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
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Filmography
Acting (129)
Movies (129)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011as Herself (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975as Self (archive footage)
Here Comes Trouble
1948as Martha Blake
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947as Selena Webster
Second Chance
1947as Mrs. Davenport
Her Adventurous Night
1946as Miss Spencer
Danger! Women at Work
1943as Madame Sappho
Confessions of a Vice Baron
1943as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Invisible Ghost
1941as Mrs. Kessler
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941as Gertie
Roar of the Press
1941as Mrs. Thelma Tate
Escort Girl
1941as Ruth Ashley
Laughing at Danger
1940as Mrs. Van Horn
Cafe Hostess
1940as Cafe Hostess
Mad Youth
1940as Lucy Morgan
Strange Cargo
1940as Suzanne (uncredited)
Hotel Imperial
1939as Soubrette (uncredited)
Cowboys from Texas
1939as Belle Starkey
News Is Made at Night
1939as Kitty Truman
The Beloved Brat
1938as Eleanor Sparks
A Slight Case of Murder
1938as Loretta
Blondes at Work
1938as Blanche Revelle
Religious Racketeers
1938as Ada Bernard
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938as Kitty, Gomez's Moll
Under the Big Top
1938as Marie
Port of Missing Girls
1938as Chicago
Two Gun Justice
1938as Kate
Circus Girl
1937as Carlotta
God's Country and the Man
1937as Roxey Moore
Federal Bullets
1937as Sue, Gang Moll
Two Minutes to Play
1936as 'Fluff' Harding
The Millionaire Kid
1936as Gloria Neville
The Drag Net
1936as Mollie Cole
Bulldog Edition
1936as Billie Blake
Hollywood Boulevard
1936as Betty
Laughing Irish Eyes
1936as Molly
Killer at Large
1936as Kate
August Week End
1936as Ethel Ames
False Pretenses
1935as Clarissa Stanhope
No Sleep on the Deep
1934as Mrs. Eldridge
West of Singapore
1933as Lou
Destination Unknown
1933as Ruby Smith
Notorious But Nice
1933as Millie Sprague
Guilty or Not Guilty
1932as Maizie
The Silver Lining
1932as Kate Flynn
Three Who Loved
1931as Helga Larson Hanson
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
The Gay Diplomat
1931as Baroness Corri
Virtuous Husband
1931as Inez Wakefield
The House That Shadows Built
1931as (archive footage)
The Lady Refuses
1931as June
The Czar of Broadway
1930as Connie Colton
The Boudoir Diplomat
1930as Helene
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930as Babka
Those Who Dance
1930as Kitty
Midnight Mystery
1930as Sally Wayne
Isle of Escape
1930as Stella
Inside the Lines
1930as Jane Gershon
The Spoilers
1930as Cherry Malotte
She Got What She Wanted
1930
The Time, the Place and the Girl
1929as Doris Ward
Skin Deep
1929as Sadie Rogers
Weary River
1929as Alice Gray
Street Girl
1929as Frederika Joyzelle
Blaze o' Glory
1929as Helen Williams
The Show of Shows
1929as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
Woman to Woman
1929as Deloryce / Lola
The Great Gabbo
1929as Mary
On With the Show!
1929as Nita
The Barker
1928as Carrie
The Docks of New York
1928as Mae
The Desert Bride
1928as Diane Duval
Scarlet Seas
1928as Rose
Court Martial
1928as Belle Starr
The Masked Angel
1928as Betty
The Big City
1928as Helen
Cheating Cheaters
1927as Nan Carey
Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927as Mitzel
Say It with Diamonds
1927as Betty Howard
Temptations of a Shop Girl
1927as Ruth Harrington
The Palace of Pleasure
1926as Lola Montez
The Belle of Broadway
1926as Marie Duval / The Young Adele
The Wise Guy
1926as Hula Kate
New Lives for Old
1925as Olympe
Eve's Secret
1925as Eve
Counsel for the Defense
1925as Katherine West
The Pony Express
1925as Molly Jones
Locked Doors
1925as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
Paths to Paradise
1925as Molly
Beggar on Horseback
1925as Princess in Pantomime
The Fast Set
1924as Margaret Sones
The Female
1924as Dalla
The Stranger
1924as Peggy Bowlin
The Enemy Sex
1924as Dodo Baxter
The White Shadow
1924as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
The Garden of Weeds
1924as Dorothy Delbridge
Miami
1924as Joan Bruce
Ramshackle House
1924as Pen Broome
Hollywood
1923as Betty Compson
The White Flower
1923as Konia Markham
The Rustle of Silk
1923as Lala De Breeze
Woman to Woman
1923as Louise Boucher / Deloryse
The Royal Oak
1923as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
The Woman with Four Faces
1923as Elizabeth West
The Bonded Woman
1922as Angela Gaskell
The Green Temptation
1922as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
Over the Border
1922as Jen Galbraith
A Trip to Paramountown
1922as Self
Law and the Woman
1922as Margaret Rolfe
Always the Woman
1922as Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris
Kick In
1922as Molly Brandon
To Have and to Hold
1922as Lady Jocelyn Leigh
At the End of the World
1921as Cherry O'Day
For Those We Love
1921as Bernice Arnold
Prisoners of Love
1921as Blanche Davis
The Little Minister
1921as Lady Babbie
Ladies Must Live
1921as Christine Bleeker
The Light of Victory
1919as Jane Ravenslee
The Miracle Man
1919as Rose
The Devil's Trail
1919as Rose
The Terror of the Range
1919as Thelma Grant
Border Raiders
1918as Rose Hardy
The Sheriff
1918as School Teacher
Crazy by Proxy
1917
Hubby's Night Out
1917as Wifey
As Luck Would Have It
1917 Inoculating Hubby
1916 That Doggone Baby
1916as Wifie Parker
The Making Over of Mother
1916as Mrs. Newlywed
Crew (3)
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