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

Secrets

Susan Carlton

The Broken Gate

Aurora Lane

Show Folks

Kitty Mayo

Beloved

Mrs. Walkins

The Heart of Rachael

Rachael

Hearts Asleep

Nancy

Ready Money

Grace Tyler

Life's Twist

Muriel Chester / Tina Pierce

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1934	Beloved	Mrs. Walkins
1933	Secrets	Susan Carlton
1928	Show Folks	Kitty Mayo
1920	The Broken Gate	Aurora Lane
1920	Life's Twist	Muriel Chester / Tina Pierce
1920	The Luck of Geraldine Laird	Geraldine Laird
1919	The Woman Michael Married	Mira Sacky
1919	Kitty Kelly, M.D.	Dr. Kitty Kelly
1919	Josselyn's Wife	Ellen Latimer Josselyn
1919	Hearts Asleep	Nancy
1918	Rose o' Paradise	Virginia Singleton
1918	Madam Who	Jeanne Beaufort
1918	Patriotism	Robin Cameron
1918	Maid o' the Storm	Ariel
1918	The White Lie	Dorothy Kingsley
1918	The Heart of Rachael	Rachael
1917	Borrowed Plumage	Nora
1917	The Hater of Men	Janice Salsbury
1916	Home	Bessie Wheaton
1916	Plain Jane	Jane, 'The Orphint'
1916	Honor's Altar	Winnie Mallory
1916	Bullets and Brown Eyes	Countess Olga
1915	The Cup of Life	Helen Fiske
1915	The Reward	Jane Wallace
1915	The Devil	Isabella Zanden
1914	The Making of Bobby Burnit	Agnes Elliston
1914	The Rose of the Rancho	Juanita Castro
1914	Ready Money	Grace Tyler

Year	TV Show	Role