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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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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Second Chance | Mrs. Davenport | 1947-07-18 |
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Hard Boiled Mahoney | Selena Webster | 1947-05-10 |
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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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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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Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Gertie | 1941-01-31 |
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Cafe Hostess | Cafe Hostess | 1940-01-11 |
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Laughing at Danger | Mrs. Van Horn | 1940-08-12 |
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Strange Cargo | Suzanne (uncredited) | 1940-03-01 |
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Mad Youth | Lucy Morgan | 1940-05-05 |
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News Is Made at Night | Kitty Truman | 1939-07-20 |
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Cowboys from Texas | Belle Starkey | 1939-11-29 |
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Hotel Imperial | Soubrette (uncredited) | 1939-05-11 |
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Religious Racketeers | Ada Bernard | 1938-07-07 |
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Torchy Blane in Panama | Kitty, Gomez's Moll | 1938-05-07 |
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Under the Big Top | Marie | 1938-08-31 |
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Blondes at Work | Blanche Revelle | 1938-02-05 |
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Two Gun Justice | Kate | 1938-04-29 |
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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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The Beloved Brat | Eleanor Sparks | 1938-04-30 |
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Circus Girl | Carlotta | 1937-03-01 |
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Federal Bullets | Sue, Gang Moll | 1937-10-29 |
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God's Country and the Man | Roxey Moore | 1937-09-02 |
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August Week End | Ethel Ames | 1936-02-17 |
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Two Minutes to Play | 'Fluff' Harding | 1936-11-02 |
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Hollywood Boulevard | Betty | 1936-08-20 |
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The Millionaire Kid | Gloria Neville | 1936-03-13 |
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The Drag-Net | Mollie Cole | 1936-04-15 |
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Bulldog Edition | Billie Blake | 1936-09-13 |
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Laughing Irish Eyes | Molly | 1936-03-04 |
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Killer at Large | Kate | 1936-10-27 |
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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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Notorious But Nice | Millie Sprague | 1933-08-04 |
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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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The Silver Lining | Kate Flynn | 1932-04-16 |
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Guilty or Not Guilty | Maizie | 1932-11-15 |
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The Lady Refuses | June | 1931-03-08 |
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Hollywood Halfbacks | 1931-12-23 | |
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The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931-07-08 |
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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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The Gay Diplomat | Baroness Corri | 1931-08-22 |
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The Spoilers | Cherry Malotte | 1930-09-20 |
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The Czar of Broadway | Connie Colton | 1930-05-25 |
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Those Who Dance | Kitty | 1930-04-18 |
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Isle of Escape | Stella | 1930-03-01 |
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She Got What She Wanted | 1930-11-09 | |
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Inside the Lines | Jane Gershon | 1930-07-05 |
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The Boudoir Diplomat | Helene | 1930-12-05 |
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The Case of Sergeant Grischa | Babka | 1930-02-23 |
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Midnight Mystery | Sally Wayne | 1930-06-01 |
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Blaze o' Glory | Helen Williams | 1929-12-30 |
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The Time, the Place and the Girl | Doris Ward | 1929-07-07 |
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The Great Gabbo | Mary | 1929-09-12 |
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Woman to Woman | Deloryce / Lola | 1929-11-01 |
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Weary River | Alice Gray | 1929-02-10 |
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The Show of Shows | Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited) | 1929-11-21 |
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On With the Show! | Nita | 1929-07-13 |
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Street Girl | Frederika Joyzelle | 1929-08-21 |
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Skin Deep | Sadie Rogers | 1929-09-07 |
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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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Court Martial | Belle Starr | 1928-08-12 |
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Scarlet Seas | Rose | 1928-01-12 |
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The Barker | Carrie | 1928-10-02 |
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The Docks of New York | Mae | 1928-09-16 |
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Love Me and the World Is Mine | Mitzel | 1927-09-26 |
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Say It with Diamonds | Betty Howard | 1927-06-02 |
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Cheating Cheaters | Nan Carey | 1927-12-05 |
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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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New Lives for Old | Olympe | 1925-02-22 |
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Eve's Secret | Eve | 1925-05-11 |
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The Pony Express | Molly Jones | 1925-09-03 |
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Counsel for the Defense | Katherine West | 1925-12-06 |
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Beggar on Horseback | Princess in Pantomime | 1925-06-05 |
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Locked Doors | Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter | 1925-01-05 |
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The Stranger | Peggy Bowlin | 1924-02-04 |
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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 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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The Garden of Weeds | Dorothy Delbridge | 1924-11-02 |
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The Fast Set | Margaret Sones | 1924-10-20 |
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Hollywood | Betty Compson | 1923-08-19 |
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The Woman with Four Faces | Elizabeth West | 1923-06-24 |
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The Royal Oak | Lady Mildred Cholmondeley | 1923-10-01 |
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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 Law and the Woman | Margaret Rolfe | 1922-01-22 |
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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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Over the Border | Jen Galbraith | 1922-06-04 |
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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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The Green Temptation | Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker | 1922-04-01 |
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Always the Woman | Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris | 1922-07-09 |
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The Little Minister | Lady Babbie | 1921-12-25 |
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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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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 Miracle Man | Rose | 1919-08-26 |
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The Devil's Trail | Rose | 1919-06-16 |
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The Light of Victory | Jane Ravenslee | 1919-03-17 |
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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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As Luck Would Have It | 1917-03-05 | |
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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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The Making Over of Mother | Mrs. Newlywed | 1916-10-15 |
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Inoculating Hubby | 1916-01-01 | |
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That Doggone Baby | Wifie Parker | 1916-10-20 |