Betty Compson

Mar 17, 1897 - Apr 18, 1974 (77 years old) in Beaver, Utah, USA

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.

Known For

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The Show of Shows

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

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Weary River

Alice Gray

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The Docks of New York

Mae

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Strange Cargo

Suzanne (uncredited)

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Crazy by Proxy

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Invisible Ghost

Mrs. Kessler

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On With the Show!

Nita

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Three Who Loved

Helga Larson Hanson

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A Slight Case of Murder

Loretta

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The Great Gabbo

Mary

Credits

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films 2011

Herself (archive footage)

★ 9
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1975

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.1
Here Comes Trouble 1948

Martha Blake

★ 4.6
Second Chance 1947

Mrs. Davenport

★ 5
Hard Boiled Mahoney 1947

Selena Webster

★ 6.4
Her Adventurous Night 1946

Miss Spencer

★ 7
Danger! Women at Work 1943

Madame Sappho

★ 6
Confessions of a Vice Baron 1943

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

★ 3.8
Escort Girl 1941

Ruth Ashley

★ 3.2
Invisible Ghost 1941

Mrs. Kessler

★ 5.2
Roar of the Press 1941

Mrs. Thelma Tate

★ 5.6
Mr. & Mrs. Smith 1941

Gertie

★ 6.2
Laughing at Danger 1940

Mrs. Van Horn

★ NR
Mad Youth 1940

Lucy Morgan

★ 4.6
Strange Cargo 1940

Suzanne (uncredited)

★ 7
Cafe Hostess 1940

Cafe Hostess

★ 5.5
Cowboys from Texas 1939

Belle Starkey

★ 2
News Is Made at Night 1939

Kitty Truman

★ 4.5
Hotel Imperial 1939

Soubrette (uncredited)

★ 6
Under the Big Top 1938

Marie

★ 5.5
Religious Racketeers 1938

Ada Bernard

★ 5
Torchy Blane in Panama 1938

Kitty, Gomez's Moll

★ 5.3
The Beloved Brat 1938

Eleanor Sparks

★ 6.4
Two Gun Justice 1938

Kate

★ 6
A Slight Case of Murder 1938

Loretta

★ 6.2
Port of Missing Girls 1938

Chicago

★ NR
Blondes at Work 1938

Blanche Revelle

★ 6.1
Federal Bullets 1937

Sue, Gang Moll

★ NR
God's Country and the Man 1937

Roxey Moore

★ 6
Circus Girl 1937

Carlotta

★ 4
Two Minutes to Play 1936

'Fluff' Harding

★ 5
Killer at Large 1936

Kate

★ 6
Bulldog Edition 1936

Billie Blake

★ 3
Hollywood Boulevard 1936

Betty

★ 2.5
The Drag-Net 1936

Mollie Cole

★ 4.7
The Millionaire Kid 1936

Gloria Neville

★ 5
Laughing Irish Eyes 1936

Molly

★ NR
August Week End 1936

Ethel Ames

★ 5
False Pretenses 1935

Clarissa Stanhope

★ 5
No Sleep on the Deep 1934

Mrs. Eldridge

★ NR
Notorious But Nice 1933

Millie Sprague

★ 5.5
Destination Unknown 1933

Ruby Smith

★ NR
West of Singapore 1933

Lou

★ NR
Guilty or Not Guilty 1932

Maizie

★ 6
The Silver Lining 1932

Kate Flynn

★ NR
Hollywood Halfbacks 1931

★ NR
The Gay Diplomat 1931

Baroness Corri

★ 4
The House That Shadows Built 1931

(archive footage)

★ 7
Three Who Loved 1931

Helga Larson Hanson

★ 5.4
Virtuous Husband 1931

Inez Wakefield

★ NR
The Lady Refuses 1931

June

★ 5.4
The Boudoir Diplomat 1930

Helene

★ 1
She Got What She Wanted 1930

★ NR
The Spoilers 1930

Cherry Malotte

★ 6
Inside the Lines 1930

Jane Gershon

★ 5.1
Midnight Mystery 1930

Sally Wayne

★ 4.2
The Czar of Broadway 1930

Connie Colton

★ NR
Those Who Dance 1930

Kitty

★ 6
Isle of Escape 1930

Stella

★ 6
The Case of Sergeant Grischa 1930

Babka

★ 6.7
Blaze o' Glory 1929

Helen Williams

★ NR
The Show of Shows 1929

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

★ 5.5
Woman to Woman 1929

Deloryce / Lola

★ 5.1
The Great Gabbo 1929

Mary

★ 5.5
Skin Deep 1929

Sadie Rogers

★ 1
Street Girl 1929

Frederika Joyzelle

★ 5.8
On With the Show! 1929

Nita

★ 5.2
The Time, the Place and the Girl 1929

Doris Ward

★ NR
Weary River 1929

Alice Gray

★ 5.7
The Barker 1928

Carrie

★ 7
The Docks of New York 1928

Mae

★ 6.9
Court Martial 1928

Belle Starr

★ 6
The Desert Bride 1928

Diane Duval

★ 4.7
The Big City 1928

Helen

★ NR
Scarlet Seas 1928

Rose

★ 3.5
Cheating Cheaters 1927

Nan Carey

★ NR
Love Me and the World Is Mine 1927

Mitzel

★ NR
Say It with Diamonds 1927

Betty Howard

★ NR
The Belle of Broadway 1926

Marie Duval / The Young Adele

★ 5.8
The Wise Guy 1926

Hula Kate

★ NR
The Palace of Pleasure 1926

Lola Montez

★ NR
The Pony Express 1925

Molly Jones

★ 5.9
Paths to Paradise 1925

Molly

★ 5.8
Beggar on Horseback 1925

Princess in Pantomime

★ 6
Eve's Secret 1925

Eve

★ NR
New Lives for Old 1925

Olympe

★ NR
Locked Doors 1925

Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter

★ 1
The Garden of Weeds 1924

Dorothy Delbridge

★ NR
The Fast Set 1924

Margaret Sones

★ NR
Ramshackle House 1924

Pen Broome

★ NR
The Female 1924

Dalla

★ NR
The Enemy Sex 1924

Dodo Baxter

★ 9
The White Shadow 1924

Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent

★ 7.2
The Stranger 1924

Peggy Bowlin

★ NR
The Royal Oak 1923

Lady Mildred Cholmondeley

★ NR
Hollywood 1923

Betty Compson

★ 8.5
The Woman with Four Faces 1923

Elizabeth West

★ NR
The Rustle of Silk 1923

Lala De Breeze

★ NR
The White Flower 1923

Konia Markham

★ NR
Kick In 1922

Molly Brandon

★ NR
To Have and to Hold 1922

Lady Jocelyn Leigh

★ NR
The Bonded Woman 1922

Angela Gaskell

★ 3
A Trip to Paramountown 1922

Self

★ 7.3
Over the Border 1922

Jen Galbraith

★ NR
The Green Temptation 1922

Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker

★ NR
Law and the Woman 1922

Margaret Rolfe

★ NR
The Little Minister 1921

Lady Babbie

★ 7
Ladies Must Live 1921

Christine Bleeker

★ NR
For Those We Love 1921

Bernice Arnold

★ NR
At the End of the World 1921

Cherry O'Day

★ NR
Prisoners of Love 1921

Blanche Davis

★ NR
The Miracle Man 1919

Rose

★ 4.5
The Devil's Trail 1919

Rose

★ NR
The Light of Victory 1919

Jane Ravenslee

★ NR
The Sheriff 1918

School Teacher

★ NR
Border Raiders 1918

Rose Hardy

★ NR
Crazy by Proxy 1917

★ NR
As Luck Would Have It 1917

★ NR
Hubby's Night Out 1917

Wifey

★ 5
That Doggone Baby 1916

Wifie Parker

★ NR
The Making Over of Mother 1916

Mrs. Newlywed

★ 5
Inoculating Hubby 1916

★ NR

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