ACTOR

Bessie Love

1898 - 1986

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Juanita Horton, better known as Bessie Love (September 10, 1898 – April 26, 1986), was an American-British actress who achieved prominence playing innocent, young girls and wholesome leading ladies in silent and early sound films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bessie Love has received more than 669,346 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Bessie Love is the 3,292nd most popular actor (up from 3,505th in 2019), the 4,937th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,383rd in 2019) and the 1,477th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bessie Love ranks 3,292 out of 13,578. Before her are Alex Rocco, Mathieu Carrière, Eileen Ryan, Seann William Scott, Chester Conklin, and Jack Haley. After her are Dean Jagger, Omero Antonutti, Peter Carsten, Ninón Sevilla, Caroline Munro, and Phyllida Law.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Bessie Love ranks 161. Before her are Helene Engelmann, Sami al-Hinnawi, Ninette de Valois, Lily Pons, Hal B. Wallis, and Jack Haley. After her are Eero Berg, Arend Heyting, Eugen Wüster, Reino Ragnar Lehto, Eduard Pütsep, and Aksel Airo. Among people deceased in 1986, Bessie Love ranks 150. Before her are Otto Glória, Étienne Mattler, Harold Arlen, Lars-Erik Larsson, Hal B. Wallis, and Harald Reinl. After her are Henry Russell, Len Bias, Adolf Brudes, Agustín Sauto Arana, Juan Carlos Corazzo, and Daniel Balavoine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bessie Love ranks 4,937 out of 20,380. Before her are John Lewis (1920), Seann William Scott (1976), Dennis Frederiksen (1951), Larry Tesler (1945), Chester Conklin (1886), and Jack Haley (1898). After her are Lennie Tristano (1919), Antoine Fuqua (1966), Dean Jagger (1903), Joseph Hooker (1814), Gene Clark (1944), and Walter De Maria (1935).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bessie Love ranks 1,477. Before her are Dorothy Lamour (1914), Alex Rocco (1936), Eileen Ryan (1927), Seann William Scott (1976), Chester Conklin (1886), and Jack Haley (1898). After her are Dean Jagger (1903), Rockmond Dunbar (1974), Eric Bogosian (1953), Tracy Pollan (1960), Gabriel Macht (1972), and Constance Towers (1933).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Lost World
Paula White
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
Feb 2nd 19256.7 / 10
The Broadway Melody
Hank Mahoney
The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.
Feb 8th 19295.2 / 10
The Hunger
Lillybelle
Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.
Apr 29th 19836.668 / 10