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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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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Confessions of a Vice Baron | Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1943-06-30 |
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Danger! Women at Work | Madame Sappho | 1943-08-23 |
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Roar of the Press | Mrs. Thelma Tate | 1941-04-17 |
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Invisible Ghost | Mrs. Kessler | 1941-04-25 |
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Escort Girl | Ruth Ashley | 1941-11-04 |
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Gertie | 1941-01-31 |
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Mad Youth | Lucy Morgan | 1940-05-05 |
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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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Cafe Hostess | Cafe Hostess | 1940-01-11 |
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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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Blondes at Work | Blanche Revelle | 1938-02-05 |
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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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A Slight Case of Murder | Loretta | 1938-02-26 |
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Port of Missing Girls | Chicago | 1938-02-24 |
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Religious Racketeers | Ada Bernard | 1938-07-07 |
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Two Gun Justice | Kate | 1938-04-29 |
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The Beloved Brat | Eleanor Sparks | 1938-04-30 |
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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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Circus Girl | Carlotta | 1937-03-01 |
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The Drag-Net | Mollie Cole | 1936-04-15 |
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August Week End | Ethel Ames | 1936-02-17 |
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The Millionaire Kid | Gloria Neville | 1936-03-13 |
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Killer at Large | Kate | 1936-10-27 |
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Laughing Irish Eyes | Molly | 1936-03-04 |
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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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Bulldog Edition | Billie Blake | 1936-09-13 |
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False Pretenses | Clarissa Stanhope | 1935-10-21 |
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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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Destination Unknown | Ruby Smith | 1933-04-01 |
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Guilty or Not Guilty | Maizie | 1932-11-15 |
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The Silver Lining | Kate Flynn | 1932-04-16 |
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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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Midnight Mystery | Sally Wayne | 1930-06-01 |
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Those Who Dance | Kitty | 1930-04-18 |
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The Boudoir Diplomat | Helene | 1930-12-05 |
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She Got What She Wanted | 1930-11-09 | |
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The Spoilers | Cherry Malotte | 1930-09-20 |
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Isle of Escape | Stella | 1930-03-01 |
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The Case of Sergeant Grischa | Babka | 1930-02-23 |
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The Czar of Broadway | Connie Colton | 1930-05-25 |
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Inside the Lines | Jane Gershon | 1930-07-05 |
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Blaze o' Glory | Helen Williams | 1929-12-30 |
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The Show of Shows | Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited) | 1929-11-21 |
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The Great Gabbo | Mary | 1929-09-12 |
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Weary River | Alice Gray | 1929-02-10 |
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The Time, the Place and the Girl | Doris Ward | 1929-07-07 |
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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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Woman to Woman | Deloryce / Lola | 1929-11-01 |
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On With the Show! | Nita | 1929-07-13 |
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Court Martial | Belle Starr | 1928-08-12 |
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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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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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Say It with Diamonds | Betty Howard | 1927-06-02 |
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Cheating Cheaters | Nan Carey | 1927-12-05 |
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Love Me and the World Is Mine | Mitzel | 1927-09-26 |
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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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Locked Doors | Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter | 1925-01-05 |
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The Pony Express | Molly Jones | 1925-09-03 |
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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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Beggar on Horseback | Princess in Pantomime | 1925-06-05 |
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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 Female | Dalla | 1924-08-31 |
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The White Shadow | Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent | 1924-05-05 |
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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 Fast Set | Margaret Sones | 1924-10-20 |
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Woman to Woman | Louise Boucher / Deloryse | 1923-01-02 |
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The Woman with Four Faces | Elizabeth West | 1923-06-24 |
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Hollywood | Betty Compson | 1923-08-19 |
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The Royal Oak | Lady Mildred Cholmondeley | 1923-10-01 |
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The White Flower | Konia Markham | 1923-03-04 |
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The Rustle of Silk | Lala De Breeze | 1923-05-13 |
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Over the Border | Jen Galbraith | 1922-06-04 |
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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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Kick In | Molly Brandon | 1922-12-17 |
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The Green Temptation | Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker | 1922-04-01 |
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The Law and the Woman | Margaret Rolfe | 1922-01-22 |
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The Little Minister | Lady Babbie | 1921-12-25 |
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Ladies Must Live | Christine Bleeker | 1921-10-29 |
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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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Prisoners of Love | Blanche Davis | 1921-01-16 |
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The Light of Victory | Jane Ravenslee | 1919-03-17 |
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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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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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Crazy by Proxy | 1917-09-12 | |
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Hubby's Night Out | Wifey | 1917-02-20 |
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Inoculating Hubby | 1916-01-01 | |
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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 |