Betty Compson

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Born on March 17, 1897 (128 years old)

Passed Away on April 18, 1974

From Beaver, Utah, USA

Known for Acting

Biography

Betty Compson (March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer. Most famous in silent films and early talkies, she is best known in her performances in The Docks of New York and The Barker, the latter earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

Cast Credits

2011
- Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
  as
  Herself (archive footage)
  2011
1975
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
  as
  Self (archive footage)
  1975
1948
- Here Comes Trouble
  as
  Martha Blake
  1948
1947
- Second Chance
  as
  Mrs. Davenport
  1947
- Hard Boiled Mahoney
  as
  Selena Webster
  1947
1946
- Her Adventurous Night
  as
  Miss Spencer
  1946
1943
- Danger! Women at Work
  as
  Madame Sappho
  1943
- Confessions of a Vice Baron
  as
  Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
  1943
1941
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith
  as
  Gertie
  1941
- Escort Girl
  as
  Ruth Ashley
  1941
- Invisible Ghost
  as
  Mrs. Kessler
  1941
- Roar of the Press
  as
  Mrs. Thelma Tate
  1941
1940
- Strange Cargo
  as
  Suzanne (uncredited)
  1940
- Mad Youth
  as
  Lucy Morgan
  1940
- Laughing at Danger
  as
  Mrs. Van Horn
  1940
- Cafe Hostess
  as
  Cafe Hostess
  1940
1939
- Cowboys from Texas
  as
  Belle Starkey
  1939
- Hotel Imperial
  as
  Soubrette (uncredited)
  1939
- News Is Made at Night
  as
  Kitty Truman
  1939
1938
- Blondes at Work
  as
  Blanche Revelle
  1938
- Torchy Blane in Panama
  as
  Kitty, Gomez's Moll
  1938
- Under the Big Top
  as
  Marie
  1938
- Religious Racketeers
  as
  Ada Bernard
  1938
- Port of Missing Girls
  as
  Chicago
  1938
- Two Gun Justice
  as
  Kate
  1938
- The Beloved Brat
  as
  Eleanor Sparks
  1938
- A Slight Case of Murder
  as
  Loretta
  1938
1937
- Circus Girl
  as
  Carlotta
  1937
- Federal Bullets
  as
  Sue, Gang Moll
  1937
- God's Country and the Man
  as
  Roxey Moore
  1937
1936
- Bulldog Edition
  as
  Billie Blake
  1936
- The Millionaire Kid
  as
  Gloria Neville
  1936
- August Week End
  as
  Ethel Ames
  1936
- The Drag-Net
  as
  Mollie Cole
  1936
- Two Minutes to Play
  as
  'Fluff' Harding
  1936
- Hollywood Boulevard
  as
  Betty
  1936
- Laughing Irish Eyes
  as
  Molly
  1936
- Killer at Large
  as
  Kate
  1936
1935
- False Pretenses
  as
  Clarissa Stanhope
  1935
1933
- Destination Unknown
  as
  Ruby Smith
  1933
- Notorious But Nice
  as
  Millie Sprague
  1933
- West of Singapore
  as
  Lou
  1933
1932
- Guilty or Not Guilty
  as
  Maizie
  1932
- The Silver Lining
  as
  Kate Flynn
  1932
1931
- The Lady Refuses
  as
  June
  1931
- The Gay Diplomat
  as
  Baroness Corri
  1931
- Three Who Loved
  as
  Helga Larson Hanson
  1931
- The House That Shadows Built
  as
  (archive footage)
  1931
- Virtuous Husband
  as
  Inez Wakefield
  1931
- no image
  Hollywood Halfbacks
  1931
1930
- no image
  She Got What She Wanted
  1930
- The Case of Sergeant Grischa
  as
  Babka
  1930
- Inside the Lines
  as
  Jane Gershon
  1930
- The Czar of Broadway
  as
  Connie Colton
  1930
- Midnight Mystery
  as
  Sally Wayne
  1930
- Those Who Dance
  as
  Kitty
  1930
- The Spoilers
  as
  Cherry Malotte
  1930
- Isle of Escape
  as
  Stella
  1930
- The Boudoir Diplomat
  as
  Helene
  1930
1929
- The Time, the Place and the Girl
  as
  Doris Ward
  1929
- Street Girl
  as
  Frederika Joyzelle
  1929
- The Great Gabbo
  as
  Mary
  1929
- On With the Show!
  as
  Nita
  1929
- Woman to Woman
  as
  Deloryce / Lola
  1929
- Weary River
  as
  Alice Gray
  1929
- Skin Deep
  as
  Sadie Rogers
  1929
- The Show of Shows
  as
  Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
  1929
- Blaze o' Glory
  as
  Helen Williams
  1929
1928
- The Docks of New York
  as
  Mae
  1928
- The Barker
  as
  Carrie
  1928
- Scarlet Seas
  as
  Rose
  1928
- The Big City
  as
  Helen
  1928
- The Desert Bride
  as
  Diane Duval
  1928
- Court Martial
  as
  Belle Starr
  1928
1927
- Cheating Cheaters
  as
  Nan Carey
  1927
- Say It with Diamonds
  as
  Betty Howard
  1927
- Love Me and the World Is Mine
  as
  Mitzel
  1927
1926
- The Wise Guy
  as
  Hula Kate
  1926
- The Belle of Broadway
  as
  Marie Duval
  1926
- The Palace of Pleasure
  as
  Lola Montez
  1926
1925
- no image
  Locked Doors
  as
  Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
  1925
- Paths to Paradise
  as
  Molly
  1925
- Beggar on Horseback
  as
  Princess in Pantomime
  1925
- The Pony Express
  as
  Molly Jones
  1925
- Eve's Secret
  as
  Eve
  1925
- New Lives for Old
  as
  Olympe
  1925
1924
- The Garden of Weeds
  as
  Dorothy Delbridge
  1924
- The White Shadow
  as
  Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
  1924
- The Fast Set
  as
  Margaret Sones
  1924
- The Enemy Sex
  as
  Dodo Baxter
  1924
- The Stranger
  as
  Peggy Bowlin
  1924
- Ramshackle House
  as
  Pen Broome
  1924
- The Female
  as
  Dalla
  1924
1923
- Hollywood
  as
  Betty Compson
  1923
- The Woman with Four Faces
  as
  Elizabeth West
  1923
- Woman to Woman
  as
  Louise Boucher / Deloryse
  1923
- The Rustle of Silk
  as
  Lala De Breeze
  1923
- The White Flower
  as
  Konia Markham
  1923
- no image
  The Royal Oak
  as
  Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
  1923
1922
- Over the Border
  as
  Jen Galbraith
  1922
- A Trip to Paramountown
  as
  Self
  1922
- The Green Temptation
  as
  Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
  1922
- To Have and to Hold
  as
  Lady Jocelyn Leigh
  1922
- Kick In
  as
  Molly Brandon
  1922
- The Bonded Woman
  as
  Angela Gaskell
  1922
- Law and the Woman
  as
  Margaret Rolfe
  1922
1921
- For Those We Love
  as
  Bernice Arnold
  1921
- Prisoners of Love
  as
  Blanche Davis
  1921
- The Little Minister
  as
  Lady Babbie
  1921
- Ladies Must Live
  as
  Christine Bleeker
  1921
- At the End of the World
  as
  Cherry O'Day
  1921
1919
- The Devil's Trail
  as
  Rose
  1919
- The Miracle Man
  as
  Rose
  1919
- The Light of Victory
  as
  Jane Ravenslee
  1919
1918
- Border Raiders
  as
  Rose Hardy
  1918
- The Sheriff
  as
  School Teacher
  1918
1917
- Crazy by Proxy
  1917
- Hubby's Night Out
  as
  Wifey
  1917
- no image
  As Luck Would Have It
  1917
1916
- The Making Over of Mother
  as
  Mrs. Newlywed
  1916
- no image
  That Doggone Baby
  as
  Wifie Parker
  1916
- no image
  Inoculating Hubby
  1916

Crew Credits

1921
- For Those We Love
  as
  Writer
  1921
- Prisoners of Love
  as
  Writer
  1921