Betty Compson
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday17 March 1897
Died18 April 1974 (age 77)
Place of birthBeaver, Utah, USA
Known credits132
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.
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
1931
The Gay Diplomat
1931 · Baroness Corri
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