Betty Compson
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Acting Credits
Biography
Betty Compson (March 19, 1897 β 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.
Known For
Filmography
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Herself (archive footage)
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
as Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Here Comes Trouble
1948
as Martha Blake
Second Chance
1947
as Mrs. Davenport
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947
as Selena Webster
Her Adventurous Night
1946
as Miss Spencer
Danger! Women at Work
1943
as Madame Sappho
Confessions of a Vice Baron
1943
as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
as Gertie
Escort Girl
1941
as Ruth Ashley
Invisible Ghost
1941
as Mrs. Kessler
Roar of the Press
1941
as Mrs. Thelma Tate
Strange Cargo
1940
as Suzanne (uncredited)
Mad Youth
1940
as Lucy Morgan
Laughing at Danger
1940
as Mrs. Van Horn
Cafe Hostess
1940
as Cafe Hostess
Cowboys from Texas
1939
as Belle Starkey
Hotel Imperial
1939
as Soubrette (uncredited)
News Is Made at Night
1939
as Kitty Truman
Blondes at Work
1938
as Blanche Revelle
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938
as Kitty, Gomez's Moll
Under the Big Top
1938
as Marie
Religious Racketeers
1938
as Ada Bernard
Port of Missing Girls
1938
as Chicago
Two Gun Justice
1938
as Kate
The Beloved Brat
1938
as Eleanor Sparks
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
as Loretta
Circus Girl
1937
as Carlotta
Federal Bullets
1937
as Sue, Gang Moll
God's Country and the Man
1937
as Roxey Moore
Bulldog Edition
1936
as Billie Blake
The Millionaire Kid
1936
as Gloria Neville
August Week End
1936
as Ethel Ames
The Drag Net
1936
as Mollie Cole
Two Minutes to Play
1936
as 'Fluff' Harding
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Betty
Laughing Irish Eyes
1936
as Molly
Killer at Large
1936
as Kate
False Pretenses
1935
as Clarissa Stanhope
No Sleep on the Deep
1934
as Mrs. Eldridge
Destination Unknown
1933
as Ruby Smith
Notorious But Nice
1933
as Millie Sprague
West of Singapore
1933
as Lou
Guilty or Not Guilty
1932
as Maizie
The Silver Lining
1932
as Kate Flynn
The Lady Refuses
1931
as June
The Gay Diplomat
1931
as Baroness Corri
Three Who Loved
1931
as Helga Larson Hanson
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
Virtuous Husband
1931
as Inez Wakefield
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
She Got What She Wanted
1930
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930
as Babka
Inside the Lines
1930
as Jane Gershon
The Czar of Broadway
1930
as Connie Colton
Midnight Mystery
1930
as Sally Wayne
Those Who Dance
1930
as Kitty
The Spoilers
1930
as Cherry Malotte
Isle of Escape
1930
as Stella
The Boudoir Diplomat
1930
as Helene
The Time, the Place and the Girl
1929
as Doris Ward
Street Girl
1929
as Frederika Joyzelle
The Great Gabbo
1929
as Mary
On With the Show!
1929
as Nita
Woman to Woman
1929
as Deloryce / Lola
Weary River
1929
as Alice Gray
Skin Deep
1929
as Sadie Rogers
The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
Blaze o' Glory
1929
as Helen Williams
The Docks of New York
1928
as Mae
The Barker
1928
as Carrie
Scarlet Seas
1928
as Rose
The Big City
1928
as Helen
The Desert Bride
1928
as Diane Duval
Court Martial
1928
as Belle Starr
The Masked Angel
1928
as Betty
Life's Mockery
1928
as Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton
Cheating Cheaters
1927
as Nan Carey
Say It with Diamonds
1927
as Betty Howard
Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927
as Mitzel
Temptations of a Shop Girl
1927
as Ruth Harrington
The Wise Guy
1926
as Hula Kate
The Belle of Broadway
1926
as Marie Duval / The Young Adele
The Palace of Pleasure
1926
as Lola Montez
Locked Doors
1925
as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
Paths to Paradise
1925
as Molly
Beggar on Horseback
1925
as Princess in Pantomime
The Pony Express
1925
as Molly Jones
Eve's Secret
1925
as Eve
New Lives for Old
1925
as Olympe
Counsel for the Defense
1925
as Katherine West
The Garden of Weeds
1924
as Dorothy Delbridge
The White Shadow
1924
as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
The Fast Set
1924
as Margaret Sones
The Enemy Sex
1924
as Dodo Baxter
The Stranger
1924
as Peggy Bowlin
Ramshackle House
1924
as Pen Broome
The Female
1924
as Dalla
Miami
1924
as Joan Bruce
Hollywood
1923
as Betty Compson
The Woman with Four Faces
1923
as Elizabeth West
Woman to Woman
1923
as Louise Boucher / Deloryse
The Rustle of Silk
1923
as Lala De Breeze
The White Flower
1923
as Konia Markham
The Royal Oak
1923
as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
Over the Border
1922
as Jen Galbraith
A Trip to Paramountown
1922
as Self
The Green Temptation
1922
as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
To Have and to Hold
1922
as Lady Jocelyn Leigh
Kick In
1922
as Molly Brandon
The Bonded Woman
1922
as Angela Gaskell
Law and the Woman
1922
as Margaret Rolfe
Always the Woman
1922
as Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris
For Those We Love
1921
as Bernice Arnold
Prisoners of Love
1921
as Blanche Davis
The Little Minister
1921
as Lady Babbie
Ladies Must Live
1921
as Christine Bleeker
At the End of the World
1921
as Cherry O'Day
The Devil's Trail
1919
as Rose
The Miracle Man
1919
as Rose
The Light of Victory
1919
as Jane Ravenslee
The Terror of the Range
1919
as Thelma Grant
Border Raiders
1918
as Rose Hardy
The Sheriff
1918
as School Teacher
Crazy by Proxy
1917
Hubby's Night Out
1917
as Wifey
As Luck Would Have It
1917
Out for the Coin
1917
The Making Over of Mother
1916
as Mrs. Newlywed
That Doggone Baby
1916
as Wifie Parker
Inoculating Hubby
1916