Bessie Barriscale

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 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

Kitty Kelly, M.D.

Secrets

The Hater of Men

Beckoning Roads

The Devil

Maid o' the Storm

The Breaking Point

Beloved

All Movies (40)

• Beloved1934 · as Mrs. Walkins
• Above the Clouds1933 · as Mother
• Secrets1933 · as Susan Carlton
• Show Folks1928 · as Kitty Mayo
• The Breaking Point1921 · as Ruth Marshall
• The Broken Gate1920 · as Aurora Lane
• Life's Twist1920 · as Muriel Chester / Tina Pierce
• The Notorious Mrs. Sands1920 · as Mary Ware
• A Woman Who Understood1920 · as Madge Graham
• The Luck of Geraldine Laird1920 · as Geraldine Laird
• Beckoning Roads1919 · as Marquita Shay
• Kitty Kelly, M.D.1919 · as Dr. Kitty Kelly
• Her Purchase Price1919 · as Sheka
• The Woman Michael Married1919 · as Mira Sacky
• Josselyn's Wife1919 · as Ellen Latimer Josselyn
• Hearts Asleep1919 · as Nancy
• A Trick of Fate1919 · as Anna Gerard / Mary Lee
• All of a Sudden Norma1919 · as Norma Brisbane
• Two-Gun Betty1918 · as Betty Craig
• The Heart of Rachael1918 · as Rachael
• The White Lie1918 · as Dorothy Kingsley
• Maid o' the Storm1918 · as Ariel
• Patriotism1918 · as Robin Cameron
• Rose o' Paradise1918 · as Virginia Singleton
• Madam Who1918 · as Jeanne Beaufort
• Wooden Shoes1917 · as Pampy
• Borrowed Plumage1917 · as Nora
• The Hater of Men1917 · as Janice Salsbury
• A Corner in Colleens1916 · as Shamrock
• Plain Jane1916 · as Jane, 'The Orphint'
• Home1916 · as Bessie Wheaton
• Bullets and Brown Eyes1916 · as Countess Olga
• Honor's Altar1916 · as Winnie Mallory
• The Green Swamp1916 · as Margery Allison
• The Reward1915 · as Jane Wallace
• The Cup of Life1915 · as Helen Fiske
• The Devil1915 · as Isabella Zanden
• The Rose of the Rancho1914 · as Juanita Castro
• Ready Money1914 · as Grace Tyler
• The Making of Bobby Burnit1914 · as Agnes Elliston