Bessie Love

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6777 Hollywood Blvd. However, Merchant never got over the dissolution of her marriage, and her premature death was brought about by alcoholism. She made a small comeback in the 1980s with roles in Ragtime and in Reds. Merchant went public about her distress, and famously told the press that Pinter had not taken many clothes with him; but, she quipped, if he didn't have any shoes to wear, he could always borrow Fraser's: "she has very big feet, you know". Her career came to a quick halt soon after that, however, and she moved to the United Kingdom, where she had very small roles in several films. Their marriage began disintegrating in the mid-1960s and Pinter left Merchant suddenly in 1977 to live with historian Lady Antonia Fraser. She was able to successfully transition to talkies, and in 1929 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Broadway Melody. Despite her great talent and many film appearances - including Alfie (1966) and Frenzy (1972), she is probably best known as the first wife of the playwright, Harold Pinter, whom she married in 1956. She appeared in many of his works, notably The Homecoming (1973).

She performed the Charleston in the movie The King on Main Street in 1925. Vivien Merchant (1929-1983) was a British actress, born Ada Thompson. As her roles got larger, so did her popularity. She was selected one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1922. Griffith, who gave her a small part in Intolerance in 1916.

When the family needed money, her mother sent her to Biograph Studios, where she met D.W. Born Juanita Horton in Midland, Texas, she moved with her family to Hollywood when she was young. Bessie Love (September 10, 1898 - April 26, 1986) was an American actress.