Betty Compson

Betty Compson

  • Birthday: 1897-03-17
  • Deathday: 1974-04-18
  • Place of birth: Beaver, Utah, USA
  • Also know as: Eleanor Luicime Compson

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

The Czar of Broadway

1930

As Connie Colton

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941

As Gertie

Inside the Lines

1930

As Jane Gershon

Strange Cargo

1940

As Suzanne (uncredited)

Second Chance

1947

As Mrs. Davenport

The Barker

1928

As Carrie

Street Girl

1929

As Frederika Joyzelle

Hubby's Night Out

1917

As Wifey

The White Shadow

1924

As Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent

The Great Gabbo

1929

As Mary

On With the Show!

1929

As Nita

Destination Unknown

1933

As Ruby Smith

Blondes at Work

1938

As Blanche Revelle

Woman to Woman

1929

As Deloryce / Lola

Here Comes Trouble

1948

As Martha Blake

False Pretenses

1935

As Clarissa Stanhope

Paths to Paradise

1925

As Molly

Torchy Blane in Panama

1938

As Kitty, Gomez's Moll

Notorious But Nice

1933

As Millie Sprague

Escort Girl

1941

As Ruth Ashley

Bulldog Edition

1936

As Billie Blake

The Millionaire Kid

1936

As Gloria Neville

August Week End

1936

As Ethel Ames

The Drag-Net

1936

As Mollie Cole

Circus Girl

1937

As Carlotta

The Gay Diplomat

1931

As Baroness Corri

Under the Big Top

1938

As Marie

Hotel Imperial

1939

As Soubrette (uncredited)

Cowboys from Texas

1939

As Belle Starkey

Weary River

1929

As Alice Gray

Three Who Loved

1931

As Helga Larson Hanson

The Making Over of Mother

1916

As Mrs. Newlywed

The Belle of Broadway

1926

As Marie Duval

Guilty or Not Guilty

1932

As Maizie

West of Singapore

1933

As Lou

Port of Missing Girls

1938

As Chicago

Religious Racketeers

1938

As Ada Bernard

The Miracle Man

1919

As Rose

Invisible Ghost

1941

As Mrs. Kessler

Beggar on Horseback

1925

As Princess in Pantomime

Danger! Women at Work

1943

As Madame Sappho

Midnight Mystery

1930

As Sally Wayne

Two Minutes to Play

1936

As 'Fluff' Harding

Woman to Woman

1923

As Louise Boucher / Deloryse

The Green Temptation

1922

As Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

2011

As Herself (archive footage)

Scarlet Seas

1928

As Rose

Mad Youth

1940

As Lucy Morgan

Cafe Hostess

1940

As Cafe Hostess

News Is Made at Night

1939

As Kitty Truman

Hard Boiled Mahoney

1947

As Selena Webster

Two Gun Justice

1938

As Kate

Hollywood Boulevard

1936

As Betty

The Pony Express

1925

As Molly Jones

Those Who Dance

1930

As Kitty

The Big City

1928

As Helen

The Beloved Brat

1938

As Eleanor Sparks

The Lady Refuses

1931

As June

The Little Minister

1921

As Lady Babbie

Federal Bullets

1937

As Sue, Gang Moll

Laughing at Danger

1940

As Mrs. Van Horn

The Spoilers

1930

As Cherry Malotte

That Doggone Baby

1916

As Wifie Parker

Show of Shows

1929

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

Roar of the Press

1941

As Mrs. Thelma Tate

A Slight Case of Murder

1938

As Loretta

Ladies Must Live

1921

As Christine Bleeker

Isle of Escape

1930

As Stella

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

As Self (archive footage)

Fashion News

1928

As Self (1930)

The Enemy Sex

1924

As Dodo Baxter

The Stranger

1924

As Peggy Bowlin

The Boudoir Diplomat

1930

As Helene

The Silver Lining

1932

As Kate Flynn

The Desert Bride

1928

As Diane Duval

Ramshackle House

1924

As Pen Broome

Laughing Irish Eyes

1936

As Molly

At the End of the World

1921

As Cherry O'Day

The House That Shadows Built

1931

As (archive footage)

To Have and to Hold

1922

As Lady Jocelyn Leigh

Kick In

1922

As Molly Brandon

The White Flower

1923

As Konia Markham

The Rustle of Silk

1923

As Lala De Breeze

Court-Martial

1928

As Belle Starr

New Lives for Old

1925

As Olympe

Eve's Secret

1925

As Eve

Border Raiders

1918

As Rose Hardy

The Bonded Woman

1922

As Angela Gaskell

Her Adventurous Night

1946

As Miss Spencer

The Female

1924

As Dalla

The Light of Victory

1919

As Jane Ravenslee

Blaze o' Glory

1929

As Helen Williams

Killer at Large

1936

As Kate

Confessions of a Vice Baron

1943

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

The Royal Oak

1923

As Lady Mildred Cholmondeley

God's Country and the Man

1937

As Roxey Moore

The Sheriff

1918

As School Teacher

Law and the Woman

1922

As Margaret Rolfe

Virtuous Husband

1931

As Inez Wakefield

Cheating Cheaters

1927

As Nan Carey

Hollywood

1923

As Betty Compson

Over the Border

1922

As Jen Galbraith

The Woman with Four Faces

1923

As Elizabeth West

The Wise Guy

1926

As Hula Kate

For Those We Love

1921

As Bernice Arnold

Prisoners of Love

1921

As Blanche Davis

The Garden of Weeds

1924

As Dorothy Delbridge

The Devil's Trail

1919

As Rose

Locked Doors

1925

As Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter

The Fast Set

1924

As Margaret Sones

Say It with Diamonds

1927

As Betty Howard

The Palace of Pleasure

1926

As Lola Montez

Production

For Those We Love

1921

As Writer

Prisoners of Love

1921

As Writer

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