Betty Compson
Age: 77 | From: Beaver, Utah, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1897-03-19 05:35:23
Death: 1974-04-19 05:35:23
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Beaver, Utah, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 92
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Betty Compson (born Eleanor Luicime 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.
Most Famous Work
The Docks of New York
(1928) Mae
The House That Shadows Built
(1931) (archive footage)
The Little Minister
(1921) Lady Babbie
Invisible Ghost
(1941) Mrs. Kessler
The Great Gabbo
(1929) Mary
Mad Youth
(1940) Lucy Morgan
The Woman with Four Faces
(1923) Elizabeth West
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
(2011) Herself (archive footage)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Herself (archive footage) | |
| 1975 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1948 | Martha Blake | |
| 1947 | Mrs. Davenport | |
| Selena Webster | ||
| 1946 | Miss Spencer | |
| 1943 | Madame Sappho | |
| Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1941 | Ruth Ashley | |
| Mrs. Kessler | ||
| Mrs. Thelma Tate | ||
| Gertie | ||
| 1940 | Mrs. Van Horn | |
| Lucy Morgan | ||
| Suzanne (uncredited) | ||
| Cafe Hostess | ||
| 1939 | Belle Starkey | |
| Kitty Truman | ||
| Soubrette (uncredited) | ||
| 1938 | Marie | |
| Ada Bernard | ||
| Kitty, Gomez's Moll | ||
| Eleanor Sparks | ||
| Kate | ||
| Loretta | ||
| Chicago | ||
| Blanche Revelle | ||
| 1937 | Sue, Gang Moll | |
| Roxey Moore | ||
| Carlotta | ||
| 1936 | 'Fluff' Harding | |
| Kate | ||
| Billie Blake | ||
| Betty | ||
| Mollie Cole | ||
| Gloria Neville | ||
| Molly | ||
| Ethel Ames | ||
| 1935 | Clarissa Stanhope | |
| 1933 | Millie Sprague | |
| Ruby Smith | ||
| Lou | ||
| 1932 | Maizie | |
| Kate Flynn | ||
| 1931 | Baroness Corri | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| Helga Larson Hanson | ||
| Inez Wakefield | ||
| June | ||
| 1930 | Helene | |
| N/A | ||
| Cherry Malotte | ||
| Jane Gershon | ||
| Sally Wayne | ||
| Connie Colton | ||
| Kitty | ||
| Stella | ||
| Babka | ||
| 1929 | Helen Williams | |
| Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited) | ||
| Deloryce / Lola | ||
| Mary | ||
| Frederika Joyzelle | ||
| Nita | ||
| Doris Ward | ||
| Alice Gray | ||
| 1928 | Self (1930) | |
| Carrie | ||
| Mae | ||
| Belle Starr | ||
| Diane Duval | ||
| Helen | ||
| Rose | ||
| 1927 | Nan Carey | |
| Mitzel | ||
| Betty Howard | ||
| 1926 | Marie Duval | |
| Hula Kate | ||
| 1925 | Molly Jones | |
| Molly | ||
| Princess in Pantomime | ||
| Eve | ||
| Olympe | ||
| Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter | ||
| 1924 | Dorothy Delbridge | |
| Margaret Sones | ||
| Pen Broome | ||
| Dalla | ||
| Dodo Baxter | ||
| Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent | ||
| Peggy Bowlin | ||
| 1923 | Lady Mildred Cholmondeley | |
| Betty Compson | ||
| Elizabeth West | ||
| Lala De Breeze | ||
| Konia Markham | ||
| Louise Boucher / Deloryse | ||
| 1922 | Molly Brandon | |
| Lady Jocelyn Leigh | ||
| Angela Gaskell | ||
| Self | ||
| Jen Galbraith | ||
| Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker | ||
| Margaret Rolfe | ||
| 1921 | Lady Babbie | |
| Christine Bleeker | ||
| Bernice Arnold | ||
| Cherry O'Day | ||
| Blanche Davis | ||
| 1919 | Rose | |
| Rose | ||
| Jane Ravenslee | ||
| 1918 | School Teacher | |
| Rose Hardy | ||
| 1917 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Wifey | ||
| 1916 | Wifie Parker | |
| Mrs. Newlywed | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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