title: Bessie (disambiguation)
text: # Bessie (disambiguation)
  
  Bessie is a feminine given name. It may also refer to:
  
  * Alvah Bessie (1904-1985), American novelist, journalist and screenwriter blacklisted as one of the Hollywood Ten
  * Bessie (lake monster), a legendary Lake Erie monster
  * Bessie (narrowboat), a boat in the West Country Living Museum, England
  * Bessie Awards in dance, the New York Dance and Performance Awards
  * "Bessie", a 1972 biography of Bessie Smith written by American journalist Chris Albertson
  * Bessie (film), a 2015 biographical film based on the life of Bessie Smith
  * Bessie, Oklahoma, United States, a town
  * Besant Nagar, a neighborhood of the Indian city of Chennai sometimes referred to as "Bessie"
  