Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 27, 1907
Place of Birth:
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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Joyce Compton
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Girl in the Woods | Aunt Martha |
| 1957 | The Persuader | Julie |
| 1957 | Jet Pilot | Mary Lou Simpson |
| 1953 | I Was a Burlesque Queen | Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young | Alice (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Grand Canyon | Mabel |
| 1948 | Incident | Joan Manning |
| 1948 | A Southern Yankee | Hortense Dobson |
| 1948 | Sorry, Wrong Number | Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Scared to Death | Jane Cornell |
| 1947 | Exposed | Emmy |
| 1947 | Linda, Be Good | Mrs. LaVitte |
| 1946 | Dark Alibi | Emily Evans |
| 1946 | Behind the Mask | Lulu |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Hat Check Girl (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Rendezvous with Annie | Louise Grapa (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Hitchhike to Happiness | Joan Randall |
| 1945 | Christmas in Connecticut | Nurse Mary Lee |
| 1945 | Danger Signal | Kate |
| 1945 | Mildred Pierce | Waitress (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Pillow to Post | Gertrude Wilson (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Silver Spurs | Millie Love |
| 1943 | Silver Skates | Lucille |
| 1943 | Swing Out the Blues | Kitty Grogan |
| 1943 | Let's Face It | Wiggin's Girl (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Let's Face It | Wiggin's Girl |
| 1942 | Too Many Women | Barbara Cartwright |
| 1942 | Thunder Birds | Saleswoman |
| 1941 | Manpower | Scarlett |
| 1941 | Bedtime Story | Beulah |
| 1941 | Let's Make Music | Betty |
| 1941 | Moon Over Her Shoulder | Cecilia |
| 1941 | Ziegfeld Girl | Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Scattergood Meets Broadway | Diana Deane |
| 1941 | Blues in the Night | Blonde |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Lilly |
| 1940 | Sky Murder | Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister |
| 1940 | The Villain Still Pursued Her | Hazel Dalton |
| 1940 | Turnabout | Irene Clare |
| 1940 | Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Cynthia Lou |
| 1940 | I Take This Oath | Betty Casey |
| 1940 | They Drive by Night | Sue Carter (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Honeymoon Deferred | Kitty Kerry |
| 1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Peggy |
| 1939 | Balalaika | Masha |
| 1939 | Hotel for Women | Emeline Thomas |
| 1939 | Reno | Bonnie Newcomb |
| 1939 | The Flying Irishman | Sally |
| 1939 | Hollywood Hobbies | Tourist |
| 1939 | Escape to Paradise | Penelope Carter |
| 1938 | You and Me | Curly Blonde |
| 1938 | Trade Winds | Mrs. Johnson |
| 1938 | Love on a Budget | Millie Brown |
| 1938 | Artists and Models Abroad | Chickie |
| 1938 | Women Are Like That | Miss Hall |
| 1938 | Going Places | Joan |
| 1938 | Spring Madness | Sally |
| 1938 | The Last Warning | Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz |
| 1938 | How to Watch Football | Benchley's girlfriend |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth | Dixie Belle Lee |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York | Mary Lou (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Pick a Star | Newlywed |
| 1937 | Kid Galahad | (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Rhythm in the Clouds | Receptionist |
| 1937 | Sea Racketeers | Blondie |
| 1937 | Small Town Boy | Molly Summers |
| 1937 | We Have Our Moments | Carrie |
| 1937 | Wings Over Honolulu | Caroline |
| 1937 | Top of the Town | Beulah |
| 1937 | Born Reckless | Dora |
| 1937 | China Passage | Elaine Gentry |
| 1936 | Under Your Spell | Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Trapped by Television | Mae Collins |
| 1936 | Murder with Pictures | Hester Boone |
| 1936 | Ellis Island | Adele |
| 1936 | Country Gentlemen | Gertie |
| 1936 | The Harvester | Thelma Biddle |
| 1936 | Three Smart Girls | Evans' Secretary |
| 1936 | Valley of the Lawless | Joan Jenkins |
| 1936 | Sitting on the Moon | Blossom |
| 1936 | Star for a Night | Ellen Romaine |
| 1936 | Love Before Breakfast | Mary Lee |
| 1935 | Suicide Squad | Mary O'Connor |
| 1935 | College Scandal | Toby Carpenter |
| 1935 | Let 'em Have It | Barbara |
| 1935 | Rustlers of Red Dog | Mary Lee |
| 1935 | Public Ghost # 1 | Miss Compton |
| 1935 | Go Into Your Dance | Café Showgirl |
| 1935 | Life Hesitates at 40 | Joyce |
| 1935 | Manhattan Monkey Business | Joyce |
| 1934 | King Kelly of the U.S.A. | Maxine LaTour |
| 1934 | The White Parade | Una Mellon |
| 1934 | Affairs of a Gentleman | Foxey Dennison |
| 1934 | Caravan | Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited) |
| 1934 | Everything's Ducky | Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife |
| 1934 | Million Dollar Ransom | Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited) |
| 1934 | Imitation of Life | Young Woman at Party (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Wrestler's Bride | Mrs. Scissors Jackson |
| 1933 | The Plumber and the Lady | Louise |
| 1933 | Sing, Sinner, Sing | Gwen |
| 1933 | Caliente Love | Betty |
| 1933 | Dream Stuff | Betty |
| 1933 | Roadhouse Queen | Dorothy |
| 1933 | Luxury Liner | Girl Overboard (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Only Yesterday | Margot (Uncredited) |
| 1932 | Under Eighteen | Sybil |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Marie - Waitress (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Lena Rivers | Caroline Nichols |
| 1932 | A Parisian Romance | Marcelle |
| 1932 | Unholy Love | Sheilla Bailey Gregory |
| 1932 | Beauty Parlor | Joan Perry |
| 1932 | False Faces | Dottie Nation |
| 1932 | Madison Square Garden | Joyce |
| 1932 | Westward Passage | Lillie, the Model (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Lady and Gent | Betty |
| 1932 | Afraid to Talk | Alice - Party Girl |
| 1932 | Fighting for Justice | Amy Tracy |
| 1931 | The Spider | Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Good Sport | Fay |
| 1931 | Three Rogues | Ace's girl |
| 1931 | Annabelle's Affairs | Mabel |
| 1931 | Up Pops the Devil | Luella May Carroll |
| 1931 | Women of All Nations | Kiki |
| 1931 | Three Girls Lost | Edna Best |
| 1930 | The Three Sisters | Carlotta |
| 1930 | High Society Blues | Pearl Granger |
| 1930 | Wild Company | Anita Grayson |
| 1930 | Lightnin' | Betty - Larry's Wife |
| 1929 | The Wild Party | Eva 'Evie' Tutt |
| 1929 | Salute | Marian Wilson |
| 1929 | The Sky Hawk | Peggy |
| 1929 | Dangerous Curves | Jennie Silver |
| 1928 | Soft Living | Billie Wilson |
| 1928 | Thunder Riders | Madge Lawton |
| 1927 | Ankles Preferred | Virginia |
| 1927 | The Border Cavalier | Madge Lawton |
| 1926 | Syncopating Sue | Marge Adams |
| 1925 | A Broadway Lady | Phyllis Westbrook |
| 1925 | What Fools Men | Dorothy |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys | |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Waitress |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Girl at Drivers License Bureau |