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Betty Compson

Stage Actress / Film Actress / Film Producer | * 03/19/1897 († 77, 04/19/1974) | Beaver, Utah (United States of America (USA))
† died 50 years ago
Betty Compson (born Eleanor Luicime Compson; March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer who got her start during Hollywood's silent era. She is best known for her performances in The Docks of New York and The Barker, the latter of which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

Known for these Movies & Shows

Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her shock, he answers, "No". Later that day, the ...

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Certification unknown

1941 | 3.2/5 | 1h 35min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Lola de Breze loves Lord Arthur Fallaray from afar, though there seems to be no way to bring them together -- he is England's Colonial Secretary and married, while she is merely a working class maiden ...

The Rustle of Silk

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1923 | 1h 10min
Drama, Romance / Love
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A wealthy London nobleman hires a pretty but poor young girl to distract his playboy son from marrying a golddigger. Complications ensue when the girl and the father begin to fall for each other, and ...

The Lady Refuses

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1931 | 2.8/5 | 1h 12min
Romance / Love, Drama
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A homeless and destitute violinist joins a combo to bring it success, but has problems with her love life. ...

Street Girl

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1929 | 3.0/5 | 1h 27min
Romance / Love, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Betty Compson

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Actress
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Movies with Betty Compson as Actress(117)

as Herself (archive footage)2011 Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Self (archive footage)1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Martha Blake1948 Here Comes Trouble
as Selena Webster1947 Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Mrs. Davenport1947 Second Chance
as Miss Spencer1946 Her Adventurous Night
as Madame Sappho1943 Danger! Women at Work
as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)1943 Confessions of a Vice Baron
as Ruth Ashley1941 Escort Girl
as Mrs. Thelma Tate1941 Roar of the Press
as Mrs. Kessler1941 Invisible Ghost
as Gertie1941 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Lucy Morgan1940 Mad Youth
as Mrs. Van Horn1940 Laughing at Danger
as Cafe Hostess1940 Cafe Hostess
as Suzanne (uncredited)1940 Strange Cargo
as Kitty Truman1939 News Is Made at Night
as Belle Starkey1939 Cowboys from Texas
as Soubrette (uncredited)1939 Hotel Imperial
as Kate1938 Two Gun Justice
as Marie1938 Under the Big Top
as Loretta1938 A Slight Case of Murder
as Ada Bernard1938 Religious Racketeers
as Chicago1938 Port of Missing Girls
as Blanche Revelle1938 Blondes at Work
as Kitty, Gomez's Moll1938 Torchy Blane in Panama
as Eleanor Sparks1938 The Beloved Brat
as Sue, Gang Moll1937 Federal Bullets
as Roxey Moore1937 God's Country and the Man
as Carlotta1937 Circus Girl
as Billie Blake1936 Bulldog Edition
as Gloria Neville1936 The Millionaire Kid
as Betty1936 Hollywood Boulevard
as Kate1936 Killer at Large
as Ethel Ames1936 August Week End
as Mollie Cole1936 The Drag-Net
as 'Fluff' Harding1936 Two Minutes to Play
as Molly1936 Laughing Irish Eyes
as Clarissa Stanhope1935 False Pretenses
as Lou1933 West of Singapore
as Ruby Smith1933 Destination Unknown
as Millie Sprague1933 Notorious But Nice
as Kate Flynn1932 The Silver Lining
as Maizie1932 Guilty or Not Guilty
as (archive footage)1931 The House That Shadows Built
as June1931 The Lady Refuses
as Helga Larson Hanson1931 Three Who Loved
as Inez Wakefield1931 Virtuous Husband
as Baroness Corri1931 The Gay Diplomat
as Helene1930 The Boudoir Diplomat
1930 She Got What She Wanted
as Jane Gershon1930 Inside the Lines
as Cherry Malotte1930 The Spoilers
as Connie Colton1930 The Czar of Broadway
as Kitty1930 Those Who Dance
as Babka1930 The Case of Sergeant Grischa
as Stella1930 Isle of Escape
as Sally Wayne1930 Midnight Mystery
as Doris Ward1929 The Time, the Place and the Girl
as Frederika Joyzelle1929 Street Girl
as Nita1929 On With the Show!
as Deloryce / Lola1929 Woman to Woman
as Mary1929 The Great Gabbo
as Helen Williams1929 Blaze o' Glory
as Alice Gray1929 Weary River
as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)1929 Show of Shows
as Diane Duval1928 The Desert Bride
as Carrie1928 The Barker
as Rose1928 Scarlet Seas
as Mae1928 The Docks of New York
as Belle Starr1928 Court-Martial
as Helen1928 The Big City
as Self (1930)1928 Fashion News
as Nan Carey1927 Cheating Cheaters
as Mitzel1927 Love Me and the World Is Mine
as Marie Duval1926 The Belle of Broadway
as Hula Kate1926 The Wise Guy
as Olympe1925 New Lives for Old
as Eve1925 Eve's Secret
as Princess in Pantomime1925 Beggar on Horseback
as Molly Jones1925 The Pony Express
as Molly1925 Paths to Paradise
as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter1925 Locked Doors
as Dodo Baxter1924 The Enemy Sex
as Pen Broome1924 Ramshackle House
as Dalla1924 The Female
as Peggy Bowlin1924 The Stranger
as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent1924 The White Shadow
as Dorothy Delbridge1924 The Garden of Weeds
as Elizabeth West1923 The Woman with Four Faces
as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley1923 The Royal Oak
as herself1923 Hollywood
as Lala De Breeze1923 The Rustle of Silk
as Konia Markham1923 The White Flower
as Louise Boucher / Deloryse1923 Woman to Woman
as Lady Jocelyn Leigh1922 To Have and to Hold
as Angela Gaskell1922 The Bonded Woman
as Margaret Rolfe1922 The Law and the Woman
as Jen Galbraith1922 Over the Border
as Molly Brandon1922 Kick In
as herself1922 A Trip to Paramountown
as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker1922 The Green Temptation
as Bernice Arnold1921 For Those We Love
as Christine Bleeker1921 Ladies Must Live
as Cherry O'Day1921 At the End of the World
as Blanche Davis1921 Prisoners of Love
as Lady Babbie1921 The Little Minister
as Rose1919 The Miracle Man
as Rose1919 The Devil's Trail
as Jane Ravenslee1919 The Light of Victory
as Rose Hardy1918 Border Raiders
as School Teacher1918 The Sheriff
1917 Crazy by Proxy
as Wifey1917 Hubby's Night Out
1917 As Luck Would Have It
as Mrs. Newlywed1916 The Making Over of Mother
as Wifie Parker1916 That Doggone Baby

Movies with Betty Compson as Crew(2)

Writing/Writer1921 For Those We Love
Writing/Writer1921 Prisoners of Love

Full Name: Betty Compson
Born: Friday, 03/19 1897 (March) in Beaver, Utah (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 04/19 1974 (April) in Glendale (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Spouses (current/former): James Cruze
Other names for Betty Compson (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Eleanor Luicime Compson"
"ベティ・カンプソン"
Betty Compson frequently works together with these people:
Max Rée (9x, Crew)
James Cruze (9x, Crew)
Alfred Hitchcock (8x, Crew)
Al Christie (7x, Crew)
Karl Brown (7x, Crew)
William LeBaron (6x, Crew)
Lon Chaney (5x, Actor)
Walter Woods (5x, Crew)
John Harron (5x, Actor)
Myrna Loy (4x, Actress)
Donald Kerr (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:616576, Added: 10/21/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024