Bessie Barriscale
An image from Show Folks, one of the productions that also features Bessie Barriscale.
Bessie Barriscale

Bessie Barriscale

September 30, 1884 — Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

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.

Show Folks

Show Folks

1928

Borrowed Plumage

Borrowed Plumage

1917

The Rose of the Rancho

The Rose of the Rancho

1914