Portrait of Betty Compson

Betty Compson

Acting

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.

Born: March 17, 1897

Place of Birth: Beaver, Utah, USA

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

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
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
1938
Religious Racketeers

as Ada Bernard

1938
Torchy Blane in Panama

as Kitty, Gomez's Moll

1938
The Beloved Brat

as Eleanor Sparks

1938
1938
1938
Blondes at Work

as Blanche Revelle

1937
Federal Bullets

as Sue, Gang Moll

1937
1937
Circus Girl

as Carlotta

1936
Two Minutes to Play

as 'Fluff' Harding

1936
1936
Bulldog Edition

as Billie Blake

1936
The Drag-Net

as Mollie Cole

1936
The Millionaire Kid

as Gloria Neville

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

1932
The Silver Lining

as Kate Flynn

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
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
1930
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
1929
Skin Deep

as Sadie Rogers

1929
Street Girl

as Frederika Joyzelle

1929
Weary River

as Alice Gray

1928
The Barker

as Carrie

1928
Court Martial

as Belle Starr

1928
1928
The Desert Bride

as Diane Duval

1928
The Big City

as Helen

1928
1927
Cheating Cheaters

as Nan Carey

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
1925
Counsel for the Defense

as Katherine West

1925
The Pony Express

as Molly Jones

1925
1925
Beggar on Horseback

as Princess in Pantomime

1925
1925
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
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
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
1921
Prisoners of Love

as Blanche Davis

1919
1919
The Light of Victory

as Jane Ravenslee

1918
The Sheriff

as School Teacher

1918
Border Raiders

as Rose Hardy

1917
1916