Joyce Compton
Age: 90 | From: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1907-01-27 07:33:28
Death: 1997-10-13 07:33:28
Aliases: Olivia Joyce Compton
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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Movie Involvements: 80
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
(1957) Waitress
The Best Years of Our Lives
(1946) Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
(1949) Alice (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
(1945) Waitress (uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number
(1948) Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
(1940) Sue Carter (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl
(1941) Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (Uncredited)
Imitation of Life
(1934) Young Woman at Party (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | N/A | |
| 1958 | Aunt Martha | |
| 1957 | Mary Lou Simpson | |
| Waitress | ||
| Julie | ||
| 1956 | N/A | |
| 1953 | Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte | |
| 1949 | Alice (uncredited) | |
| Mabel | ||
| 1948 | Joan | |
| Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited) | ||
| Hortense Dobson | ||
| 1947 | Mrs. LaVitte | |
| Emmy | ||
| Jane Cornell | ||
| 1946 | Hat Check Girl (uncredited) | |
| Louise Grapa (uncredited) | ||
| Emily Evans | ||
| Lulu | ||
| 1945 | Kate | |
| Waitress (uncredited) | ||
| Nurse Mary Lee | ||
| Joan Randall | ||
| Gertrude Wilson (uncredited) | ||
| 1943 | Kitty Grogan | |
| Millie Love | ||
| Wiggin's Girl (uncredited) | ||
| Lucille | ||
| 1942 | Saleswoman | |
| Barbara Cartwright | ||
| 1941 | Beulah | |
| Blonde | ||
| Cecilia | ||
| Diana Deane | ||
| Scarlett | ||
| Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (Uncredited) | ||
| Betty | ||
| 1940 | Cynthia Lou | |
| Hazel Dalton | ||
| Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister | ||
| Lilly | ||
| Sue Carter (uncredited) | ||
| Betty Casey | ||
| Irene Clare | ||
| Kitty Kerry | ||
| 1939 | Penelope Carter | |
| Masha | ||
| Bonnie Newcomb | ||
| Emeline Thomas | ||
| Peggy | ||
| Tourist | ||
| Sally | ||
| 1938 | Joan | |
| Mrs. Johnson | ||
| Chickie | ||
| Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz | ||
| Sally | ||
| Benchley's girlfriend | ||
| Curly Blonde | ||
| Miss Hall | ||
| Millie Brown | ||
| 1937 | Dixie Belle Lee | |
| Molly Summers | ||
| Blondie | ||
| Mary Lou (uncredited) | ||
| Dora | ||
| Receptionist | ||
| (uncredited) | ||
| Newlywed | ||
| Caroline | ||
| Beulah | ||
| Carrie | ||
| Elaine Gentry | ||
| 1936 | Evans' Secretary | |
| Gertie | ||
| Secretary (uncredited) | ||
| Adele | ||
| Hester Boone | ||
| Blossom | ||
| Ellen Romaine | ||
| Mae Collins | ||
| Thelma Biddle | ||
| Mary Lee | ||
| Joan Jenkins | ||
| 1935 | Miss Compton | |
| Mary O'Connor | ||
| Joyce | ||
| Joyce | ||
| Toby Carpenter | ||
| Barbara | ||
| Café Showgirl | ||
| Mary Lee | ||
| 1934 | Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited) | |
| Young Woman at Party (uncredited) | ||
| Una Mellon | ||
| Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife | ||
| Maxine LaTour | ||
| Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited) | ||
| Foxey Dennison | ||
| 1933 | Margot (Uncredited) | |
| Gwen | ||
| Dorothy | ||
| Betty | ||
| Louise | ||
| Betty | ||
| Girl Overboard (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Scissors Jackson | ||
| 1932 | Marie - Waitress (uncredited) | |
| Alice - Party Girl | ||
| Joyce | ||
| Dottie Nation | ||
| Marcelle | ||
| Amy Tracy | ||
| Betty | ||
| Joan Perry | ||
| Sheilla Bailey Gregory | ||
| Lillie, the Model (uncredited) | ||
| Caroline Nichols | ||
| Sybil | ||
| 1931 | Fay | |
| Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited) | ||
| Mabel | ||
| Kiki | ||
| Luella May Carroll | ||
| Edna Best | ||
| Ace's girl | ||
| 1930 | Betty - Larry's Wife | |
| Anita Grayson | ||
| Carlotta | ||
| Pearl Granger | ||
| 1929 | Marian Wilson | |
| Jennie Silver | ||
| Eva 'Evie' Tutt | ||
| Peggy | ||
| 1928 | Madge Lawton | |
| Billie Wilson | ||
| 1927 | Madge Lawton | |
| Virginia | ||
| 1926 | Marge Adams | |
| 1925 | Phyllis Westbrook | |
| Dorothy | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
