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.
Acted in 37
1930s
- 1934
Beloved
Mrs. Walkins
- 1933
Above the Clouds
Mother
1920s
- 1928
Show Folks
Kitty Mayo
- 1921
The Breaking Point
Ruth Marshall
- 1920
The Broken Gate
Aurora Lane
Life's Twist
Muriel Chester / Tina Pierce
The Notorious Mrs. Sands
Mary Ware
A Woman Who Understood
Madge Graham
The Luck of Geraldine Laird
Geraldine Laird
1910s
- 1919
Beckoning Roads
Marquita Shay
Kitty Kelly, M.D.
Dr. Kitty Kelly
Her Purchase Price
Sheka
The Woman Michael Married
Mira Sacky
Josselyn's Wife
Ellen Latimer Josselyn
Hearts Asleep
Nancy
A Trick of Fate
Anna Gerard / Mary Lee
All of a Sudden Norma
Norma Brisbane
- 1918
Two-Gun Betty
Betty Craig
The Heart of Rachael
Rachael
The White Lie
Dorothy Kingsley
Maid o' the Storm
Ariel
Patriotism
Robin Cameron
Rose o' Paradise
Virginia Singleton
Madam Who
Jeanne Beaufort
- 1917
Wooden Shoes
Pampy
Borrowed Plumage
Nora
The Hater of Men
Janice Salsbury
- 1916
A Corner in Colleens
Shamrock
Plain Jane
Jane, 'The Orphint'
The Green Swamp
Margery Allison
- 1915
The Reward
Jane Wallace
The Devil
Isabella Zanden
- 1914
The Rose of the Rancho
Juanita Castro
Ready Money
Grace Tyler
The Making of Bobby Burnit
Agnes Elliston
Produced 3
1920s
- 1920
The Notorious Mrs. Sands
Producer
1910s
- 1919
Her Purchase Price
Producer
Hearts Asleep
Producer