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Betty Compson

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Born: March 17, 1897
Died: April 18, 1974
From: Beaver, Utah, USA

Also known 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.

Known for

The Docks of New York

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

The Lady Refuses

Woman to Woman

The Great Gabbo

Paths to Paradise

Escort Girl

The White Shadow

Filmography

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2011

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Acting (Herself (archive footage))

1991

Halloween Monster Bash

Acting (Mrs. Kessler (archive footage))

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Acting (Self (archive footage))

1948

Here Comes Trouble

Acting (Martha Blake)

1947

Second Chance

Acting (Mrs. Davenport)

Hard Boiled Mahoney

Acting (Selena Webster)

1946

Her Adventurous Night

Acting (Miss Spencer)

1943

Danger! Women at Work

Acting (Madame Sappho)

Confessions of a Vice Baron

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

1941

Escort Girl

Acting (Ruth Ashley)

Invisible Ghost

Acting (Mrs. Kessler)

Roar of the Press

Acting (Mrs. Thelma Tate)

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Acting (Gertie)

1940

Laughing at Danger

Acting (Mrs. Van Horn)

Acting (Lucy Morgan)

Strange Cargo

Acting (Suzanne (uncredited))

Cafe Hostess

Acting (Cafe Hostess)

1939

Cowboys from Texas

Acting (Belle Starkey)

News Is Made at Night

Acting (Kitty Truman)

Hotel Imperial

Acting (Soubrette (uncredited))

1938

Under the Big Top

Acting (Marie)

Religious Racketeers

Acting (Ada Bernard)

Torchy Blane in Panama

Acting (Kitty, Gomez's Moll)

The Beloved Brat

Acting (Eleanor Sparks)

Two Gun Justice

Acting (Kate)

A Slight Case of Murder

Acting (Loretta)

Port of Missing Girls

Acting (Chicago)

Blondes at Work

Acting (Blanche Revelle)

1937

Federal Bullets

Acting (Sue, Gang Moll)

God's Country and the Man

Acting (Roxey Moore)

Circus Girl

Acting (Carlotta)

1936

Two Minutes to Play

Acting ('Fluff' Harding)