Betty Compson

Betty Compson

Acting

Birthday

1897/03/17

Day of death

1974/04/18 (77 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Beaver, Utah, USA

Also know as

Eleanor Luicime Compson, ベティ・カンプソン

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.

Acting
The Docks of New York
7.0

(1928) The Docks of New York

as Mae

0.0

(1930) She Got What She Wanted

as ---

The Time, the Place and the Girl
0.0

(1929) The Time, the Place and the Girl

as Doris Ward

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
6.2

(1941) Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Gertie

Cheating Cheaters
0.0

(1927) Cheating Cheaters

as Nan Carey

Hollywood
7.0

(1923) Hollywood

as Betty Compson

Over the Border
0.0

(1922) Over the Border

as Jen Galbraith

The Woman with Four Faces
0.0

(1923) The Woman with Four Faces

as Elizabeth West

The Wise Guy
0.0

(1926) The Wise Guy

as Hula Kate

For Those We Love
0.0

(1921) For Those We Love

as Bernice Arnold

Prisoners of Love
0.0

(1921) Prisoners of Love

as Blanche Davis

The Garden of Weeds
0.0

(1924) The Garden of Weeds

as Dorothy Delbridge

Strange Cargo
7.0

(1940) Strange Cargo

as Suzanne (uncredited)

Second Chance
5.0

(1947) Second Chance

as Mrs. Davenport

The Barker
7.0

(1928) The Barker

as Carrie

The Devil's Trail
0.0

(1919) The Devil's Trail

as Rose

Street Girl
5.8

(1929) Street Girl

as Frederika Joyzelle

1.0

(1925) Locked Doors

as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter

The White Shadow
7.2

(1924) The White Shadow

as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent

The Lady Refuses
5.3

(1931) The Lady Refuses

as June

The Great Gabbo
5.5

(1929) The Great Gabbo

as Mary

On With the Show!
5.0

(1929) On With the Show!

as Nita

Destination Unknown
0.0

(1933) Destination Unknown

as Ruby Smith

Woman to Woman
5.1

(1929) Woman to Woman

as Deloryce / Lola

Blondes at Work
6.1

(1938) Blondes at Work

as Blanche Revelle

Here Comes Trouble
4.6

(1948) Here Comes Trouble

as Martha Blake

False Pretenses
5.0

(1935) False Pretenses

as Clarissa Stanhope

Paths to Paradise
5.6

(1925) Paths to Paradise

as Molly

Torchy Blane in Panama
5.3

(1938) Torchy Blane in Panama

as Kitty, Gomez's Moll

The Case of Sergeant Grischa
6.5

(1930) The Case of Sergeant Grischa

as Babka

Cowboys from Texas
2.0

(1939) Cowboys from Texas

as Belle Starkey

Notorious But Nice
5.5

(1933) Notorious But Nice

as Millie Sprague

Escort Girl
3.2

(1941) Escort Girl

as Ruth Ashley

Bulldog Edition
3.0

(1936) Bulldog Edition

as Billie Blake

The Millionaire Kid
5.0

(1936) The Millionaire Kid

as Gloria Neville

August Week End
5.0

(1936) August Week End

as Ethel Ames

The Drag-Net
4.7

(1936) The Drag-Net

as Mollie Cole

Circus Girl
4.0

(1937) Circus Girl

as Carlotta

Crazy by Proxy
0.0

(1917) Crazy by Proxy

as ---

The Gay Diplomat
4.0

(1931) The Gay Diplomat

as Baroness Corri

Under the Big Top
5.5

(1938) Under the Big Top

as Marie

Hotel Imperial
6.0

(1939) Hotel Imperial

as Soubrette (uncredited)

Weary River
5.5

(1929) Weary River

as Alice Gray

Three Who Loved
5.4

(1931) Three Who Loved

as Helga Larson Hanson

The Belle of Broadway
5.7

(1926) The Belle of Broadway

as Marie Duval

Guilty or Not Guilty
6.0

(1932) Guilty or Not Guilty

as Maizie

West of Singapore
0.0

(1933) West of Singapore

as Lou

Religious Racketeers
5.0

(1938) Religious Racketeers

as Ada Bernard

Port of Missing Girls
0.0

(1938) Port of Missing Girls

as Chicago

The Fast Set
0.0

(1924) The Fast Set

as Margaret Sones

Hubby's Night Out
5.0

(1917) Hubby's Night Out

as Wifey

Inside the Lines
5.1

(1930) Inside the Lines

as Jane Gershon

A Trip to Paramountown
6.0

(1922) A Trip to Paramountown

as Self

The Miracle Man
4.5

(1919) The Miracle Man

as Rose

The Czar of Broadway
0.0

(1930) The Czar of Broadway

as Connie Colton

Say It with Diamonds
0.0

(1927) Say It with Diamonds

as Betty Howard

Invisible Ghost
5.2

(1941) Invisible Ghost

as Mrs. Kessler

Woman to Woman
6.5

(1923) Woman to Woman

as Louise Boucher / Deloryse

Beggar on Horseback
6.0

(1925) Beggar on Horseback

as Princess in Pantomime

Danger! Women at Work
6.0

(1943) Danger! Women at Work

as Madame Sappho

The Making Over of Mother
5.0

(1916) The Making Over of Mother

as Mrs. Newlywed

Two Minutes to Play
5.0

(1936) Two Minutes to Play

as 'Fluff' Harding

Midnight Mystery
4.2

(1930) Midnight Mystery

as Sally Wayne

Scarlet Seas
3.5

(1928) Scarlet Seas

as Rose

Mad Youth
4.6

(1940) Mad Youth

as Lucy Morgan

The Green Temptation
0.0

(1922) The Green Temptation

as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
9.0

(2011) Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

as Herself (archive footage)

News Is Made at Night
4.5

(1939) News Is Made at Night

as Kitty Truman

Hard Boiled Mahoney
6.4

(1947) Hard Boiled Mahoney

as Selena Webster

The Palace of Pleasure
0.0

(1926) The Palace of Pleasure

as Lola Montez

Two Gun Justice
6.0

(1938) Two Gun Justice

as Kate

Hollywood Boulevard
2.5

(1936) Hollywood Boulevard

as Betty

The Pony Express
5.9

(1925) The Pony Express

as Molly Jones

Those Who Dance
6.0

(1930) Those Who Dance

as Kitty

The Big City
0.0

(1928) The Big City

as Helen

The Beloved Brat
6.4

(1938) The Beloved Brat

as Eleanor Sparks

The Little Minister
7.0

(1921) The Little Minister

as Lady Babbie

Federal Bullets
0.0

(1937) Federal Bullets

as Sue, Gang Moll

Laughing at Danger
0.0

(1940) Laughing at Danger

as Mrs. Van Horn

Skin Deep
1.0

(1929) Skin Deep

as Sadie Rogers

The Spoilers
6.0

(1930) The Spoilers

as Cherry Malotte

0.0

(1916) That Doggone Baby

as Wifie Parker

0.0

(1917) As Luck Would Have It

as ---

Show of Shows
5.5

(1929) Show of Shows

as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)

Cafe Hostess
5.5

(1940) Cafe Hostess

as Cafe Hostess

Roar of the Press
5.6

(1941) Roar of the Press

as Mrs. Thelma Tate

A Slight Case of Murder
6.1

(1938) A Slight Case of Murder

as Loretta

Ladies Must Live
0.0

(1921) Ladies Must Live

as Christine Bleeker

Isle of Escape
6.0

(1930) Isle of Escape

as Stella

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
5.7

(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

(1928) Fashion News

as Self (1930)

The Boudoir Diplomat
1.0

(1930) The Boudoir Diplomat

as Helene

The Enemy Sex
9.0

(1924) The Enemy Sex

as Dodo Baxter

The Stranger
0.0

(1924) The Stranger

as Peggy Bowlin

The Silver Lining
0.0

(1932) The Silver Lining

as Kate Flynn

The Desert Bride
4.7

(1928) The Desert Bride

as Diane Duval

Ramshackle House
0.0

(1924) Ramshackle House

as Pen Broome

Love Me and the World is Mine
0.0

(1927) Love Me and the World is Mine

as Mitzel

Laughing Irish Eyes
0.0

(1936) Laughing Irish Eyes

as Molly

At the End of the World
0.0

(1921) At the End of the World

as Cherry O'Day

The House That Shadows Built
7.0

(1931) The House That Shadows Built

as (archive footage)

To Have and to Hold
0.0

(1922) To Have and to Hold

as Lady Jocelyn Leigh

Kick In
0.0

(1922) Kick In

as Molly Brandon

The Rustle of Silk
0.0

(1923) The Rustle of Silk

as Lala De Breeze

The White Flower
0.0

(1923) The White Flower

as Konia Markham

Court-Martial
6.0

(1928) Court-Martial

as Belle Starr

Eve's Secret
0.0

(1925) Eve's Secret

as Eve

New Lives for Old
0.0

(1925) New Lives for Old

as Olympe

Border Raiders
0.0

(1918) Border Raiders

as Rose Hardy

The Bonded Woman
3.0

(1922) The Bonded Woman

as Angela Gaskell

Her Adventurous Night
7.0

(1946) Her Adventurous Night

as Miss Spencer

The Female
0.0

(1924) The Female

as Dalla

The Light of Victory
0.0

(1919) The Light of Victory

as Jane Ravenslee

Blaze o' Glory
0.0

(1929) Blaze o' Glory

as Helen Williams

Killer at Large
6.0

(1936) Killer at Large

as Kate

Confessions of a Vice Baron
3.8

(1943) Confessions of a Vice Baron

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

0.0

(1923) The Royal Oak

as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley

God's Country and the Man
6.0

(1937) God's Country and the Man

as Roxey Moore

The Sheriff
0.0

(1918) The Sheriff

as School Teacher

The Law and the Woman
0.0

(1922) Law and the Woman

as Margaret Rolfe

Virtuous Husband
0.0

(1931) Virtuous Husband

as Inez Wakefield

0.0

(1931) Hollywood Halfbacks

as ---