower Girl 1917 Nina The Heiress at Coffee Dan's 1916 Waffles A Sister of Six 1916 Prudence Hell-to-Pay Austin 1916 Briar Rose Dawson Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916 The Bride of Cana Stranded 1916/I The Girl The Mystery of the Leaping Fish 1916 Short The Little Fish Blower Reggie Mixes In 1916 Agnes The Good Bad Man 1916 The Girl / Sarah May The Aryan 1916 Mary Jane Garth The Flying Torpedo 1916 Hulda Acquitted 1916 Helen Carter Georgia Pearce 1915 The Hunger 1983 Lillybelle Reds 1981 Mrs. Partlow Ragtime 1981 Old Lady - T.O.C. Lady Chatterley's Lover 1981 Flora Edward & Mrs. Simpson 1978 TV Mini-Series Lady Cunard Gulliver's Travels 1977 voice Katy 1976 TV Series Mrs. Finch The Ritz 1976 Maurine Shades of Greene 1975 TV Series St. Louis Woman Mousey 1974 TV Movie Mrs. Richardson Vampyres 1974 American Lady Pollyanna 1973 TV Mini-Series Mrs Snow Catlow 1971 Mrs. Frost Public Eye 1971 TV Series Chrissy Husack Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971 Answering Service Lady From a Bird's Eye View 1971 TV Series Old Lady W. Somerset Maugham 1970 TV Series American lady Kate 1970 TV Series Lady Hartford-Cape
Soundtrack Title Year Status Character Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1920s: The Dawn of the Hollywood Musical 2008 Video documentary performer: "The Boy Friend", "A Man of My Own" - uncredited Good News 1930 performer: "Gee, But I'd Like to Make You Happy" 1930 - uncredited They Learned About Women 1930 performer: "A Man of My Own" 1929 - uncredited Chasing Rainbows 1930 performer: "Everybody Tap" - uncredited The Hollywood Revue of 1929 1929 performer: "I Never Knew I Could Do a Thing Like That" 1929, "Marie, Polly and Bess" 1929, "The Fountain in the Park" 1884 - uncredited The Broadway Melody 1929 "Harmony Babies" 1929, uncredited / performer: "The Broadway Melody" 1929, "Harmony Babies" 1929, "The Boy Friend" 1929 - uncredited
Miscellaneous Title Year Status Character Hollywood 1980 TV Mini-Series documentary advisor
Self Title Year Status Character Looks Familiar 1980 TV Series Herself - Guest Hollywood 1980 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself - Interviewee / Herself Hollywood Greats 1978 TV Series documentary Herself Late Show London 1966 TV Series Herself I Think They Call Him John 1964 Documentary short Narrator (voice) This Is Your Life 1963 TV Series documentary Herself The Western 1959 TV Movie Herself London Scrapbook 1942 Short Herself Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 1933 Short Herself Round About Hollywood 1931 Documentary short Herself Screen Snapshots No. 8 1931 Herself Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 18 1930 Short Herself The Voice of Hollywood No. 11 1930 Short Herself (uncredited) The Hollywood Revue of 1929 1929 Herself Life in Hollywood No. 4 1927 Documentary short Herself Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 8 1923 Documentary short Herself Souls for Sale 1923 Herself (uncredited) Night Life in Hollywood 1922 Herself Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 1922 Documentary short Herself Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 5 1922 Documentary short Herself Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 3 1922 Documentary short Herself Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 14-F 1921 Documentary short Herself Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 11 1920 Documentary short Herself Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 3 1920 Documentary short Herself
Won Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 1960 Star on the Walk of Fame Walk of Fame Motion Picture On 8 February 1960. At 6777 Hollywood Blvd.
Nominated Awards Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie 1930 Oscar Academy Awards, USA Best Actress in a Leading Role The Broadway Melody (1929)
Known for movies The Lost World (1925) as Paula White
Reds (1981) as Mrs. Partlow
The Broadway Melody (1929) as Hank Mahoney
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) as Answering Service Lady