Eugenie Besserer
Acting
Biography
Eugenie Besserer was an American actress who appeared in supporting roles, typically portraying a mother or grandmother, in films of the Silent and early talkies eras.
Born: December 24, 1868
Place of Birth: Watertown, New York, USA
Known For
Scarface
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
Kiki
Kiki, a poor young woman who sells newspapers on the street corners of Paris, is able to land a job singing and dancing at a nearby theater. While she is there, she invites herself into the life of the revue's manager, with whom she has fallen in love.
Flesh and the Devil
When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.
Confessions of a Queen
The King of Illyris marries a neighboring princess, who finds out he has a mistress, Sephora. Revolted, she turns to Prince Alexei for friendship. Turmoil increases as a revolution demands the abdication of the King and the Queen opposes this decision.
What Happened To Rosa
A fortune teller tells a store clerk with a romantic disposition that she was a Spanish noblewoman in an earlier life. The girl begins to live the part of the Spanish noblewoman and romance and comedy ensue.
A Lady of Chance
A con woman working the Atlantic City hotels targets a visiting businessman from Alabama.
Lilac Time
In France during World War I, a charming farm girl keeps a squadron of English pilots in good spirits as best as she can. She falls for a handsome newcomer who is already engaged.
Molly O'
An Irish washerwoman's daughter falls in love with one of America's most eligible bachelors, much to the dismay of the girl's parents -- and the young doctor's newly acquired fiancée! Events come to a head at the charity masked ball, which the two girls happen to attend in very similar costumes, thanks to the largesse of Molly's benevolent "fairy godfather"...
The Jazz Singer
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.
Madame X
A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her three year old son again despite her earnest attempts to make amends. For many years the mother seeks refuge overseas and in Absinthe. In the end, her son, a young and promising lawyer unknowingly defends her in court. Ruth Chatterton gives a marvelous performance in this early talkie in her portrayal of Madame X.
Filmography
as Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage)
as Granny Spelvin
as The Marquisa
as Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
as Rosalie / Prison Matron
as Doña Generosa
as Mother
as Madame Vallon
as Mrs. Jorny
as Mrs. MacDonald
as Mrs. Jacob Schmittlap
as Rose, Floriot's Servant
as Mrs. Moran
as Mrs. Crandall
as Madame Berthelot
as Archduchess
as Duchess de Alvia
as Sara Rabinowitz
as Aunt Lydia
as The Landlady (uncredited)
as Mrs. Buxom
as Gypsy
as Mrs. Marston
as Leo's Mother
as Mrs.O'Neil
as Landlady (uncredited)
as Wardrobe Mistress
as Patsy's Mother
as Lady Catherine 'Kitty' Cheney
as Nanny
as Elanora
as Mother
as Mrs. Elton Gower
as Mrs. Slavin
as Marthy
as Nini
as Madame Cervanez
as Mrs. McPherson
as Mrs. Claveloux
as Mrs. McKaye
as Widow Kathleen Wilson
as Roving Kate
as Antonia Bacigalupi
as Alicia Queed
as Mrs. Emmeline Shelby
as Mrs. Janeway
as Madame O'Donnelly
as Boorman's Wife
as Mrs. David Dean
as Judith Cree
as Dona Luisa
as Señora Castillo
as Martha Vinton
as Jezebel
as Mrs. Hilton
as Mrs. Nell Winters aka Rosie Nell
as Mrs. Feverill
as Mrs. Goode
as Kealani
as Aunt Julie
as The Squire's Wife
as Mrs. Lowe
as Mrs. Munroe
as The Mother
as Mary DeLacy
as Lady Rens
as Martha, Housekeeper
as My Wife
as Aunt Ray
as Rose March aka Rosalind Ayre
as Neva Hyde
as Mrs. Preston - Bob's Wife
as Nell Delaney
as Virginia
as Mercedes
as Mary Brewer Saunders
as Aunt Em
as Martha True