1897-03-17 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.
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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | Herself (archive footage) | 2011-04-03 |
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Halloween Monster Bash | Mrs. Kessler (archive footage) | 1991-10-27 |
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
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Here Comes Trouble | Martha Blake | 1948-03-15 |
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Hard Boiled Mahoney | Selena Webster | 1947-05-10 |
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Second Chance | Mrs. Davenport | 1947-07-18 |
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Her Adventurous Night | Miss Spencer | 1946-06-05 |
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Danger! Women at Work | Madame Sappho | 1943-08-23 |
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Confessions of a Vice Baron | Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1943-06-30 |
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Gertie | 1941-01-31 |
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Escort Girl | Ruth Ashley | 1941-11-04 |
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Invisible Ghost | Mrs. Kessler | 1941-04-25 |
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Roar of the Press | Mrs. Thelma Tate | 1941-04-17 |
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Mad Youth | Lucy Morgan | 1940-05-05 |
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Cafe Hostess | Cafe Hostess | 1940-01-11 |
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Strange Cargo | Suzanne (uncredited) | 1940-03-01 |
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Laughing at Danger | Mrs. Van Horn | 1940-08-12 |
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Hotel Imperial | Soubrette (uncredited) | 1939-05-11 |
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Cowboys from Texas | Belle Starkey | 1939-11-29 |
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News Is Made at Night | Kitty Truman | 1939-07-20 |
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Port of Missing Girls | Chicago | 1938-02-24 |
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A Slight Case of Murder | Loretta | 1938-02-26 |
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Torchy Blane in Panama | Kitty, Gomez's Moll | 1938-05-07 |
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The Beloved Brat | Eleanor Sparks | 1938-04-30 |
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Blondes at Work | Blanche Revelle | 1938-02-05 |
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Religious Racketeers | Ada Bernard | 1938-07-07 |
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Under the Big Top | Marie | 1938-08-31 |
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Two Gun Justice | Kate | 1938-04-29 |
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Circus Girl | Carlotta | 1937-03-01 |
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God's Country and the Man | Roxey Moore | 1937-09-02 |
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Federal Bullets | Sue, Gang Moll | 1937-10-29 |
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Hollywood Boulevard | Betty | 1936-08-20 |
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Two Minutes to Play | 'Fluff' Harding | 1936-11-02 |
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Killer at Large | Kate | 1936-10-27 |
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The Drag Net | Mollie Cole | 1936-04-15 |
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The Millionaire Kid | Gloria Neville | 1936-03-13 |
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Laughing Irish Eyes | Molly | 1936-03-04 |
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Bulldog Edition | Billie Blake | 1936-09-13 |
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August Week End | Ethel Ames | 1936-02-17 |
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False Pretenses | Clarissa Stanhope | 1935-10-21 |
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No Sleep on the Deep | Mrs. Eldridge | 1934-04-06 |
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Destination Unknown | Ruby Smith | 1933-04-01 |
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West of Singapore | Lou | 1933-01-31 |
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Notorious But Nice | Millie Sprague | 1933-08-04 |
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The Silver Lining | Kate Flynn | 1932-04-16 |
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Guilty or Not Guilty | Maizie | 1932-11-15 |
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Hollywood Halfbacks | 1931-12-23 | |
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The Gay Diplomat | Baroness Corri | 1931-08-22 |
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The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931-07-08 |
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The Lady Refuses | June | 1931-03-08 |
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Virtuous Husband | Inez Wakefield | 1931-04-12 |
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Three Who Loved | Helga Larson Hanson | 1931-07-03 |
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Isle of Escape | Stella | 1930-03-01 |
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Those Who Dance | Kitty | 1930-04-18 |
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Midnight Mystery | Sally Wayne | 1930-06-01 |
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The Spoilers | Cherry Malotte | 1930-09-20 |
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The Boudoir Diplomat | Helene | 1930-12-05 |
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Inside the Lines | Jane Gershon | 1930-07-05 |
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The Case of Sergeant Grischa | Babka | 1930-02-23 |
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She Got What She Wanted | 1930-11-09 | |
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The Czar of Broadway | Connie Colton | 1930-05-25 |
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Blaze o' Glory | Helen Williams | 1929-12-30 |
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Skin Deep | Sadie Rogers | 1929-09-07 |
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Street Girl | Frederika Joyzelle | 1929-08-21 |
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Weary River | Alice Gray | 1929-02-10 |
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The Great Gabbo | Mary | 1929-09-12 |
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The Show of Shows | Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited) | 1929-11-21 |
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Woman to Woman | Deloryce / Lola | 1929-11-01 |
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On With the Show! | Nita | 1929-07-13 |
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The Time, the Place and the Girl | Doris Ward | 1929-07-07 |
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Court Martial | Belle Starr | 1928-08-12 |
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The Barker | Carrie | 1928-10-02 |
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Life's Mockery | Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton | 1928-07-20 |
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The Desert Bride | Diane Duval | 1928-03-26 |
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The Big City | Helen | 1928-03-23 |
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The Masked Angel | Betty | 1928-06-29 |
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The Docks of New York | Mae | 1928-09-16 |
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Scarlet Seas | Rose | 1928-01-12 |
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Temptations of a Shop Girl | Ruth Harrington | 1927-11-01 |
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Love Me and the World Is Mine | Mitzel | 1927-09-26 |
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Cheating Cheaters | Nan Carey | 1927-12-05 |
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Say It with Diamonds | Betty Howard | 1927-06-02 |
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The Wise Guy | Hula Kate | 1926-05-23 |
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The Belle of Broadway | Marie Duval / The Young Adele | 1926-08-15 |
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The Palace of Pleasure | Lola Montez | 1926-01-10 |
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Paths to Paradise | Molly | 1925-06-28 |
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The Pony Express | Molly Jones | 1925-09-03 |
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Locked Doors | Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter | 1925-01-05 |
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Counsel for the Defense | Katherine West | 1925-12-06 |
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Eve's Secret | Eve | 1925-05-11 |
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New Lives for Old | Olympe | 1925-02-22 |
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Beggar on Horseback | Princess in Pantomime | 1925-06-05 |
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The Fast Set | Margaret Sones | 1924-10-20 |
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The Female | Dalla | 1924-08-31 |
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Miami | Joan Bruce | 1924-04-27 |
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The Enemy Sex | Dodo Baxter | 1924-08-25 |
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Ramshackle House | Pen Broome | 1924-08-31 |
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The White Shadow | Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent | 1924-05-05 |
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The Garden of Weeds | Dorothy Delbridge | 1924-11-02 |
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The Stranger | Peggy Bowlin | 1924-02-04 |
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The Woman with Four Faces | Elizabeth West | 1923-06-24 |
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The Rustle of Silk | Lala De Breeze | 1923-05-13 |
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The White Flower | Konia Markham | 1923-03-04 |
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Woman to Woman | Louise Boucher / Deloryse | 1923-01-02 |
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The Royal Oak | Lady Mildred Cholmondeley | 1923-10-01 |
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Hollywood | Betty Compson | 1923-08-19 |
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Always the Woman | Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris | 1922-07-09 |
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The Law and the Woman | Margaret Rolfe | 1922-01-22 |
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The Green Temptation | Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker | 1922-04-01 |
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Kick In | Molly Brandon | 1922-12-17 |
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A Trip to Paramountown | Self | 1922-07-10 |
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The Bonded Woman | Angela Gaskell | 1922-08-21 |
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To Have and to Hold | Lady Jocelyn Leigh | 1922-10-29 |
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Over the Border | Jen Galbraith | 1922-06-04 |
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Prisoners of Love | Blanche Davis | 1921-01-16 |
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For Those We Love | Bernice Arnold | 1921-09-01 |
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The Little Minister | Lady Babbie | 1921-12-25 |
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At the End of the World | Cherry O'Day | 1921-08-14 |
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Ladies Must Live | Christine Bleeker | 1921-10-29 |
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The Terror of the Range | Thelma Grant | 1919-02-02 |
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The Miracle Man | Rose | 1919-08-26 |
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The Light of Victory | Jane Ravenslee | 1919-03-17 |
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The Devil's Trail | Rose | 1919-06-16 |
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Border Raiders | Rose Hardy | 1918-10-06 |
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The Sheriff | School Teacher | 1918-11-24 |
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Hubby's Night Out | Wifey | 1917-02-20 |
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Crazy by Proxy | 1917-09-12 | |
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As Luck Would Have It | 1917-03-05 | |
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The Making Over of Mother | Mrs. Newlywed | 1916-10-15 |
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That Doggone Baby | Wifie Parker | 1916-10-20 |
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Inoculating Hubby | 1916-01-01 |
