Biography:
Aged character actress Eugenie Besserer portrayed Al Jolson's mother with such quiet self-assurance in The Jazz Singer (1927) that many viewers have assumed she really was of Russian-Jewish descent. In truth, Ms. Besserer was born in France and educated in Canada. She began her stage career in the late 1880s, making her film debut in 19... Continue Bio >>

Filmography:
1933 To the Last Man
1930 A Royal Romance
1930 In Gay Madrid
1929 Fast Company
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