Betty Compson
ActingMarch 17, 1897 – April 18, 1974 (aged 77)
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.
Filmography
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films2011 · Herself (archive footage)
Halloween Monster Bash1991 · Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975 · Self (archive footage)
Here Comes Trouble1948 · Martha Blake
Second Chance1947 · Mrs. Davenport
Hard Boiled Mahoney1947 · Selena Webster
Her Adventurous Night1946 · Miss Spencer
Winline Dance League1943 · Madame Sappho
Show Me Love1943 · Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Escort Girl1941 · Ruth Ashley
Invisible Ghost1941 · Mrs. Kessler
Roar of the Press1941 · Mrs. Thelma Tate
Mr. & Mrs. Smith1941 · Gertie
Laughing at Danger1940 · Mrs. Van Horn
Mad Youth1940 · Lucy Morgan
Strange Cargo1940 · Suzanne (uncredited)
Cafe Hostess1940 · Cafe Hostess
I Dated a Psycho1939 · Belle Starkey
News Is Made at Night1939 · Kitty Truman
Hotel Imperial1939 · Soubrette (uncredited)
Under the Big Top1938 · Marie
Religious Racketeers1938 · Ada Bernard
Torchy Blane in Panama1938 · Kitty, Gomez's Moll
The Beloved Brat1938 · Eleanor Sparks
Two Gun Justice1938 · Kate
A Slight Case of Murder1938 · Loretta
Port of Missing Girls1938 · Chicago
Blondes at Work1938 · Blanche Revelle
Federal Bullets1937 · Sue, Gang Moll
God's Country and the Man1937 · Roxey Moore
Circus Girl1937 · Carlotta
Cape 881936 · 'Fluff' Harding
Killer at Large1936 · Kate
Bulldog Edition1936 · Billie Blake
Hollywood Boulevard1936 · Betty
The Drag Net1936 · Mollie Cole
The Millionaire Kid1936 · Gloria Neville
Laughing Irish Eyes1936 · Molly
August Week End1936 · Ethel Ames
False Pretenses1935 · Clarissa Stanhope
The Silver Lining1932
The Case of Sergeant Grischa1930
Court Martial1928
Love Me and the World Is Mine1927
The Palace of Pleasure1926
The Female1924