Betty Compson

Actor

Born: March 17, 1897
Died: April 18, 1974 (age 77)
From: Beaver, Utah, USA

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.

Filmography (132)

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011)
Herself (archive footage)
Halloween Monster Bash (1991)
Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Self (archive footage)
Here Comes Trouble (1948)
Martha Blake
Second Chance (1947)
Mrs. Davenport
Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
Selena Webster
Her Adventurous Night (1946)
Miss Spencer
Danger! Women at Work (1943)
Madame Sappho
Confessions of a Vice Baron (1943)
Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Escort Girl (1941)
Ruth Ashley
Invisible Ghost (1941)
Mrs. Kessler
Roar of the Press (1941)
Mrs. Thelma Tate
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Gertie
Laughing at Danger (1940)
Mrs. Van Horn
Mad Youth (1940)
Lucy Morgan
Strange Cargo (1940)
Suzanne (uncredited)
Cafe Hostess (1940)
Cafe Hostess
Cowboys from Texas (1939)
Belle Starkey
News Is Made at Night (1939)
Kitty Truman
Hotel Imperial (1939)
Soubrette (uncredited)
Under the Big Top (1938)
Marie
Religious Racketeers (1938)
Ada Bernard
Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)
Kitty, Gomez's Moll
The Beloved Brat (1938)
Eleanor Sparks
Two Gun Justice (1938)
Kate
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
Loretta
Port of Missing Girls (1938)
Chicago
Blondes at Work (1938)
Blanche Revelle
Federal Bullets (1937)
Sue, Gang Moll
God's Country and the Man (1937)
Roxey Moore