Betty Compson

Known for: Acting
Born: March 17, 1897, Beaver, Utah, USA
Died: April 18, 1974
Movies: 135

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.

Best-Known Movies

5.9

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941

7.0

The Docks of New York

1928

5.3

Invisible Ghost

1941

7.0

Strange Cargo

1940

6.4

A Slight Case of Murder

1938

5.7

The Great Gabbo

1929

5.2

The Lady Refuses

1931

4.9

Woman to Woman

1929

5.8

Weary River

1929

6.2

Paths to Paradise

1925

Filmography

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

Directing, Writing & Producing

1922	Always the Woman	Producer
1921	For Those We Love	Writer
1921	Prisoners of Love	Writer

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