Bessie Banks (born Bessie Estelle Naylor) was an American actress and screenwriter active in Hollywood during the silent era.^[1][2]

Bessie was born in Worthington, Minnesota, to Stephen Naylor and Harriet Lynch. Both of her parents were from Britain. The family relocated to Santa Barbara, California, when Bessie was a girl. In Santa Barbara, she met and married her husband, Canadian actor Perry Banks; together, they performed as a vaudeville act and appeared in a number of films produced in Santa Barbara at "Flying A" Studios.^[3]

As screenwriter:

• The Beggar Child (1914)

As actress:

• Dulcie's Adventure (1916)
• The Stinger Stung (1916)
• Youth's Endearing Charm (1916)
• The Madonna of the Night (1916)
• Love's Bitter Strength (1916)
• A Modern Knight (1916)
• Billy Van Deusen's Wedding Eve (1916)
• Some Night (1916)
• To Rent Furnished (1915)
• Billy Van Deusen's Campaign (1915)
• Deserted at the Auto (1915)
• A Disciple of Nietzsche (1915)
• Cats, Cash and a Cook Book (1915)
• The House of a Thousand Scandals (1915)
• In Trust (1915)
• Uncle Heck, by Heck! (1915)
• His Mysterious Profession (1915)
• A Woman Scorned (1915)
• When a Woman Waits (1914)
• The Ruin of Manley (1914)

• Bessie Banks at IMDb