Betty Compson

Known For: Acting
Born: March 17, 1897
Place of Birth: Beaver, Utah, USA
Died: April 18, 1974

Betty Compson

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 Films

2011 · Herself (archive footage)

Halloween Monster Bash

1991 · Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975 · Self (archive footage)

Here Comes Trouble

1948 · Martha Blake

Second Chance

1947 · Mrs. Davenport

Hard Boiled Mahoney

1947 · Selena Webster

Her Adventurous Night

1946 · Miss Spencer

Danger! Women at Work

1943 · Madame Sappho

Confessions of a Vice Baron

1943 · Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Escort Girl

1941 · Ruth Ashley

Invisible Ghost

1941 · Mrs. Kessler

Roar of the Press

1941 · Mrs. Thelma Tate

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941 · Gertie

Laughing at Danger

1940 · Mrs. Van Horn

Mad Youth

1940 · Lucy Morgan

Strange Cargo

1940 · Suzanne (uncredited)

Cafe Hostess

1940 · Cafe Hostess

Cowboys from Texas

1939 · Belle Starkey

News Is Made at Night

1939 · Kitty Truman

Hotel Imperial

1939 · Soubrette (uncredited)

Under the Big Top

1938 · Marie

Religious Racketeers

1938 · Ada Bernard

Torchy Blane in Panama

1938 · Kitty, Gomez's Moll

The Beloved Brat

1938 · Eleanor Sparks

Two Gun Justice

1938 · Kate

A Slight Case of Murder

1938 · Loretta

Port of Missing Girls

1938 · Chicago

Blondes at Work

1938 · Blanche Revelle

Federal Bullets

1937 · Sue, Gang Moll

God's Country and the Man

1937 · Roxey Moore

Circus Girl

1937 · Carlotta

Two Minutes to Play

1936 · 'Fluff' Harding

Killer at Large

1936 · Kate

Bulldog Edition

1936 · Billie Blake

Hollywood Boulevard

1936 · Betty

The Drag Net

1936 · Mollie Cole

The Millionaire Kid

1936 · Gloria Neville

Laughing Irish Eyes

1936 · Molly

August Week End

1936 · Ethel Ames

False Pretenses

1935 · Clarissa Stanhope

No Sleep on the Deep

1934 · Mrs. Eldridge

Notorious But Nice

1933 · Millie Sprague

Destination Unknown

1933 · Ruby Smith

West of Singapore

1933 · Lou

Guilty or Not Guilty

1932 · Maizie

The Silver Lining

1932 · Kate Flynn

Hollywood Halfbacks

Hollywood Halfbacks

1931

The Gay Diplomat

1931 · Baroness Corri

The House That Shadows Built

1931 · (archive footage)

Three Who Loved

1931 · Helga Larson Hanson

Virtuous Husband

1931 · Inez Wakefield

The Lady Refuses

1931 · June

The Boudoir Diplomat

1930 · Helene

She Got What She Wanted

She Got What She Wanted

1930

The Spoilers

1930 · Cherry Malotte

Inside the Lines

1930 · Jane Gershon

Midnight Mystery

1930 · Sally Wayne

The Czar of Broadway

1930 · Connie Colton

Those Who Dance

1930 · Kitty

Isle of Escape

1930 · Stella

The Case of Sergeant Grischa

1930 · Babka

Blaze o' Glory

1929 · Helen Williams

The Show of Shows

1929 · Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)

Woman to Woman

1929 · Deloryce / Lola

The Great Gabbo

1929 · Mary

Skin Deep

1929 · Sadie Rogers

Street Girl

1929 · Frederika Joyzelle

On With the Show!

1929 · Nita

The Time, the Place and the Girl

1929 · Doris Ward

Weary River

1929 · Alice Gray

The Barker

1928 · Carrie

The Docks of New York

1928 · Mae

Court Martial

1928 · Belle Starr

Life's Mockery

1928 · Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton

The Masked Angel

1928 · Betty

The Desert Bride

1928 · Diane Duval

The Big City

1928 · Helen

Scarlet Seas

1928 · Rose

Cheating Cheaters

1927 · Nan Carey

Temptations of a Shop Girl

Temptations of a Shop Girl

1927 · Ruth Harrington

Love Me and the World Is Mine

1927 · Mitzel

Say It with Diamonds

1927 · Betty Howard

The Belle of Broadway

1926 · Marie Duval / The Young Adele

The Wise Guy

1926 · Hula Kate

The Palace of Pleasure

1926 · Lola Montez

Counsel for the Defense

1925 · Katherine West

The Pony Express

1925 · Molly Jones

Paths to Paradise

1925 · Molly

Beggar on Horseback

1925 · Princess in Pantomime

Eve's Secret

1925 · Eve

New Lives for Old

1925 · Olympe

Locked Doors

1925 · Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter

The Garden of Weeds

1924 · Dorothy Delbridge

The Fast Set

1924 · Margaret Sones

Ramshackle House

1924 · Pen Broome

The Female

1924 · Dalla

The Enemy Sex

1924 · Dodo Baxter

The White Shadow

1924 · Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent

Miami

1924 · Joan Bruce

The Stranger

1924 · Peggy Bowlin

The Royal Oak

1923 · Lady Mildred Cholmondeley

Hollywood

1923 · Betty Compson

The Woman with Four Faces

1923 · Elizabeth West

The Rustle of Silk

1923 · Lala De Breeze

The White Flower

1923 · Konia Markham

Woman to Woman

1923 · Louise Boucher / Deloryse

Kick In

1922 · Molly Brandon

To Have and to Hold

1922 · Lady Jocelyn Leigh

The Bonded Woman

1922 · Angela Gaskell

A Trip to Paramountown

1922 · Self

Always the Woman

1922 · Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris, Producer

Over the Border

1922 · Jen Galbraith

The Green Temptation

1922 · Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker

Law and the Woman

1922 · Margaret Rolfe

The Little Minister

1921 · Lady Babbie

Ladies Must Live

1921 · Christine Bleeker

For Those We Love

1921 · Bernice Arnold, Writer

At the End of the World

1921 · Cherry O'Day

Prisoners of Love

1921 · Blanche Davis, Writer

The Miracle Man

1919 · Rose

The Devil's Trail

1919 · Rose

The Light of Victory

1919 · Jane Ravenslee

The Terror of the Range

1919 · Thelma Grant

The Sheriff

1918 · School Teacher

Border Raiders

1918 · Rose Hardy

Crazy by Proxy

1917

As Luck Would Have It

As Luck Would Have It

1917

Hubby's Night Out

1917 · Wifey

That Doggone Baby

That Doggone Baby

1916 · Wifie Parker

The Making Over of Mother

The Making Over of Mother

1916 · Mrs. Newlywed

Inoculating Hubby

Inoculating Hubby

1916

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