Betty Compson

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Beaver, Utah, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

17 March 1897, 128 years old

Known For

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

The Docks of New York

Invisible Ghost

Strange Cargo

A Slight Case of Murder

The Great Gabbo

The Lady Refuses

Weary River

Woman to Woman

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Herself (archive footage)

2011

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage)

1975

Here Comes Trouble

Martha Blake

1948

Second Chance

Mrs. Davenport

1947

Hard Boiled Mahoney

Selena Webster

1947

Her Adventurous Night

Miss Spencer

1946

Danger! Women at Work

Madame Sappho

1943

Confessions of a Vice Baron

Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)

1943

Escort Girl

Ruth Ashley

1941

Invisible Ghost

Mrs. Kessler

1941

Roar of the Press

Mrs. Thelma Tate

1941

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Gertie

1941

Laughing at Danger

Mrs. Van Horn

1940

Mad Youth

Lucy Morgan

1940

Strange Cargo

Suzanne (uncredited)

1940

Cafe Hostess

1940

Cowboys from Texas

Belle Starkey

1939

News Is Made at Night

Kitty Truman

1939

Hotel Imperial

Soubrette (uncredited)

1939

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

1938

Federal Bullets

Sue, Gang Moll

1937

God's Country and the Man

Roxey Moore

1937

Circus Girl

Carlotta

1937

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

1936

False Pretenses

Clarissa Stanhope

1935

No Sleep on the Deep

Mrs. Eldridge

1934

Notorious But Nice

Millie Sprague

1933

Destination Unknown

Ruby Smith

1933

West of Singapore

Lou

1933

Guilty or Not Guilty

Maizie

1932

The Silver Lining

Kate Flynn

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

1929

The Barker

Carrie

1928

The Docks of New York

Mae

1928

Court Martial

Belle Starr

1928

The Masked Angel

Betty

1928

The Desert Bride

Diane Duval

1928

The Big City

Helen

1928

Scarlet Seas

Rose

1928

Cheating Cheaters

Nan Carey

1927

Love Me and the World Is Mine

Mitzel

1927

Say It with Diamonds

Betty Howard

1927

The Belle of Broadway

Marie Duval / The Young Adele

1926

The Wise Guy

Hula Kate

1926

The Palace of Pleasure

Lola Montez

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

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

1922

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

1921

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

1919

The Sheriff

School Teacher

1918

Border Raiders

Rose Hardy

1918

Crazy by Proxy

1917

As Luck Would Have It

1917

Hubby's Night Out

Wifey

1917

That Doggone Baby

Wifie Parker

1916

The Making Over of Mother

Mrs. Newlywed

1916

Inoculating Hubby

1916