Betty Compson

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

2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films poster

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Movie · as Herself (archive footage)

1991
Halloween Monster Bash poster

Halloween Monster Bash

Movie · as Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1948
Here Comes Trouble poster

Here Comes Trouble

Movie · as Martha Blake

1947
Second Chance poster

Second Chance

Movie · as Mrs. Davenport

1947
Hard Boiled Mahoney poster

Hard Boiled Mahoney

Movie · as Selena Webster

1946
Her Adventurous Night poster

Her Adventurous Night

Movie · as Miss Spencer

1943
Danger! Women at Work poster

Danger! Women at Work

Movie · as Madame Sappho

1943
Confessions of a Vice Baron poster

Confessions of a Vice Baron

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

1941
Mr. & Mrs. Smith poster

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Movie · as Gertie

1941
Escort Girl poster

Escort Girl

Movie · as Ruth Ashley

1941
Invisible Ghost poster

Invisible Ghost

Movie · as Mrs. Kessler

1941
Roar of the Press poster

Roar of the Press

Movie · as Mrs. Thelma Tate

1940
Strange Cargo poster

Strange Cargo

Movie · as Suzanne (uncredited)

1940
Mad Youth poster

Mad Youth

Movie · as Lucy Morgan

1940
Laughing at Danger poster

Laughing at Danger

Movie · as Mrs. Van Horn

1940
Cafe Hostess poster

Cafe Hostess

Movie · as Cafe Hostess

1939
Cowboys from Texas poster

Cowboys from Texas

Movie · as Belle Starkey

1939
Hotel Imperial poster

Hotel Imperial

Movie · as Soubrette (uncredited)

1939
News Is Made at Night poster

News Is Made at Night

Movie · as Kitty Truman

1938
Blondes at Work poster

Blondes at Work

Movie · as Blanche Revelle

1938
Torchy Blane in Panama poster

Torchy Blane in Panama

Movie · as Kitty, Gomez's Moll

1938
Under the Big Top poster

Under the Big Top

Movie · as Marie

1938
Religious Racketeers poster

Religious Racketeers

Movie · as Ada Bernard

1938
Port of Missing Girls poster

Port of Missing Girls

Movie · as Chicago

1938
Two Gun Justice poster

Two Gun Justice

Movie · as Kate

1938
The Beloved Brat poster

The Beloved Brat

Movie · as Eleanor Sparks

1938
A Slight Case of Murder poster

A Slight Case of Murder

Movie · as Loretta

1937
Circus Girl poster

Circus Girl

Movie · as Carlotta

1937
Federal Bullets poster

Federal Bullets

Movie · as Sue, Gang Moll

1937
God's Country and the Man poster

God's Country and the Man

Movie · as Roxey Moore

1936
Bulldog Edition poster

Bulldog Edition

Movie · as Billie Blake

1936
The Millionaire Kid poster

The Millionaire Kid

Movie · as Gloria Neville

1936
August Week End poster

August Week End

Movie · as Ethel Ames

1936
The Drag Net poster

The Drag Net

Movie · as Mollie Cole

1936
Two Minutes to Play poster

Two Minutes to Play

Movie · as 'Fluff' Harding

1936
Hollywood Boulevard poster

Hollywood Boulevard

Movie · as Betty

1936
Laughing Irish Eyes poster

Laughing Irish Eyes

Movie · as Molly

1936
Killer at Large poster

Killer at Large

Movie · as Kate

1935
False Pretenses poster

False Pretenses

Movie · as Clarissa Stanhope

1934
No Sleep on the Deep poster

No Sleep on the Deep

Movie · as Mrs. Eldridge

1933
Destination Unknown poster

Destination Unknown

Movie · as Ruby Smith

1933
Notorious But Nice poster

Notorious But Nice

Movie · as Millie Sprague

1933
West of Singapore poster

West of Singapore

Movie · as Lou

1932
Guilty or Not Guilty poster

Guilty or Not Guilty

Movie · as Maizie

1932
The Silver Lining poster

The Silver Lining

Movie · as Kate Flynn

1931
The Lady Refuses poster

The Lady Refuses

Movie · as June

1931
The Gay Diplomat poster

The Gay Diplomat

Movie · as Baroness Corri

1931
Three Who Loved poster

Three Who Loved

Movie · as Helga Larson Hanson

1931
The House That Shadows Built poster

The House That Shadows Built

Movie · as (archive footage)

1931
Virtuous Husband poster

Virtuous Husband

Movie · as Inez Wakefield

1931
Hollywood Halfbacks

Hollywood Halfbacks

Movie

1930
She Got What She Wanted

She Got What She Wanted

Movie

1930
The Case of Sergeant Grischa poster

The Case of Sergeant Grischa

Movie · as Babka

1930
Inside the Lines poster

Inside the Lines

Movie · as Jane Gershon

1930
The Czar of Broadway poster

The Czar of Broadway

Movie · as Connie Colton

1930
Midnight Mystery poster

Midnight Mystery

Movie · as Sally Wayne

1930
Those Who Dance poster

Those Who Dance

Movie · as Kitty

1930
The Spoilers poster

The Spoilers

Movie · as Cherry Malotte

1930
Isle of Escape poster

Isle of Escape

Movie · as Stella

1930
The Boudoir Diplomat poster

The Boudoir Diplomat

Movie · as Helene

1929
The Time, the Place and the Girl poster

The Time, the Place and the Girl

Movie · as Doris Ward

1929
Street Girl poster

Street Girl

Movie · as Frederika Joyzelle

1929
The Great Gabbo poster

The Great Gabbo

Movie · as Mary

1929
On With the Show! poster

On With the Show!

Movie · as Nita

1929
Woman to Woman poster

Woman to Woman

Movie · as Deloryce / Lola

1929
Weary River poster

Weary River

Movie · as Alice Gray

1929
Skin Deep poster

Skin Deep

Movie · as Sadie Rogers

1929
The Show of Shows poster

The Show of Shows

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

1929
Blaze o' Glory poster

Blaze o' Glory

Movie · as Helen Williams

1928
The Docks of New York poster

The Docks of New York

Movie · as Mae

1928
The Barker poster

The Barker

Movie · as Carrie

1928
Scarlet Seas poster

Scarlet Seas

Movie · as Rose

1928
The Big City poster

The Big City

Movie · as Helen

1928
The Desert Bride poster

The Desert Bride

Movie · as Diane Duval

1928
Court Martial poster

Court Martial

Movie · as Belle Starr

1928
The Masked Angel poster

The Masked Angel

Movie · as Betty

1928
Life's Mockery

Life's Mockery

Movie · as Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton

1927
Cheating Cheaters poster

Cheating Cheaters

Movie · as Nan Carey

1927
Say It with Diamonds poster

Say It with Diamonds

Movie · as Betty Howard

1927
Love Me and the World Is Mine poster

Love Me and the World Is Mine

Movie · as Mitzel

1927
Temptations of a Shop Girl

Temptations of a Shop Girl

Movie · as Ruth Harrington

1926
The Wise Guy poster

The Wise Guy

Movie · as Hula Kate

1926
The Belle of Broadway poster

The Belle of Broadway

Movie · as Marie Duval / The Young Adele

1926
The Palace of Pleasure poster

The Palace of Pleasure

Movie · as Lola Montez

1925
Locked Doors poster

Locked Doors

Movie · as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter

1925
Paths to Paradise poster

Paths to Paradise

Movie · as Molly

1925
Beggar on Horseback poster

Beggar on Horseback

Movie · as Princess in Pantomime

1925
The Pony Express poster

The Pony Express

Movie · as Molly Jones

1925
Eve's Secret poster

Eve's Secret

Movie · as Eve

1925
New Lives for Old poster

New Lives for Old

Movie · as Olympe

1925
Counsel for the Defense poster

Counsel for the Defense

Movie · as Katherine West

1924
The Garden of Weeds poster

The Garden of Weeds

Movie · as Dorothy Delbridge

1924
The White Shadow poster

The White Shadow

Movie · as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent

1924
The Fast Set poster

The Fast Set

Movie · as Margaret Sones

1924
The Enemy Sex poster

The Enemy Sex

Movie · as Dodo Baxter

1924
The Stranger poster

The Stranger

Movie · as Peggy Bowlin

1924
Ramshackle House poster

Ramshackle House

Movie · as Pen Broome

1924
The Female poster

The Female

Movie · as Dalla

1924
Miami poster

Miami

Movie · as Joan Bruce

1923
Hollywood poster

Hollywood

Movie · as Betty Compson

1923
The Woman with Four Faces poster

The Woman with Four Faces

Movie · as Elizabeth West

1923
Woman to Woman poster

Woman to Woman

Movie · as Louise Boucher / Deloryse

1923
The White Flower poster

The White Flower

Movie · as Konia Markham

1923
The Rustle of Silk poster

The Rustle of Silk

Movie · as Lala De Breeze

1923
The Royal Oak

The Royal Oak

Movie · as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley

1922
Over the Border poster

Over the Border

Movie · as Jen Galbraith

1922
A Trip to Paramountown poster

A Trip to Paramountown

Movie · as Self

1922
The Green Temptation poster

The Green Temptation

Movie · as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker

1922
Kick In poster

Kick In

Movie · as Molly Brandon

1922
To Have and to Hold poster

To Have and to Hold

Movie · as Lady Jocelyn Leigh

1922
The Bonded Woman poster

The Bonded Woman

Movie · as Angela Gaskell

1922
Law and the Woman poster

Law and the Woman

Movie · as Margaret Rolfe

1922
Always the Woman poster

Always the Woman

Movie · as Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris

1921
For Those We Love poster

For Those We Love

Movie · as Bernice Arnold

1921
Prisoners of Love poster

Prisoners of Love

Movie · as Blanche Davis

1921
The Little Minister poster

The Little Minister

Movie · as Lady Babbie

1921
Ladies Must Live poster

Ladies Must Live

Movie · as Christine Bleeker

1921
At the End of the World poster

At the End of the World

Movie · as Cherry O'Day

1919
The Devil's Trail poster

The Devil's Trail

Movie · as Rose

1919
The Miracle Man poster

The Miracle Man

Movie · as Rose

1919
The Light of Victory poster

The Light of Victory

Movie · as Jane Ravenslee

1919
The Terror of the Range poster

The Terror of the Range

Movie · as Thelma Grant

1919
The Prodigal Liar poster

The Prodigal Liar

Movie · as Hope Deering

1918
Border Raiders poster

Border Raiders

Movie · as Rose Hardy

1918
The Sheriff poster

The Sheriff

Movie · as School Teacher

1917
Crazy by Proxy poster

Crazy by Proxy

Movie

1917
Hubby's Night Out poster

Hubby's Night Out

Movie · as Wifey

1917
As Luck Would Have It

As Luck Would Have It

Movie

1917
Out for the Coin poster

Out for the Coin

Movie

1916
The Making Over of Mother

The Making Over of Mother

Movie · as Mrs. Newlywed

1916
That Doggone Baby

That Doggone Baby

Movie · as Wifie Parker

1916
Inoculating Hubby

Inoculating Hubby

Movie