Fay Compton
Birthday
1894/09/18
Day of death
1978/12/12 (84 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Fulham, London, England, UK
Also know as
Virginia Lilian Emmeline Mackenzie Compton, Фэй Комптон, Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie
Biography
From Wikipedia Fay Compton CBE (18 September 1894 – 12 December 1978) was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her elder sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century theatrical luminary Henry Compton. Author Compton Mackenzie was her elder brother. Compton's film work is not as well known as her stage ...Read more
Acting
(1921) A Woman of No Importance
as Rachel Arbuthnot
(1963) The Haunting
as Mrs. Sanderson
(1947) Odd Man Out
as Rosie
(1951) Othello
as Emilia
(1951) Laughter in Paradise
as Agnes Russell
(1925) The Happy Ending
as Mildred Craddock
(1953) The Vanquished
as Mrs. Pinkerton
(1957) Town on Trial
as Mrs. Crowley
(1948) London Belongs to Me
as Mrs. Josser
(1949) The Forbidden Street
as Mrs. Culver
(1948) Esther Waters
as Mrs. Barfield
(1951) Blackmailed
as Mrs. Christopher
(1957) The Story of Esther Costello
as Mother Superior
(1934) Autumn Crocus
as Jenny Grey
(1921) The Old Wives' Tale
as Sophie Barnes
(1952) Lady Possessed
as Mme. Brune
(1956) Doublecross
as Alice Pascoe
(1934) Waltzes from Vienna
as Countess Helga von Stahl
(1931) Cape Forlorn
as Eileen Kell
(1941) The Prime Minister
as Queen Victoria
(1937) The Mill on the Floss
as Mrs. Tulliver
(1931) Tell England
as Mrs. Doe
(1954) Aunt Clara
as Gladys Smith
(1924) The Eleventh Commandment
as Ruth Barchester
(1939) So This Is London
as Lady Worthing
(1970) The Virgin and the Gypsy
as Grandma
(1929) Fashions in Love
as Marie de Remy
(1922) A Bill of Divorcement
as Margaret Fairfield
(1922) Diana of the Crossways
as Diana
(1925) Settled Out of Court
as The Woman
(1970) I Start Counting
as Mrs. Bennett
(1931) Uneasy Virtue
as Dorothy Rendell
(1963) Uncle Vanya
as Marya, the mother
(1924) The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
as Mary Stuart
(1927) Somehow Good
as Rosalind Nightingale
(1947) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Mme. Mantalini
(1922) The House of Peril
as Sylvia Bailey
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1967) Sanctuary
as ---
(1960) Maigret
as ---
(1957) Nicholas Nickleby
as ---
(1967) The Forsyte Saga
as 'Aunt Ann' Forsyte
(1968) Cold Comfort Farm
as Aunt Ada Doom (Starkadder)
(1968) Journey to the Unknown
as Queen Victoria
(1969) Dombey and Son
as Mrs. Brown