Eugenie Better
Eugenie Besserer (born December 25, 1868 in Watertown , New York , † May 28, 1934 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American film and theater actress .
Eugenie Besserer was active as a theater actress from her youth. In 1910 she came to Hollywood , where she worked as a silent film actress in numerous works, mostly short films. She played in many productions of the director David Wark Griffith and was mainly cast in the role of the loving, sometimes self-sacrificing mother. With the film The Jazzsinger , in which she played the mother of the main actor Al Jolson , she switched to talkies in 1927 . In total, she participated in more than 200 film productions. Most recently, she was 1933 for the Western To the Lost Man by Henry Hathaway in the supporting role of a grandmother in front of the camera. Eugenie Besserer died of a heart attack in Los Angeles at the age of 65.
Filmography (selection)
- 1910: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (short film)
- 1913: Greather Wealth (short film)
- 1913: A Flag of Two Wars (short film)
- 1915: The Circular Staircase
- 1918: Little Orphant Annie
- 1919: Ravished Armenia
- 1922: The Underground Club ( Penrod )
- 1923: Anna Christie
- 1925: The Circle
- 1927: The Jazz Singer ( The Jazz Singer )
- 1927: It was ( Flesh and the Devil )
- 1928: Time of the lilac ( Lilac Time )
- 1929: Madame X
- 1929: They called it Thunderbolt ( Thunderbolt )
- 1929: The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- 1932: Scarface
- 1933: To the Last Man
Web links
- Eugenie Besserer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eugénie Besserer | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. Retrieved September 15, 2019 (American English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Better, Eugenie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film and stage actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Watertown, New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1934 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , United States |