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Eugenie Besserer (1868–1934)

Actress

Eugenie Besserer was born in Watertown, New York on Christmas Day of 1868. She was largely a silent film actress who made her debut in 1910's silent version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. She was 42 at the time. For the most part Eugenie was a character actress, much in demand for filling in roles. Because of her willingness to take just about any role... See full bio »

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in Watertown, New York, USA

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(age 65) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1933 To the Last Man
Granny Spelvin
 
1932 6 Hours to Live
The Marquisa (uncredited)
 
1932 Scarface
Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
 
1930 Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Rosalie/Prison Matron (uncredited)
 
1930 In Gay Madrid
Doña Generosa (as Eugenia Besserer)
 
1930 A Royal Romance
Mother
 
1929 Seven Faces
Madame Vallon
 
1929 Mister Antonio
Mrs. Jorny
 
1929 Illusion
Mrs. Jacob Schmittlap
 
1929 Fast Company
Mrs. Kane
 
1929 Speedway
Mrs. MacDonald
 
1929 Whispering Winds
Jim's Mother
 
1929 Madame X
Rose
 
1929 Thunderbolt
Mrs. Morgan
 
1929 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
A nun
 
1928 A Lady of Chance
Mrs. Crandall
 
1928 Lilac Time
Madame Berthelot
 
1928 Yellow Lily
Archduchess
 
1928 Two Lovers
Madame Van Rycke
 
1928 Drums of Love
Duchess de Alvia
 
1927 The Jazz Singer
Sara Rabinowitz
 
1927 Slightly Used
Aunt Lydia
 
1927 Captain Salvation
Mrs. Buxom
 
1927 When a Man Loves
The Landlady (uncredited)
 
1927 The Night of Love
Gypsy (uncredited)
 
1927 Wandering Girls
Peggy's Mother
 
1927 Flesh and the Devil
Leo's Mother
 
1926 The Fire Brigade
Mrs.O'Neil
 
1926 The Millionaire Policeman
Mrs. Gray
 
1926 Winning the Futurity
Mary Allen
 
1926 Kiki
Landlady (uncredited)
 
1926 The Skyrocket
Wardrobe Mistress
 
1925 Bright Lights
Patsy's mom
 
1925 Wandering Footsteps
Elizabeth Stuyvesant Whitney
 
1925 The Circle
Lady Catherine "Kitty" Cheney
 
1925 The Coast of Folly
Nanny
 
1925 Confessions of a Queen
Elanora
 
1925 Friendly Enemies
 
1925 A Fool and His Money
Mother
 
1924 The Price She Paid
Mrs. Elton Gower
 
1924 Bread
Mrs. Sturgis
 
1923 Enemies of Children
 
1923 Anna Christie
Marthy
 
1923 The Rendezvous
Nini
 
1923 Her Reputation
Madame Cervanez
 
1923 The Lonely Road
Martha True
 
1922 The Strangers' Banquet
Mrs. McPherson
 
1922 June Madness
Mrs. Whitmore
 
1922 The Hands of Nara
Mrs. Claveloux
 
1922 Kindred of the Dust
Mrs. McKaye
 
1922 Penrod
 
1922 The Rosary
Widow Kathleen Wilson
 
1921 Molly O'
Antonia Bacigalupi
 
1921 The Light in the Clearing
 
1921 The Sin of Martha Queed
Alicia Queed
 
1921 Good Women
Mrs. Emmeline Shelby
 
1921 The Breaking Point
Mrs. Janeway
 
1920 What Happened to Rosa
Madame O'Donnelly
 
1920 The Scoffer
Boorman's Wife
 
1920 45 Minutes from Broadway
Mrs. David Dean
 
1920 Seeds of Vengeance
Judith Cree
 
1920 Fickle Women
Mrs. Price
 
1920 The Brand of Lopez
Señora Castillo
 
1920 For the Soul of Rafael
Dona Luisa
 
1920 The Gift Supreme
Martha Vinton
 
1920 The Fighting Shepherdess
Jezebel
 
1919 The Greatest Question
Mrs. Hilton
 
1919 Scarlet Days
Mrs. Nell Winters aka Rosie Nell
 
1919 Turning the Tables
Mrs. Feverill
 
1919 Auction of Souls
 
1918 Little Orphant Annie
Mrs. Goode
 
1918 The Sea Flower
Kealani
 
1918 The Road Through the Dark
Aunt Julie
 
1918 The Eyes of Julia Deep
Mrs. Lowe
 
1918 A Hoosier Romance
The Squire's Wife
 
1918 The Still Alarm
Undetermined Role
 
1918 The City of Purple Dreams
 
1917 Who Shall Take My Life?
Mrs. Munroe
 
1917 The Curse of Eve
The Mother
 
1917 The Witness for the State (short)
 
1917 Her Salvation (short)
 
1917 The Friendship of Beaupere (short)
Mother Lynn
 
1917 Little Lost Sister
Mrs. Welcome
 
1917 Beware of Strangers
Mary DeLacy
 
1917 In After Years (short)
 
1916 The Crisis
Mrs. Brice
 
1916 The Garden of Allah
Lady Rens
 
1916 Twisted Trails (short)
Martha, Housekeeper
 
1916 In the House of the Chief (short)
 
1916 His Brother's Keeper (short)
 
1916 The Old Man Who Tried to Grow Young (short)
 
1916 The Temptation of Adam (short)
 
1916 The Woman Who Did Not Care (short)
 
1916 A Social Deception (short)
Grace Elliott
 
1916 The Grinning Skull (short)
 
1916/I Thou Shalt Not Covet
My Wife
 
1916 The Devil-in-Chief (short)
 
1915 I'm Glad My Boy Grew Up to Be a Soldier
Mrs. Warrington
 
1915 Just as I Am (short)
 
1915 The Bridge of Time (short)
 
1915 The Circular Staircase
Aunt Ray
 
1915 The Way of a Woman's Heart (short)
Rose March aka Rosalind Ayre
 
1915 The Melody of Doom (short)
Zara the Adventuress
 
1915 The Smouldering (short)
Rachel St. John
 
1915 The Rosary
Widow Kelly
 
1915 The Fortunes of Mariana (short)
Northrup's Sister
 
1915 Ingratitude of Liz Taylor (short)
 
1915 The Carpet from Bagdad
Mrs. Chedsoye
 
1915 The Poetic Justice of Omar Kham (short)
Neva Hyde
 
1915 The Black Diamond (short)
 
1915 The Passer-By (short)
Mrs. Thompson
 
1915 The Vision of the Shepherd (short)
Maggie Hunt
 
1914 The Story of the Blood Red Rose (short)
Queen of Urania
 
1914 The Tragedy That Lived (short)
 
1914 Her Victory Eternal (short)
Mrs. Tabor - the Society Queen
 
1914 Hearts and Masks (short)
Mrs. Hyphen-Bonds
 
1914 A Just Punishment (short)
The Wife
 
1914 Ye Vengeful Vagabonds (short)
Betsy Spratt - Peggy's Mother
 
1914 The Man in Black (short)
 
1914 What Became of Jane? (short)
 
1914 When a Woman's 40 (short)
Lucille Danvers
 
1914 His Fight (short)
Mrs. Brant
 
1914 Me an' Bill (short)
Kitty
 
1914 When the Night Call Came (short)
Nell
 
1914 Judge Dunn's Decision (short)
Mrs. Gregory
 
1914 The Schooling of Mary Ann (short)
 
1914 The Fire Jugglers (short)
Mrs. Leavitt
 
1914 The Salvation of Nance O'Shaughnessy (short)
Mame Ryan
 
1914 Elizabeth's Prayer
Hilda Crosby, An Unscrupulous Actress
 
1914 Memories
Mary, Professor Scott's Sweetheart
 
1914 A Splendid Sacrifice (short)
Mrs. Vivian Clifford
 
1913 The Mysterious Way (short)
 
1913 The Master of the Garden (short)
 
1913 A Cure for Carelessness (short)
Mrs. Wise
 
1913 Phantoms (short)
Natalie Storm
 
1913 The Probationer (short)
Granny
 
1913 Destiny of the Sea (short)
Constance Strong
 
1913 Sissybelle (short)
Mrs. Putnam - Percy's Mother
 
1913 Fate Fashions a Letter (short)
Mrs. Rand
 
1913 The Acid Test (short)
 
1913 The Unseen Defense (short)
 
1913 The Ne'er to Return Road (short)
Mrs. Hansen - Chris' Mother
 
1913 In God We Trust (short)
 
1913 The Fighting Lieutenant (short)
 
1913 Woman: Past and Present (short)
Grandmother America
 
1913 A Flag of Two Wars (short)
Mrs. John Reed
 
1913 The Girl and the Judge (short)
Mrs. Goff - the Judge's Wife
 
1913 Wamba, a Child of the Jungle (short)
Mrs. Rice
 
1913 Indian Summer (short)
Virginia
 
1913 The Tattle Battle (short)
1st Mother
 
1913 Lieutenant Jones (short)
 
1913 In the Days of Witchcraft (short)
Lady Beresford
 
1913 Dollar Down, Dollar a Week (short)
The Aunt
 
1913 Love Before Ten (short)
Mrs. Walters
 
1913 Diverging Paths (short)
Lily and Rose's Mother
 
1913 The Spanish Parrot Girl (short)
Mrs. Avery
 
1913/I The Governor's Daughter (short)
Mrs. Carey - Jim's Mother
 
1913 The Miner's Justice (short)
Minnie
 
1913 A Plain Girl's Love (short)
 
1913 Greater Wealth (short)
Mrs. John Sharon
 
1912 The Last of Her Tribe (short)
 
1912 Sammy Orpheus; or, The Pied Piper of the Jungle (short)
Kate
 
1912 The Millionaire Vagabonds (short)
Mrs. Knobhill
 
1912 Opitsah: Apache for Sweetheart (short)
Mrs. McGuire - Jim's Mother
 
1912 The Vintage of Fate (short)
Undetermined Secondary Role
 
1912 Old Songs and Memories (short)
The Old Lady
 
1912 His Wedding Eve (short)
 
1912 Monte Cristo (short)
Mercedes
 
1912 The Pity of It (short)
Mrs. Tom Morton
 
1912/II Partners (short)
Melisse
 
1912 The Substitute Model (short)
Millicent Carr - the Substitute Model
 
1912 The Indelible Stain (short)
Marla
 
1912 Sergeant Byrne of the Northwest Mounted Police (short)
Jessie Long
 
1912 The Little Indian Martyr (short)
 
1912 In the Tents of the Asra (short)
 
1912 His Masterpiece (short)
 
1912 The Lake of Dreams (short)
 
1912 In Exile (short)
 
1912 The Captain of the 'Nancy Lee' (short)
 
1912 A Child of the Wilderness (short)
Mrs.Marcy - Joe's Mother
 
1912 The Hand of Fate (short)
 
1912 The End of the Romance (short)
Alice Gray
 
1912 Me an' Bill (short)
 
1912 The Junior Officer (short)
 
1912 As Told by Princess Bess (short)
Princess Bess (old)
 
1912 The Danites (short)
The Widowed Schoolteacher
 
1912 Disillusioned (short)
 
1912 Bunkie (short)
Miss Ford
 
1912 The Peacemaker (short)
 
1912 The Other Fellow (short)
 
1912 The Cowboy's Adopted Child (short)
Sarah Fowler
 
1911 George Warrington's Escape (short)
Madame Esmond Warrington
 
1911 An Evil Power (short)
 
1911 The Bootlegger (short)
 
1911 Old Billy (short)
 
1911 The Blacksmith's Love (short)
Mary Brewer Saunders
 
1911 The Regeneration of Apache Kid (short)
 
1911 Their Only Son (short)
 
1911 Slick's Romance (short)
 
1911 The Profligate (short)
Pauline - the Wronged Wife
 
1911 It Happened in the West (short)
Prologue
 
1911 The Craven Heart (short)
 
1911 A Sacrifice to Civilization (short)
 
1911 One of Nature's Noblemen (short)
 
1911 Stability vs. Nobility (short)
 
1911 The Still Alarm (short)
 
1911 The Mother (short)
The Governor's Daughter
 
1910 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (short)
Aunt Em
 
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1984 Almonds and Raisins (documentary)
Herself
 
1980 Hollywood
Herself
 
1943 The Voice That Thrilled the World (documentary short)
Herself (segment "The Jazz Singer") (uncredited)
 

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