Joyce Compton
137 movies · 4 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 27, 1907
- Died
- Oct 13, 1997 (age 90)
- Place of birth
- Lexington, Kentucky, USA
- Also known as
- Olivia Joyce Compton
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.7 The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Film
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★ 7.6 Mildred Pierce
1945 · Film
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★ 7.2 The Awful Truth
1937 · Film
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★ 6.8 Sorry, Wrong Number
1948 · Film
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★ 7.0 Christmas in Connecticut
1945 · Film
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★ 6.9 They Drive by Night
1940 · Film
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★ 6.4 Mighty Joe Young
1949 · Film
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★ 7.0 Imitation of Life
1934 · Film
Joyce Compton: movies and TV shows
Acting (141)
- 1960
- 1958 Girl in the Woods
as Aunt Martha
- 1957 Jet Pilot
as Mary Lou Simpson
- 1957
- 1957 The Persuader
as Julie
- 1956
- 1953 I Was a Burlesque Queen
as Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
- 1952
- 1949 Mighty Joe Young
as Alice (uncredited)
- 1949 Grand Canyon
as Mabel
- 1948 Incident
as Joan Manning
- 1948 Sorry, Wrong Number
as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
- 1948 A Southern Yankee
as Hortense Dobson
- 1947 Linda, Be Good
as Mrs. LaVitte
- 1947 Exposed
as Emmy
- 1947 Scared to Death
as Jane Cornell
- 1946 The Best Years of Our Lives
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
- 1946 Rendezvous with Annie
as Louise Grapa (uncredited)
- 1946 Dark Alibi
as Emily Evans
- 1946 Behind the Mask
as Lulu
- 1945 Danger Signal
as Kate
- 1945 Mildred Pierce
as Waitress (uncredited)
- 1945 Christmas in Connecticut
as Nurse Mary Lee
- 1945 Hitchhike to Happiness
as Joan Randall
- 1945 Pillow to Post
as Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
- 1943 Swing Out the Blues
as Kitty Grogan
- 1943 Silver Spurs
as Millie Love
- 1943 Let's Face It
as Wiggin's Girl (uncredited) / Wiggin's Girl
- 1943 Silver Skates
as Lucille
- 1942 Thunder Birds
as Saleswoman
- 1942 Too Many Women
as Barbara Cartwright
- 1941 Bedtime Story
as Beulah
- 1941 Blues in the Night
as Blonde
- 1941 Moon Over Her Shoulder
as Cecilia
- 1941 Scattergood Meets Broadway
as Diana Deane
- 1941 Manpower
as Scarlett
- 1941 Ziegfeld Girl
as Miss Sawyer (uncredited)
- 1941 Let's Make Music
as Betty
- 1940 Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Cynthia Lou
- 1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Hazel Dalton
- 1940 Sky Murder
as Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
- 1940 City for Conquest
as Lilly
- 1940 They Drive by Night
as Sue Carter (uncredited)
- 1940 I Take This Oath
as Betty Casey
- 1940 Turnabout
as Irene Clare
- 1940 Honeymoon Deferred
as Kitty Kerry
- 1939 Escape to Paradise
as Penelope Carter
- 1939 Balalaika
as Masha
- 1939 Reno
as Bonnie Newcomb
- 1939 Hotel for Women
as Emeline Thomas
- 1939 Rose of Washington Square
as Peggy
- 1939 Hollywood Hobbies
as Tourist
- 1939 The Flying Irishman
as Sally
- 1938 Going Places
as Joan
- 1938 Trade Winds
as Mrs. Johnson
- 1938 Artists and Models Abroad
as Chickie
- 1938 The Last Warning
as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
- 1938 Spring Madness
as Sally
- 1938 How to Watch Football
as Benchley's girlfriend
- 1938 You and Me
as Curly Blonde
- 1938 Women Are Like That
as Miss Hall
- 1938 Love on a Budget
as Millie Brown
- 1937 The Awful Truth
as Dixie Belle Lee
- 1937 Small Town Boy
as Molly Summers
- 1937 Sea Racketeers
as Blondie
- 1937 The Toast of New York
as Mary Lou (uncredited)
- 1937 Born Reckless
as Dora
- 1937 Rhythm in the Clouds
as Receptionist
- 1937 Kid Galahad
as Party Guest on Phone (uncredited)
- 1937 Pick a Star
as Newlywed
- 1937 Wings Over Honolulu
as Caroline
- 1937 Top of the Town
as Beulah
- 1937 We Have Our Moments
as Carrie
- 1937 China Passage
as Elaine Gentry
- 1936 Three Smart Girls
as Evans' Secretary
- 1936 Country Gentlemen
as Gertie
- 1936 Under Your Spell
as Secretary (uncredited)
- 1936 Ellis Island
as Adele
- 1936 Murder with Pictures
as Hester Boone
- 1936 Sitting on the Moon
as Blossom
- 1936 Star for a Night
as Ellen Romaine
- 1936 Trapped by Television
as Mae Collins
- 1936 The Harvester
as Thelma Biddle
- 1936 Love Before Breakfast
as Mary Lee
- 1936 Valley of the Lawless
as Joan Jenkins
- 1935 Public Ghost # 1
as Miss Compton
- 1935 Suicide Squad
as Mary O'Connor
- 1935 Life Hesitates at 40
as Joyce
- 1935 Manhattan Monkey Business
as Joyce
- 1935 College Scandal
as Toby Carpenter
- 1935 Let 'em Have It
as Barbara
- 1935 Go Into Your Dance
as Café Showgirl
- 1935 Rustlers of Red Dog
as Mary Lee
- 1934 Caravan
as Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
- 1934 Imitation of Life
as Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
- 1934 The White Parade
as Una Mellon
- 1934 Everything's Ducky
as Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
- 1934 King Kelly of the U.S.A.
as Maxine LaTour
- 1934 Million Dollar Ransom
as Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
- 1934 Affairs of a Gentleman
as Foxey Dennison
- 1933 Only Yesterday
as Margot (Uncredited)
- 1933 Sing, Sinner, Sing
as Gwen
- 1933 Roadhouse Queen
as Dorothy
- 1933 Dream Stuff
as Betty
- 1933 The Plumber and the Lady
as Louise
- 1933 Caliente Love
as Betty
- 1933 Luxury Liner
as Girl Overboard (uncredited)
- 1933 The Wrestler's Bride
as Mrs. Scissors Jackson
- 1932 If I Had a Million
as Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
- 1932 Afraid to Talk
as Alice - Party Girl
- 1932 Madison Square Garden
as Joyce
- 1932 False Faces
as Dottie Nation
- 1932 A Parisian Romance
as Marcelle
- 1932 Fighting for Justice
as Amy Tracy
- 1932 Lady and Gent
as Betty
- 1932 Beauty Parlor
as Joan Perry
- 1932 Unholy Love
as Sheilla Bailey Gregory
- 1932 Westward Passage
as Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
- 1932 Lena Rivers
as Caroline Nichols
- 1932 Under Eighteen
as Sybil
- 1931 Good Sport
as Fay
- 1931 The Spider
as Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
- 1931 Annabelle's Affairs
as Mabel
- 1931 Women of All Nations
as Kiki
- 1931 Up Pops the Devil
as Luella May Carroll
- 1931 Three Girls Lost
as Edna Best
- 1931 Three Rogues
as Ace's girl
- 1930 Lightnin'
as Betty - Larry's Wife
- 1930 Wild Company
as Anita Grayson
- 1930 The Three Sisters
as Carlotta
- 1930 High Society Blues
as Pearl Granger
- 1929 Salute
as Marian Wilson
- 1929 Dangerous Curves
as Jennie Silver
- 1929 The Wild Party
as Eva 'Evie' Tutt
- 1929 The Sky Hawk
as Peggy
- 1928 Soft Living
as Billie Wilson
- 1927 The Border Cavalier
as Madge Lawton
- 1927 Ankles Preferred
as Virginia
- 1926 Syncopating Sue
as Marge Adams
- 1925 A Broadway Lady
as Phyllis Westbrook
- 1925 What Fools Men
as Dorothy