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Bessie Learn(1888-1987)

  • Actress
  • Writer
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Bessie Learn
Bessie Learn was born on 30 August 1888 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for In the Shadow of Death (1915), Her Grandmother's Wedding Dress (1914) and The Ploughshare (1915). She was married to Art Robbins and J. Roy Prosser. She died on 5 February 1987 in Burbank, California, USA.
BornAugust 30, 1888
DiedFebruary 5, 1987(98)
BornAugust 30, 1888
DiedFebruary 5, 1987(98)
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Known for

Bessie Learn in In the Shadow of Death (1915)
In the Shadow of Death
Short
  • Lizette
  • 1915
Her Grandmother's Wedding Dress
Short
  • June Talbot
  • 1914
The Ploughshare (1915)
The Ploughshare
  • Jenny Strong
  • 1915
Gertrude McCoy in Through Turbulent Waters (1915)
Through Turbulent Waters
  • Jane Dinsmore
  • 1915

Credits

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Actress

  • The Lost Battalion (1919)
    The Lost Battalion
    6.2
    • The Burglar's Girl Next Door
    • 1919
  • Bessie Learn and Johnnie Walker in The Girl of the Gypsy Camp (1915)
    The Girl of the Gypsy Camp
    Short
    • Joy Romano
    • 1915
  • Edward Earle and Bessie Learn in The Hand of the Law (1915)
    The Hand of the Law
    Short
    • Betty Hazelton
    • 1915
  • The Lone Game (1915)
    The Lone Game
    5.1
    Short
    • Grace Proctor
    • 1915
  • Roses of Memory
    Short
    • Bessie Townsend
    • 1915
  • The Ploughshare (1915)
    The Ploughshare
    • Jenny Strong
    • 1915
  • When Conscience Sleeps
    Short
    • Mrs. Robert Selwyn
    • 1915
  • The Call of the City (1915)
    The Call of the City
    5.3
    Short
    • Bessie Graham
    • 1915
  • Across the Great Divide
    Short
    • Mary - the Operator's Sweetheart
    • 1915
  • Margery Bonney Erskine and Bessie Learn in A Sprig of Shamrock (1915)
    A Sprig of Shamrock
    Short
    • Eileen Ryan Murray
    • 1915
  • The Bedouin's Sacrifice
    Short
    • 1915
  • Gertrude McCoy in Through Turbulent Waters (1915)
    Through Turbulent Waters
    • Jane Dinsmore
    • 1915
  • McQuade of the Traffic Squad (1915)
    McQuade of the Traffic Squad
    6.2
    Short
    • Nora Leary
    • 1915
  • According to Their Lights (1915)
    According to Their Lights
    Short
    • Meg - a Mountain Girl
    • 1915
  • Miriam Nesbitt in Sally Castleton, Southerner (1915)
    Sally Castleton, Southerner
    Short
    • Genie - Sally's Sister
    • 1915

Writer

  • Her Grandmother's Wedding Dress
    Short
    • scenario
    • 1914

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Bessie Lern
  • Born
    • August 30, 1888
    • San Diego, California, USA
  • Died
    • February 5, 1987
    • Burbank, California, USA
  • Spouses
      Art Robbins1947 - 1961 (his death)
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    • 6 Articles

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  • Trivia
    American silent screen comedienne, on stage from the age of eight. Appeared as an ingénue in short films for the Edison company, 1910-1915.

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