Betty Compson
129 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 17, 1897
- Died
- Apr 18, 1974 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Beaver, Utah, USA
- Also known as
- Eleanor Luicime Compson · ベティ・カンプソン
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.
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Known for
Betty Compson: movies and TV shows
Acting (129)
- 1991 Halloween Monster Bash
as Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
- 1948 Here Comes Trouble
as Martha Blake
- 1947 Second Chance
as Mrs. Davenport
- 1947 Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Selena Webster
- 1946 Her Adventurous Night
as Miss Spencer
- 1943 Danger! Women at Work
as Madame Sappho
- 1943 Confessions of a Vice Baron
as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1941 Escort Girl
as Ruth Ashley
- 1941 Invisible Ghost
as Mrs. Kessler
- 1941 Roar of the Press
as Mrs. Thelma Tate
- 1941 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Gertie
- 1940 Laughing at Danger
as Mrs. Van Horn
- 1940 Mad Youth
as Lucy Morgan
- 1940 Strange Cargo
as Suzanne (uncredited)
- 1940 Cafe Hostess
as Cafe Hostess
- 1939 Cowboys from Texas
as Belle Starkey
- 1939 News Is Made at Night
as Kitty Truman
- 1939 Hotel Imperial
as Soubrette (uncredited)
- 1938 Under the Big Top
as Marie
- 1938 Religious Racketeers
as Ada Bernard
- 1938 Torchy Blane in Panama
as Kitty, Gomez's Moll
- 1938 The Beloved Brat
as Eleanor Sparks
- 1938 Two Gun Justice
as Kate
- 1938 A Slight Case of Murder
as Loretta
- 1938 Port of Missing Girls
as Chicago
- 1938 Blondes at Work
as Blanche Revelle
- 1937 Federal Bullets
as Sue, Gang Moll
- 1937 God's Country and the Man
as Roxey Moore
- 1937 Circus Girl
as Carlotta
- 1936 Two Minutes to Play
as 'Fluff' Harding
- 1936 Killer at Large
as Kate
- 1936 Bulldog Edition
as Billie Blake
- 1936 Hollywood Boulevard
as Betty
- 1936 The Drag Net
as Mollie Cole
- 1936 The Millionaire Kid
as Gloria Neville
- 1936 Laughing Irish Eyes
as Molly
- 1936 August Week End
as Ethel Ames
- 1935 False Pretenses
as Clarissa Stanhope
- 1934 No Sleep on the Deep
as Mrs. Eldridge
- 1933 Notorious But Nice
as Millie Sprague
- 1933 Destination Unknown
as Ruby Smith
- 1933 West of Singapore
as Lou
- 1932 Guilty or Not Guilty
as Maizie
- 1932 The Silver Lining
as Kate Flynn
- 1931
- 1931 The Gay Diplomat
as Baroness Corri
- 1931 The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
- 1931 Three Who Loved
as Helga Larson Hanson
- 1931 Virtuous Husband
as Inez Wakefield
- 1931 The Lady Refuses
as June
- 1930 The Boudoir Diplomat
as Helene
- 1930
- 1930 The Spoilers
as Cherry Malotte
- 1930 Inside the Lines
as Jane Gershon
- 1930 Midnight Mystery
as Sally Wayne
- 1930 The Czar of Broadway
as Connie Colton
- 1930 Those Who Dance
as Kitty
- 1930 Isle of Escape
as Stella
- 1930 The Case of Sergeant Grischa
as Babka
- 1929 Blaze o' Glory
as Helen Williams
- 1929 The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
- 1929 Woman to Woman
as Deloryce / Lola
- 1929 The Great Gabbo
as Mary
- 1929 Skin Deep
as Sadie Rogers
- 1929 Street Girl
as Frederika Joyzelle
- 1929 On With the Show!
as Nita
- 1929 The Time, the Place and the Girl
as Doris Ward
- 1929 Weary River
as Alice Gray
- 1928 The Barker
as Carrie
- 1928 The Docks of New York
as Mae
- 1928 Court Martial
as Belle Starr
- 1928 Life's Mockery
as Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton
- 1928 The Masked Angel
as Betty
- 1928 The Desert Bride
as Diane Duval
- 1928 The Big City
as Helen
- 1928 Scarlet Seas
as Rose
- 1927 Cheating Cheaters
as Nan Carey
- 1927 Temptations of a Shop Girl
as Ruth Harrington
- 1927 Love Me and the World Is Mine
as Mitzel
- 1927 Say It with Diamonds
as Betty Howard
- 1926 The Belle of Broadway
as Marie Duval / The Young Adele
- 1926 The Wise Guy
as Hula Kate
- 1926 The Palace of Pleasure
as Lola Montez
- 1925 Counsel for the Defense
as Katherine West
- 1925 The Pony Express
as Molly Jones
- 1925 Paths to Paradise
as Molly
- 1925 Beggar on Horseback
as Princess in Pantomime
- 1925 Eve's Secret
as Eve
- 1925 New Lives for Old
as Olympe
- 1925 Locked Doors
as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
- 1924 The Garden of Weeds
as Dorothy Delbridge
- 1924 The Fast Set
as Margaret Sones
- 1924 Ramshackle House
as Pen Broome
- 1924 The Female
as Dalla
- 1924 The Enemy Sex
as Dodo Baxter
- 1924 The White Shadow
as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
- 1924 Miami
as Joan Bruce
- 1924 The Stranger
as Peggy Bowlin
- 1923 The Royal Oak
as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
- 1923 Hollywood
as Betty Compson
- 1923 The Woman with Four Faces
as Elizabeth West
- 1923 The Rustle of Silk
as Lala De Breeze
- 1923 The White Flower
as Konia Markham
- 1923 Woman to Woman
as Louise Boucher / Deloryse
- 1922 Kick In
as Molly Brandon
- 1922 To Have and to Hold
as Lady Jocelyn Leigh
- 1922 The Bonded Woman
as Angela Gaskell
- 1922 Always the Woman
as Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris
- 1922 Over the Border
as Jen Galbraith
- 1922 The Green Temptation
as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
- 1922 Law and the Woman
as Margaret Rolfe
- 1921 The Little Minister
as Lady Babbie
- 1921 Ladies Must Live
as Christine Bleeker
- 1921 For Those We Love
as Bernice Arnold
- 1921 At the End of the World
as Cherry O'Day
- 1921 Prisoners of Love
as Blanche Davis
- 1919 The Miracle Man
as Rose
- 1919 The Devil's Trail
as Rose
- 1919 The Light of Victory
as Jane Ravenslee
- 1919 The Terror of the Range
as Thelma Grant
- 1918 The Sheriff
as School Teacher
- 1918 Border Raiders
as Rose Hardy
- 1917
- 1917
- 1917
- 1917 Hubby's Night Out
as Wifey
- 1916 That Doggone Baby
as Wifie Parker
- 1916 The Making Over of Mother
as Mrs. Newlywed
- 1916
Behind the camera (3)
- 1922 Always the Woman
Producer
- 1921 For Those We Love
Writer
- 1921 Prisoners of Love
Writer
Talk shows and appearances (3)
- 2011
- 1975
- 1922