Bessie Love (1898-1986)was born in Texas.The family moved to Hollywood.As the family needed money,Bessie's mother sent her to Biograph Studios,hoping she would become an actress.D.W. Griffith saw she was pretty and had some acting talent,and put her in several of his films.She became popular with audiences.She then moved to Vitagraph and starred in a number of comedy-dramas.In the 1920s she began to act in more mature roles and also began working on the stage.She performed the first screen "Charleston" dance.When sound movies came into vogue,she made a number of them and received an Academy Award nomination for The Broadway Melody (1929).By 1931, however, her career was over. She moved to England in 1935. By the 1950s she started playing small roles in movies.In the 1980s she appeared in the big-budget Ragtime (1981) which starred James Cagney,and later that year in Reds (1981) which starred Warren Beatty.-KITaper Loving you long time,elements:Im in heavenby Lady Papillon.