Betty Compson

Personal Info

Birthday

March 17, 1897

Day of Death

1974-04-18

(77 years old)

Place of Birth

Beaver, Utah, USA

Also Known As

Eleanor Luicime Compson

ベティ・カンプソン

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

Hollywood

A Slight Case of Murder

Bulldog Edition

At the End of the World

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

The Lady Refuses

Hotel Imperial

The Show of Shows

Filmography

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