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Betty Compson
Born · March 17, 1897
Died · April 18, 1974 (77 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Beaver, Utah, USA
Bio
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
Herself (archive footage)
9.0
2011
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
5.7
1975
Here Comes Trouble
Martha Blake
4.6
1948
Second Chance
Mrs. Davenport
5.0
1947
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Selena Webster
6.4
1947
Her Adventurous Night
Miss Spencer
7.0
1946
Danger! Women at Work
Madame Sappho
6.0
1943
Confessions of a Vice Baron
Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
3.8
1943
Escort Girl
Ruth Ashley
3.2
1941
Invisible Ghost
Mrs. Kessler
5.2
1941
Roar of the Press
Mrs. Thelma Tate
5.6
1941
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Gertie
6.2
1941
Laughing at Danger
Mrs. Van Horn
0.0
1940
Mad Youth
Lucy Morgan
4.6
1940
Strange Cargo
Suzanne (uncredited)
7.0
1940
Cafe Hostess
Cafe Hostess
5.5
1940
Cowboys from Texas
Belle Starkey
2.0
1939
News Is Made at Night
Kitty Truman
4.5
1939
Hotel Imperial
Soubrette (uncredited)
6.0
1939
Under the Big Top
Marie
5.5
1938
Religious Racketeers
Ada Bernard
5.0
1938
Torchy Blane in Panama
Kitty, Gomez's Moll
5.3
1938
The Beloved Brat
Eleanor Sparks
6.4
1938
Two Gun Justice
Kate
6.0
1938
A Slight Case of Murder
Loretta
6.1
1938
Port of Missing Girls
Chicago
0.0
1938
Blondes at Work
Blanche Revelle
6.1
1938
Federal Bullets
Sue, Gang Moll
0.0
1937
God's Country and the Man
Roxey Moore
6.0
1937
Circus Girl
Carlotta
4.0
1937
Two Minutes to Play
'Fluff' Harding
5.0
1936
Killer at Large
Kate
6.0
1936
Bulldog Edition
Billie Blake
3.0
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
Betty
2.5
1936
The Drag-Net
Mollie Cole
4.9
1936
The Millionaire Kid
Gloria Neville
5.0
1936
Laughing Irish Eyes
Molly
0.0
1936
August Week End
Ethel Ames
5.0
1936
False Pretenses
Clarissa Stanhope
5.0
1935
Notorious But Nice
Millie Sprague
5.5
1933
Destination Unknown
Ruby Smith
0.0
1933
West of Singapore
Lou
0.0
1933
Guilty or Not Guilty
Maizie
6.0
1932
The Silver Lining
Kate Flynn
0.0
1932
Hollywood Halfbacks
0.0
1931
The Gay Diplomat
Baroness Corri
4.0
1931
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
7.0
1931
Three Who Loved
Helga Larson Hanson
5.4
1931
Virtuous Husband
Inez Wakefield
0.0
1931
The Lady Refuses
June
5.3
1931
The Boudoir Diplomat
Helene
1.0
1930
She Got What She Wanted
0.0
1930
The Spoilers
Cherry Malotte
6.0
1930
Inside the Lines
Jane Gershon
5.1
1930
Midnight Mystery
Sally Wayne
4.2
1930
The Czar of Broadway
Connie Colton
0.0
1930
Those Who Dance
Kitty
6.0
1930
Isle of Escape
Stella
6.0
1930
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
Babka
6.5
1930
Blaze o' Glory
Helen Williams
0.0
1929
Show of Shows
Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
5.5
1929
Woman to Woman
Deloryce / Lola
5.1
1929
The Great Gabbo
Mary
5.5
1929
Skin Deep
Sadie Rogers
1.0
1929
Street Girl
Frederika Joyzelle
5.8
1929
On With the Show!
Nita
5.0
1929
The Time, the Place and the Girl
Doris Ward
0.0
1929
Weary River
Alice Gray
5.5
1929
Fashion News
Self (1930)
5.0
1928
The Barker
Carrie
7.0
1928
The Docks of New York
Mae
7.0
1928
Court-Martial
Belle Starr
6.0
1928
The Desert Bride
Diane Duval
5.5
1928
The Big City
Helen
0.0
1928
Scarlet Seas
Rose
3.5
1928
Cheating Cheaters
Nan Carey
0.0
1927
Love Me and the World is Mine
Mitzel
0.0
1927
Say It with Diamonds
Betty Howard
0.0
1927
The Belle of Broadway
Marie Duval
6.0
1926
The Wise Guy
Hula Kate
0.0
1926
The Palace of Pleasure
Lola Montez
0.0
1926
The Pony Express
Molly Jones
5.9
1925
Paths to Paradise
Molly
5.6
1925
Beggar on Horseback
Princess in Pantomime
6.0
1925
Eve's Secret
Eve
0.0
1925
New Lives for Old
Olympe
0.0
1925
Locked Doors
Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
1.0
1925
The Garden of Weeds
Dorothy Delbridge
0.0
1924
The Fast Set
Margaret Sones
0.0
1924
Ramshackle House
Pen Broome
0.0
1924
The Female
Dalla
0.0
1924
The Enemy Sex
Dodo Baxter
9.0
1924
The White Shadow
Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
7.2
1924
The Stranger
Peggy Bowlin
0.0
1924
The Royal Oak
Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
0.0
1923
Hollywood
Betty Compson
7.0
1923
The Woman with Four Faces
Elizabeth West
0.0
1923
The Rustle of Silk
Lala De Breeze
0.0
1923
The White Flower
Konia Markham
0.0
1923
Woman to Woman
Louise Boucher / Deloryse
6.5
1923
Kick In
Molly Brandon
0.0
1922
To Have and to Hold
Lady Jocelyn Leigh
0.0
1922
The Bonded Woman
Angela Gaskell
3.0
1922
A Trip to Paramountown
Self
6.0
1922
Over the Border
Jen Galbraith
0.0
1922
The Green Temptation
Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
0.0
1922
Law and the Woman
Margaret Rolfe
0.0
1922
The Little Minister
Lady Babbie
7.0
1921
Ladies Must Live
Christine Bleeker
0.0
1921
For Those We Love
Bernice Arnold
0.0
1921
At the End of the World
Cherry O'Day
0.0
1921
Prisoners of Love
Blanche Davis
0.0
1921
The Miracle Man
Rose
4.5
1919
The Devil's Trail
Rose
0.0
1919
The Light of Victory
Jane Ravenslee
0.0
1919
The Sheriff
School Teacher
0.0
1918
Border Raiders
Rose Hardy
0.0
1918
Crazy by Proxy
0.0
1917
As Luck Would Have It
0.0
1917
Hubby's Night Out
Wifey
5.0
1917
That Doggone Baby
Wifie Parker
0.0
1916
The Making Over of Mother
Mrs. Newlywed
5.0
1916