
Joyce Compton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 27, 1907
- Died
- October 13, 1997 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Olivia Joyce Compton (January 27, 1907 – October 13, 1997) was an American actress. Compton was born in Lexington, Kentucky. (Despite frequent reports to the contrary, her name was not originally "Eleanor Hunt"; she had appeared in the film Good Sport (1931) with Hunt and this confusion in an early press article followed Compton throughout her career.) After graduating high school she spent two years studying at the University of Tulsa, studying dramatics, art, music and dancing. She won a personality and beauty contest and spent two months in a film studio as an extra. Compton first made a name for herself when she was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926, alongside Mary Brian, Dolores Costello, Joan Crawford, Dolores del Río, Janet Gaynor and Fay Wray. Compton appeared in a long string of mostly B-movies from the 1920s through the 1950s. She was a comedy actress and protested at being stereotyped as a "dumb blonde". Among her over two hundred films were Imitation of Life, Magnificent Obsession, The Awful Truth, Mildred Pierce, and The Best Years of Our Lives. A devout Christian, on her gravestone, just beneath her dates of birth and death, is written "Christian Actress". She died from natural causes, aged 90, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.
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Filmography

Pete and Gladys
TV · 1 ep

Girl in the Woods
Movie · as Aunt Martha

The Persuader
Movie · as Julie

Jet Pilot
Movie · as Mary Lou Simpson

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV · as Waitress · 1 ep

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV · 1 ep

I Was a Burlesque Queen
Movie · as Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte

The Abbott and Costello Show
TV · as Girl at Drivers License Bureau · 1 ep

Mighty Joe Young
Movie · as Alice (uncredited)

Grand Canyon
Movie · as Mabel

Incident
Movie · as Joan Manning

A Southern Yankee
Movie · as Hortense Dobson

Sorry, Wrong Number
Movie · as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)

Scared to Death
Movie · as Jane Cornell

Exposed
Movie · as Emmy

Linda, Be Good
Movie · as Mrs. LaVitte

Dark Alibi
Movie · as Emily Evans

Behind the Mask
Movie · as Lulu

The Best Years of Our Lives
Movie · as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

Rendezvous with Annie
Movie · as Louise Grapa (uncredited)

Hitchhike to Happiness
Movie · as Joan Randall

Christmas in Connecticut
Movie · as Nurse Mary Lee

Danger Signal
Movie · as Kate

Mildred Pierce
Movie · as Waitress (uncredited)

Pillow to Post
Movie · as Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)

Silver Spurs
Movie · as Millie Love

Silver Skates
Movie · as Lucille

Swing Out the Blues
Movie · as Kitty Grogan

Let's Face It
Movie · as Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)

Too Many Women
Movie · as Barbara Cartwright

Thunder Birds
Movie · as Saleswoman

Manpower
Movie · as Scarlett

Bedtime Story
Movie · as Beulah

Let's Make Music
Movie · as Betty

Moon Over Her Shoulder
Movie · as Cecilia

Ziegfeld Girl
Movie · as Miss Sawyer (uncredited)

Scattergood Meets Broadway
Movie · as Diana Deane

Blues in the Night
Movie · as Blonde

City for Conquest
Movie · as Lilly

Sky Murder
Movie · as Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister

The Villain Still Pursued Her
Movie · as Hazel Dalton

Turnabout
Movie · as Irene Clare

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Movie · as Cynthia Lou

I Take This Oath
Movie · as Betty Casey

They Drive by Night
Movie · as Sue Carter (uncredited)

Honeymoon Deferred
Movie · as Kitty Kerry

Rose of Washington Square
Movie · as Peggy

Balalaika
Movie · as Masha

Hotel for Women
Movie · as Emeline Thomas

Reno
Movie · as Bonnie Newcomb

The Flying Irishman
Movie · as Sally

Hollywood Hobbies
Movie · as Tourist

Escape to Paradise
Movie · as Penelope Carter

You and Me
Movie · as Curly Blonde

Trade Winds
Movie · as Mrs. Johnson

Love on a Budget
Movie · as Millie Brown

Artists and Models Abroad
Movie · as Chickie

Women Are Like That
Movie · as Miss Hall

Going Places
Movie · as Joan

Spring Madness
Movie · as Sally

The Last Warning
Movie · as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz

How to Watch Football
Movie · as Benchley's girlfriend

The Awful Truth
Movie · as Dixie Belle Lee

The Toast of New York
Movie · as Mary Lou (uncredited)

Pick a Star
Movie · as Newlywed

Kid Galahad
Movie · as Party Guest on Phone (uncredited)

Rhythm in the Clouds
Movie · as Receptionist

Sea Racketeers
Movie · as Blondie

Small Town Boy
Movie · as Molly Summers

We Have Our Moments
Movie · as Carrie

Wings Over Honolulu
Movie · as Caroline

Top of the Town
Movie · as Beulah

Born Reckless
Movie · as Dora

China Passage
Movie · as Elaine Gentry

Under Your Spell
Movie · as Secretary (uncredited)

Trapped by Television
Movie · as Mae Collins

Murder with Pictures
Movie · as Hester Boone
Ellis Island
Movie · as Adele

Country Gentlemen
Movie · as Gertie

The Harvester
Movie · as Thelma Biddle

Three Smart Girls
Movie · as Evans' Secretary

Valley of the Lawless
Movie · as Joan Jenkins

Sitting on the Moon
Movie · as Blossom

Star for a Night
Movie · as Ellen Romaine

Love Before Breakfast
Movie · as Mary Lee

Suicide Squad
Movie · as Mary O'Connor

College Scandal
Movie · as Toby Carpenter

Let 'em Have It
Movie · as Barbara

Rustlers of Red Dog
Movie · as Mary Lee

Public Ghost # 1
Movie · as Miss Compton

Go Into Your Dance
Movie · as Café Showgirl
Life Hesitates at 40
Movie · as Joyce

Manhattan Monkey Business
Movie · as Joyce

King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Movie · as Maxine LaTour

The White Parade
Movie · as Una Mellon

Affairs of a Gentleman
Movie · as Foxey Dennison

Caravan
Movie · as Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)

Everything's Ducky
Movie · as Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife

Million Dollar Ransom
Movie · as Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)

Imitation of Life
Movie · as Young Woman at Party (uncredited)

The Wrestler's Bride
Movie · as Mrs. Scissors Jackson
The Plumber and the Lady
Movie · as Louise
Sing, Sinner, Sing
Movie · as Gwen
Caliente Love
Movie · as Betty
Dream Stuff
Movie · as Betty

Roadhouse Queen
Movie · as Dorothy

Luxury Liner
Movie · as Girl Overboard (uncredited)

Only Yesterday
Movie · as Margot (Uncredited)

Under Eighteen
Movie · as Sybil

If I Had a Million
Movie · as Marie - Waitress (uncredited)

Lena Rivers
Movie · as Caroline Nichols
A Parisian Romance
Movie · as Marcelle

Unholy Love
Movie · as Sheilla Bailey Gregory

Beauty Parlor
Movie · as Joan Perry

False Faces
Movie · as Dottie Nation

Madison Square Garden
Movie · as Joyce

Westward Passage
Movie · as Lillie, the Model (uncredited)

Lady and Gent
Movie · as Betty

Afraid to Talk
Movie · as Alice - Party Girl

Fighting for Justice
Movie · as Amy Tracy

The Spider
Movie · as Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)

Good Sport
Movie · as Fay

Three Rogues
Movie · as Ace's girl

Annabelle's Affairs
Movie · as Mabel

Up Pops the Devil
Movie · as Luella May Carroll

Women of All Nations
Movie · as Kiki

Three Girls Lost
Movie · as Edna Best

The Three Sisters
Movie · as Carlotta

High Society Blues
Movie · as Pearl Granger

Wild Company
Movie · as Anita Grayson

Lightnin'
Movie · as Betty - Larry's Wife

The Wild Party
Movie · as Eva 'Evie' Tutt

Salute
Movie · as Marian Wilson

The Sky Hawk
Movie · as Peggy

Dangerous Curves
Movie · as Jennie Silver

Soft Living
Movie · as Billie Wilson

Ankles Preferred
Movie · as Virginia

The Border Cavalier
Movie · as Madge Lawton

Syncopating Sue
Movie · as Marge Adams

A Broadway Lady
Movie · as Phyllis Westbrook

What Fools Men
Movie · as Dorothy



