Fay Compton
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
as Grandma
I Start Counting
1970
as Mrs. Bennett
Dombey and Son
1969
as Mrs. Brown
Cold Comfort Farm
1968
as Aunt Ada Doom (Starkadder)
Journey to the Unknown
1968
as Queen Victoria
Sanctuary
1967
as Sister Juliana
The Forsyte Saga
1967
as 'Aunt Ann' Forsyte
Knock on Any Door
1965
as Hester Warren
Story Parade
1964
as Miss Babbage
The Haunting
1963
as Mrs. Sanderson
Uncle Vanya
1963
as Marya, the mother
Maigret
1960
No Hiding Place
1959
Town on Trial
1957
as Mrs. Crowley
The Story of Esther Costello
1957
as Mother Superior
Nicholas Nickleby
1957
Doublecross
1956
as Alice Pascoe
Armchair Theatre
1956
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Angelica
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Victoria
Aunt Clara
1954
as Gladys Smith
The Vanquished
1953
as Mrs. Pinkerton
Lady Possessed
1952
as Mme. Brune
Othello
1951
as Emilia
Laughter in Paradise
1951
as Agnes Russell
Blackmailed
1951
as Mrs. Christopher
The Forbidden Street
1949
as Mrs. Culver
London Belongs to Me
1948
as Mrs. Josser
Esther Waters
1948
as Mrs. Barfield
Odd Man Out
1947
as Rosie
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947
as Mme. Mantalini
The Prime Minister
1941
as Queen Victoria
So This Is London
1939
as Lady Worthing
The Mill on the Floss
1937
as Mrs. Tulliver
Autumn Crocus
1934
as Jenny Grey
Waltzes from Vienna
1934
as Countess Helga von Stahl
Cape Forlorn
1931
as Eileen Kell
Tell England
1931
as Mrs. Doe
Uneasy Virtue
1931
as Dorothy Rendell
Fashions in Love
1929
as Marie de Remy
Somehow Good
1927
as Rosalind Nightingale
London Love
1927
as Sally Hope
Robinson Crusoe
1927
as Sophie
The Happy Ending
1925
as Mildred Craddock
Settled Out of Court
1925
as The Woman
The Eleventh Commandment
1924
as Ruth Barchester
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
1924
as Mary Stuart
Claude Duval
1924
as Duchess Frances
A Bill of Divorcement
1922
as Margaret Fairfield
Diana of the Crossways
1922
as Diana
The House of Peril
1922
as Sylvia Bailey
A Woman of No Importance
1921
as Rachel Arbuthnot
The Old Wives' Tale
1921
as Sophie Barnes