
Betty Compson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 17, 1897
- Died
- April 18, 1974 (aged 77)
- Birthplace
- Beaver, Utah, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
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Filmography

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Movie · as Herself (archive footage)

Halloween Monster Bash
Movie · as Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Here Comes Trouble
Movie · as Martha Blake

Second Chance
Movie · as Mrs. Davenport

Hard Boiled Mahoney
Movie · as Selena Webster

Her Adventurous Night
Movie · as Miss Spencer

Danger! Women at Work
Movie · as Madame Sappho

Confessions of a Vice Baron
Movie · as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Movie · as Gertie

Escort Girl
Movie · as Ruth Ashley

Invisible Ghost
Movie · as Mrs. Kessler

Roar of the Press
Movie · as Mrs. Thelma Tate

Strange Cargo
Movie · as Suzanne (uncredited)

Mad Youth
Movie · as Lucy Morgan

Laughing at Danger
Movie · as Mrs. Van Horn

Cafe Hostess
Movie · as Cafe Hostess

Cowboys from Texas
Movie · as Belle Starkey

Hotel Imperial
Movie · as Soubrette (uncredited)

News Is Made at Night
Movie · as Kitty Truman

Blondes at Work
Movie · as Blanche Revelle

Torchy Blane in Panama
Movie · as Kitty, Gomez's Moll

Under the Big Top
Movie · as Marie

Religious Racketeers
Movie · as Ada Bernard

Port of Missing Girls
Movie · as Chicago

Two Gun Justice
Movie · as Kate

The Beloved Brat
Movie · as Eleanor Sparks

A Slight Case of Murder
Movie · as Loretta

Circus Girl
Movie · as Carlotta

Federal Bullets
Movie · as Sue, Gang Moll

God's Country and the Man
Movie · as Roxey Moore

Bulldog Edition
Movie · as Billie Blake

The Millionaire Kid
Movie · as Gloria Neville

August Week End
Movie · as Ethel Ames

The Drag Net
Movie · as Mollie Cole

Two Minutes to Play
Movie · as 'Fluff' Harding

Hollywood Boulevard
Movie · as Betty

Laughing Irish Eyes
Movie · as Molly

Killer at Large
Movie · as Kate

False Pretenses
Movie · as Clarissa Stanhope

No Sleep on the Deep
Movie · as Mrs. Eldridge

Destination Unknown
Movie · as Ruby Smith

Notorious But Nice
Movie · as Millie Sprague

West of Singapore
Movie · as Lou

Guilty or Not Guilty
Movie · as Maizie

The Silver Lining
Movie · as Kate Flynn

The Lady Refuses
Movie · as June

The Gay Diplomat
Movie · as Baroness Corri

Three Who Loved
Movie · as Helga Larson Hanson

The House That Shadows Built
Movie · as (archive footage)

Virtuous Husband
Movie · as Inez Wakefield
Hollywood Halfbacks
Movie
She Got What She Wanted
Movie

The Case of Sergeant Grischa
Movie · as Babka

Inside the Lines
Movie · as Jane Gershon

The Czar of Broadway
Movie · as Connie Colton

Midnight Mystery
Movie · as Sally Wayne

Those Who Dance
Movie · as Kitty

The Spoilers
Movie · as Cherry Malotte

Isle of Escape
Movie · as Stella

The Boudoir Diplomat
Movie · as Helene

The Time, the Place and the Girl
Movie · as Doris Ward

Street Girl
Movie · as Frederika Joyzelle

The Great Gabbo
Movie · as Mary

On With the Show!
Movie · as Nita

Woman to Woman
Movie · as Deloryce / Lola

Weary River
Movie · as Alice Gray

Skin Deep
Movie · as Sadie Rogers

The Show of Shows
Movie · as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)

Blaze o' Glory
Movie · as Helen Williams

The Docks of New York
Movie · as Mae

The Barker
Movie · as Carrie

Scarlet Seas
Movie · as Rose

The Big City
Movie · as Helen

The Desert Bride
Movie · as Diane Duval

Court Martial
Movie · as Belle Starr

The Masked Angel
Movie · as Betty
Life's Mockery
Movie · as Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton

Cheating Cheaters
Movie · as Nan Carey

Say It with Diamonds
Movie · as Betty Howard

Love Me and the World Is Mine
Movie · as Mitzel
Temptations of a Shop Girl
Movie · as Ruth Harrington

The Wise Guy
Movie · as Hula Kate

The Belle of Broadway
Movie · as Marie Duval / The Young Adele

The Palace of Pleasure
Movie · as Lola Montez

Locked Doors
Movie · as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter

Paths to Paradise
Movie · as Molly

Beggar on Horseback
Movie · as Princess in Pantomime

The Pony Express
Movie · as Molly Jones

Eve's Secret
Movie · as Eve

New Lives for Old
Movie · as Olympe

Counsel for the Defense
Movie · as Katherine West

The Garden of Weeds
Movie · as Dorothy Delbridge

The White Shadow
Movie · as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent

The Fast Set
Movie · as Margaret Sones

The Enemy Sex
Movie · as Dodo Baxter

The Stranger
Movie · as Peggy Bowlin

Ramshackle House
Movie · as Pen Broome

The Female
Movie · as Dalla

Miami
Movie · as Joan Bruce

Hollywood
Movie · as Betty Compson

The Woman with Four Faces
Movie · as Elizabeth West

Woman to Woman
Movie · as Louise Boucher / Deloryse

The White Flower
Movie · as Konia Markham

The Rustle of Silk
Movie · as Lala De Breeze
The Royal Oak
Movie · as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley

Over the Border
Movie · as Jen Galbraith

A Trip to Paramountown
Movie · as Self

The Green Temptation
Movie · as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker

Kick In
Movie · as Molly Brandon

To Have and to Hold
Movie · as Lady Jocelyn Leigh

The Bonded Woman
Movie · as Angela Gaskell

Law and the Woman
Movie · as Margaret Rolfe

Always the Woman
Movie · as Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris

For Those We Love
Movie · as Bernice Arnold

Prisoners of Love
Movie · as Blanche Davis

The Little Minister
Movie · as Lady Babbie

Ladies Must Live
Movie · as Christine Bleeker

At the End of the World
Movie · as Cherry O'Day

The Devil's Trail
Movie · as Rose

The Miracle Man
Movie · as Rose

The Light of Victory
Movie · as Jane Ravenslee

The Terror of the Range
Movie · as Thelma Grant

The Prodigal Liar
Movie · as Hope Deering

Border Raiders
Movie · as Rose Hardy

The Sheriff
Movie · as School Teacher

Crazy by Proxy
Movie

Hubby's Night Out
Movie · as Wifey
As Luck Would Have It
Movie

Out for the Coin
Movie
The Making Over of Mother
Movie · as Mrs. Newlywed
That Doggone Baby
Movie · as Wifie Parker
Inoculating Hubby
Movie




