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Early life

Bessie Love was born Juanita Horton on September 10, 1898 in Midland, Texas. She attended school in Midland until she was in the eighth grade, when her chiropractor father moved his family to Hollywood. Bessie graduated from Los Angeles High School and then received from her parents (as a graduation present) of a trip a around the United States. After six months of traveling, she finally returned home to Los Angeles. ...

Career

To help with the family's financial situation, Love's mother sent her to Biograph Studios, where she met pioneering film director D.W. Griffith. Griffith, who introduced Bessie to films, also gave the actress her screen moniker. He gave her small roles in his films The Birth of a Nation (1915) and in Intolerance (1916). In 1922 Love was selected one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars.^{[1] [2]} The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1928. ... David Lewelyn Wark Griffith (January 22, 1875 - July 23, 1948) was an American film director (commonly known as D. W. Griffith) probably best known for his film The Birth of a Nation. ... The Birth of a Nation is a famously controversial film which promoted the superiority of the white race. ... // Events June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors Association (MPDA) was formed by twenty-six film directors in Los Angeles, California. ... Intolerance is the lack of ability or willingness to tolerate something. ... // Events November 19 - Samuel Goldfish (later renamed Samuel Goldwyn) and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Company (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers). ... The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1932. ...

Bessie Love had an up and down career. Hollywood found her difficult to type. Petite and very pretty, she played innocent young girls, flappers, and wholesome leading ladies.^[3] As her roles got larger, so did her popularity. She performed the Charleston in the movie The King on Main Street in 1925. She was able to successfully transition to talkies, and in 1929 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Broadway Melody. Besides being an actress, she wrote the 1919 movie A Yankee Princess.^[1] A USPS stamp from the Celebrate the Century series: Flappers Doing the Charleston by John Held Jr. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the awards given to actresses, or female actors, working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Broadway Melody is an early musical motion picture, released on 1 February 1929. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

When the sound era arrived, Bessie made the transition triumphantly, receiving an Academy Award nomination for her role in the early MGM musical The Broadway Melody (1929). However, by 1932 her American film career was declining. She moved to England in 1935 and did stage work and occasional films there. As war came in Europe she returned to the US for awhile, worked for the Red Cross, and entertained the troops. After the war she moved back to Britain where she kept her main residence, and continued to play small film roles for film companies in both the US and Britain. She appeared in films like The Barefoot Contessa (1954) with Humphrey Bogart, and as an American tourist in The Greengage Summer (1961) starring Kenneth More.^[2] MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... The Broadway Melody is an early musical motion picture, released on 1 February 1929. ... The Anarchist Black Cross was originally called the Anarchist Red Cross. The band Redd Kross was originally called Red Cross. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor of legendary fame who retained his legacy after death. ... Kenneth Gilbert More CBE, (20 September 1914 - 12 July 1982) was a successful British cinema, television and theatre actor. ...

In 1958 she wrote a play enitited The Homecoming.

Her career came to a quick halt soon after that however, and she moved to the United Kingdom, where she had roles in several films. She made a comeback in the 1980s with roles in Ragtime and in Reds before her death at the age of 87 in 1986 in England. In her lifetime, she starred in 131 T.V episodes and films.^[1] The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Ragtime is a 1981 motion picture based on the historical novel Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow. ... See also Cincinnati Reds Reds is a 1981 movie starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...

Personal life

Love was married once, from 1929 to 1935, to film producer William Hawks (the brother of film director Howard Hawks), and she had a daughter from that marriage. She died in London, England from natural causes on April 26, 1986. Howard Hawks Howard Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and writer of the classic Hollywood era. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6777 Hollywood Blvd. A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} http://imdb.com/name/nm0522281/bio
2. ^ ^{a b} http://www.goldensilents.com/stars/bessielove.html
3. ^ http://www.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/love.htm