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Horton as a child in Texas. Love was born Juanita Horton in Midland, Texas, [1] to John Cross Horton and Emma Jane Horton ( née Savage). [9] . Her father was a cowboy and bartender, [10] while her mother worked in and managed restaurants. [11] .
Bessie Love. Actress: The Broadway Melody. Bessie Love was born in Texas. Her cowboy father moved the family to Hollywood, where he became a chiropractor. As the family needed money, Bessie's mother sent her to Biograph Studios, hoping she would become an actress.
- September 10, 1898
- April 26, 1986
Apr 29, 1986 · She was born Juanita Horton in Midland, Tex., the daughter of an itinerant bartender father who moved his family through Arizona, New Mexico and finally to Los Angeles, where his 16-year-old...
Actress: The Broadway Melody. Bessie Love was born in Texas. Her cowboy father moved the family to Hollywood, where he became a chiropractor. As the family needed money, Bessie's mother sent her to Biograph Studios, hoping she would become an actress.
- January 1, 1
- Midland, Texas, USA
- January 1, 1
- London, England, UK
Bessie Coleman was an American civil aviator who became the first female African-American pilot with a flight license. Growing up in poverty in a racist environment in Texas, she was interested in getting an education and often taught her siblings.
Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1894 or 1895. Bessie had six siblings. Her family was extremely poor. Her father was a Baptist minister. Both of her parents died when she was young. Bessie and her brother Andrew made money for the family working as street performers. Bessie sang and Andrew played the guitar.
Bessie Love (1898–1986) was an actress whose career began in silent films, and continued into sound films, radio, and television. She was also active in the theatre . Her early career was exclusively in American film; after she moved to England in 1935, she performed in productions made only in the U.K., and British productions made in Europe.
