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