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Bessie Barriscale

Sep 30, 1884 - Jun 30, 1965 (80 years old) in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

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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

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Ready Money
Grace Tyler
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Hearts Asleep
Nancy
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The Luck of Geraldine Laird
Geraldine Laird
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Madam Who
Jeanne Beaufort
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The Reward
Jane Wallace
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The Rose of the Rancho
Juanita Castro
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Plain Jane
Jane, 'The Orphint'
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The Devil
Isabella Zanden
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The Broken Gate
Aurora Lane
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Borrowed Plumage
Nora

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