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Betty Compson
Betty Compson

Betty Compson

ActingBorn March 17, 1897Died April 18, 1974 (age 77)Beaver, Utah, USA

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.

Filmography

2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

as Herself (archive footage)

Movie
1991
Halloween Monster Bash

as Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)

Movie
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1948
Here Comes Trouble

as Martha Blake

Movie
1947
Second Chance

as Mrs. Davenport

Movie
1947
Hard Boiled Mahoney

as Selena Webster

Movie
1946
Her Adventurous Night

as Miss Spencer

Movie
1943
Danger! Women at Work

as Madame Sappho

Movie
1943
Confessions of a Vice Baron

as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Escort Girl

as Ruth Ashley

Movie
1941
Invisible Ghost

as Mrs. Kessler

Movie
1941
Roar of the Press

as Mrs. Thelma Tate

Movie
1941Movie
1940
Laughing at Danger

as Mrs. Van Horn

Movie
1940
Mad Youth

as Lucy Morgan

Movie
1940
Strange Cargo

as Suzanne (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Cafe Hostess

as Cafe Hostess

Movie
1939
Cowboys from Texas

as Belle Starkey

Movie
1939
News Is Made at Night

as Kitty Truman

Movie
1939
Hotel Imperial

as Soubrette (uncredited)

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Religious Racketeers

as Ada Bernard

Movie
1938
Torchy Blane in Panama

as Kitty, Gomez's Moll

Movie
1938
The Beloved Brat

as Eleanor Sparks

Movie
1938Movie
1938Movie
1938Movie
1938
Blondes at Work

as Blanche Revelle

Movie
1937
Federal Bullets

as Sue, Gang Moll

Movie
1937Movie
1937
Circus Girl

as Carlotta

Movie
1936
Two Minutes to Play

as 'Fluff' Harding

Movie
1936Movie
1936
Bulldog Edition

as Billie Blake

Movie
1936Movie
1936
The Drag Net

as Mollie Cole

Movie
1936
The Millionaire Kid

as Gloria Neville

Movie
1936Movie
1936
August Week End

as Ethel Ames

Movie
1935
False Pretenses

as Clarissa Stanhope

Movie
1934
No Sleep on the Deep

as Mrs. Eldridge

Movie
1933
Notorious But Nice

as Millie Sprague

Movie
1933
Destination Unknown

as Ruby Smith

Movie
1933Movie
1932Movie
1932
The Silver Lining

as Kate Flynn

Movie
1931
The Gay Diplomat

as Baroness Corri

Movie
1931
The House That Shadows Built

as (archive footage)

Movie
1931
Three Who Loved

as Helga Larson Hanson

Movie
1931
Virtuous Husband

as Inez Wakefield

Movie
1931Movie
1930Movie
1930
The Spoilers

as Cherry Malotte

Movie
1930
Inside the Lines

as Jane Gershon

Movie
1930
Midnight Mystery

as Sally Wayne

Movie
1930
The Czar of Broadway

as Connie Colton

Movie
1930Movie
1930Movie
1929
Blaze o' Glory

as Helen Williams

Movie
1929
The Show of Shows

as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)

Movie
1929
Woman to Woman

as Deloryce / Lola

Movie
1929Movie
1929
Skin Deep

as Sadie Rogers

Movie
1929
Street Girl

as Frederika Joyzelle

Movie
1929Movie
1929Movie
1929
Weary River

as Alice Gray

Movie
1928
The Barker

as Carrie

Movie
1928Movie
1928
Court Martial

as Belle Starr

Movie
1928
Life's Mockery

as Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton

Movie
1928Movie
1928
The Desert Bride

as Diane Duval

Movie
1928
The Big City

as Helen

Movie
1928Movie
1927
Cheating Cheaters

as Nan Carey

Movie
1927
Temptations of a Shop Girl

as Ruth Harrington

Movie
1927
Say It with Diamonds

as Betty Howard

Movie
1926
The Belle of Broadway

as Marie Duval / The Young Adele

Movie
1926
The Wise Guy

as Hula Kate

Movie
1926Movie
1925
Counsel for the Defense

as Katherine West

Movie
1925
The Pony Express

as Molly Jones

Movie
1925Movie
1925
Beggar on Horseback

as Princess in Pantomime

Movie
1925Movie
1925Movie
1925
Locked Doors

as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter

Movie
1924
The Garden of Weeds

as Dorothy Delbridge

Movie
1924
The Fast Set

as Margaret Sones

Movie
1924
Ramshackle House

as Pen Broome

Movie
1924
The Female

as Dalla

Movie
1924
The Enemy Sex

as Dodo Baxter

Movie
1924
The White Shadow

as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent

Movie
1924
Miami

as Joan Bruce

Movie
1924
The Stranger

as Peggy Bowlin

Movie
1923
The Royal Oak

as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley

Movie
1923
Hollywood

as Betty Compson

Movie
1923
The Woman with Four Faces

as Elizabeth West

Movie
1923
The Rustle of Silk

as Lala De Breeze

Movie
1923
The White Flower

as Konia Markham

Movie
1923
Woman to Woman

as Louise Boucher / Deloryse

Movie
1922
Kick In

as Molly Brandon

Movie
1922
To Have and to Hold

as Lady Jocelyn Leigh

Movie
1922
The Bonded Woman

as Angela Gaskell

Movie
1922Movie
1922
Always the Woman

as Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris

Movie
1922
Over the Border

as Jen Galbraith

Movie
1922
The Green Temptation

as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker

Movie
1922
Law and the Woman

as Margaret Rolfe

Movie
1921
The Little Minister

as Lady Babbie

Movie
1921
Ladies Must Live

as Christine Bleeker

Movie
1921
For Those We Love

as Bernice Arnold

Movie
1921Movie
1921
Prisoners of Love

as Blanche Davis

Movie
1919Movie
1919Movie
1919
The Light of Victory

as Jane Ravenslee

Movie
1919Movie
1918
The Sheriff

as School Teacher

Movie
1918
Border Raiders

as Rose Hardy

Movie
1917Movie
1916
That Doggone Baby

as Wifie Parker

Movie
1916Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 17, 1897
Day of DeathApril 18, 1974
Place of BirthBeaver, Utah, USA
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