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Bessie Banks (actress)

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Bessie Banks
Born
Bessie Estelle Naylor

August 18, 1887
Worthington, Minnesota, USA
DiedJune 25, 1969 (aged 81)
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Occupation(s)Actress, screenwriter
SpousePerry Banks

Bessie Banks (born Bessie Estelle Naylor) was an American actress and screenwriter active in Hollywood during the silent era.[1][2]

Biography

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Bessie was born in Worthington, Minnesota, to Stephen Naylor and Harriet Lynch. Both of her parents were from Britain. The family relocated to Santa Barbara, California, when Bessie was a girl. In Santa Barbara, she met and married her husband, Canadian actor Perry Banks; together, they performed as a vaudeville act and appeared in a number of films produced in Santa Barbara at "Flying A" Studios.[3]

Selected filmography

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As screenwriter:

As actress:

References

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  1. ^ The Moving Picture World. World Photographic Publishing Company. 1916.
  2. ^ Motography. 1916.
  3. ^ "Vaudeville at Opera House". The Lompoc Record. 23 Jul 1909. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
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