Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 17, 1897
Place of Birth:
Beaver, Utah, USA
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Betty Compson
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | Herself (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) |
| 1948 | Here Comes Trouble | Martha Blake |
| 1947 | Second Chance | Mrs. Davenport |
| 1947 | Hard Boiled Mahoney | Selena Webster |
| 1946 | Her Adventurous Night | Miss Spencer |
| 1943 | Danger! Women at Work | Madame Sappho |
| 1943 | Confessions of a Vice Baron | Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Gertie |
| 1941 | Escort Girl | Ruth Ashley |
| 1941 | Invisible Ghost | Mrs. Kessler |
| 1941 | Roar of the Press | Mrs. Thelma Tate |
| 1940 | Strange Cargo | Suzanne (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Mad Youth | Lucy Morgan |
| 1940 | Laughing at Danger | Mrs. Van Horn |
| 1940 | Cafe Hostess | Cafe Hostess |
| 1939 | Cowboys from Texas | Belle Starkey |
| 1939 | Hotel Imperial | Soubrette (uncredited) |
| 1939 | News Is Made at Night | Kitty Truman |
| 1938 | Blondes at Work | Blanche Revelle |
| 1938 | Torchy Blane in Panama | Kitty, Gomez's Moll |
| 1938 | Under the Big Top | Marie |
| 1938 | Religious Racketeers | Ada Bernard |
| 1938 | Port of Missing Girls | Chicago |
| 1938 | Two Gun Justice | Kate |
| 1938 | The Beloved Brat | Eleanor Sparks |
| 1938 | A Slight Case of Murder | Loretta |
| 1937 | Circus Girl | Carlotta |
| 1937 | Federal Bullets | Sue, Gang Moll |
| 1937 | God's Country and the Man | Roxey Moore |
| 1936 | Bulldog Edition | Billie Blake |
| 1936 | The Millionaire Kid | Gloria Neville |
| 1936 | August Week End | Ethel Ames |
| 1936 | The Drag-Net | Mollie Cole |
| 1936 | Two Minutes to Play | 'Fluff' Harding |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Betty |
| 1936 | Laughing Irish Eyes | Molly |
| 1936 | Killer at Large | Kate |
| 1935 | False Pretenses | Clarissa Stanhope |
| 1933 | Destination Unknown | Ruby Smith |
| 1933 | Notorious But Nice | Millie Sprague |
| 1933 | West of Singapore | Lou |
| 1932 | Guilty or Not Guilty | Maizie |
| 1932 | The Silver Lining | Kate Flynn |
| 1931 | The Lady Refuses | June |
| 1931 | The Gay Diplomat | Baroness Corri |
| 1931 | Three Who Loved | Helga Larson Hanson |
| 1931 | The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) |
| 1931 | Virtuous Husband | Inez Wakefield |
| 1931 | Hollywood Halfbacks | |
| 1930 | She Got What She Wanted | |
| 1930 | The Case of Sergeant Grischa | Babka |
| 1930 | Inside the Lines | Jane Gershon |
| 1930 | The Czar of Broadway | Connie Colton |
| 1930 | Midnight Mystery | Sally Wayne |
| 1930 | Those Who Dance | Kitty |
| 1930 | The Spoilers | Cherry Malotte |
| 1930 | Isle of Escape | Stella |
| 1930 | The Boudoir Diplomat | Helene |
| 1929 | The Time, the Place and the Girl | Doris Ward |
| 1929 | Street Girl | Frederika Joyzelle |
| 1929 | The Great Gabbo | Mary |
| 1929 | On With the Show! | Nita |
| 1929 | Woman to Woman | Deloryce / Lola |
| 1929 | Weary River | Alice Gray |
| 1929 | Skin Deep | Sadie Rogers |
| 1929 | Show of Shows | Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Blaze o' Glory | Helen Williams |
| 1928 | The Docks of New York | Mae |
| 1928 | The Barker | Carrie |
| 1928 | Scarlet Seas | Rose |
| 1928 | The Big City | Helen |
| 1928 | The Desert Bride | Diane Duval |
| 1928 | Court Martial | Belle Starr |
| 1927 | Cheating Cheaters | Nan Carey |
| 1927 | Say It with Diamonds | Betty Howard |
| 1927 | Love Me and the World Is Mine | Mitzel |
| 1926 | The Wise Guy | Hula Kate |
| 1926 | The Belle of Broadway | Marie Duval |
| 1926 | The Palace of Pleasure | Lola Montez |
| 1925 | Locked Doors | Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter |
| 1925 | Paths to Paradise | Molly |
| 1925 | Beggar on Horseback | Princess in Pantomime |
| 1925 | The Pony Express | Molly Jones |
| 1925 | Eve's Secret | Eve |
| 1925 | New Lives for Old | Olympe |
| 1924 | The Garden of Weeds | Dorothy Delbridge |
| 1924 | The White Shadow | Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent |
| 1924 | The Fast Set | Margaret Sones |
| 1924 | The Enemy Sex | Dodo Baxter |
| 1924 | The Stranger | Peggy Bowlin |
| 1924 | Ramshackle House | Pen Broome |
| 1924 | The Female | Dalla |
| 1923 | Hollywood | Betty Compson |
| 1923 | The Woman with Four Faces | Elizabeth West |
| 1923 | Woman to Woman | Louise Boucher / Deloryse |
| 1923 | The Rustle of Silk | Lala De Breeze |
| 1923 | The White Flower | Konia Markham |
| 1923 | The Royal Oak | Lady Mildred Cholmondeley |
| 1922 | Over the Border | Jen Galbraith |
| 1922 | A Trip to Paramountown | Self |
| 1922 | The Green Temptation | Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker |
| 1922 | To Have and to Hold | Lady Jocelyn Leigh |
| 1922 | Kick In | Molly Brandon |
| 1922 | The Bonded Woman | Angela Gaskell |
| 1922 | Law and the Woman | Margaret Rolfe |
| 1921 | For Those We Love | Bernice Arnold |
| 1921 | Prisoners of Love | Blanche Davis |
| 1921 | The Little Minister | Lady Babbie |
| 1921 | Ladies Must Live | Christine Bleeker |
| 1921 | At the End of the World | Cherry O'Day |
| 1919 | The Devil's Trail | Rose |
| 1919 | The Miracle Man | Rose |
| 1919 | The Light of Victory | Jane Ravenslee |
| 1918 | Border Raiders | Rose Hardy |
| 1918 | The Sheriff | School Teacher |
| 1917 | Crazy by Proxy | |
| 1917 | Hubby's Night Out | Wifey |
| 1917 | As Luck Would Have It | |
| 1916 | The Making Over of Mother | Mrs. Newlywed |
| 1916 | That Doggone Baby | Wifie Parker |
| 1916 | Inoculating Hubby |
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