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
| Birth Location | Beaver, Utah, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1897-03-17 |
| Died | 1974-04-18 |
Movies
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself (archive footage)
2011
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Here Comes Trouble
as Martha Blake
1948
Second Chance
as Mrs. Davenport
1947
Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Selena Webster
1947
Her Adventurous Night
as Miss Spencer
1946
Danger! Women at Work
as Madame Sappho
1943
Confessions of a Vice Baron
as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1943
Escort Girl
as Ruth Ashley
1941
Invisible Ghost
as Mrs. Kessler
1941
Roar of the Press
as Mrs. Thelma Tate
1941
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Gertie
1941
Laughing at Danger
as Mrs. Van Horn
1940
Mad Youth
as Lucy Morgan
1940
Strange Cargo
as Suzanne (uncredited)
1940
Cafe Hostess
as Cafe Hostess
1940
Cowboys from Texas
as Belle Starkey
1939
News Is Made at Night
as Kitty Truman
1939
Hotel Imperial
as Soubrette (uncredited)
1939
Under the Big Top
as Marie
1938
Religious Racketeers
as Ada Bernard
1938
Torchy Blane in Panama
as Kitty, Gomez's Moll
1938
The Beloved Brat
as Eleanor Sparks
1938
Two Gun Justice
as Kate
1938
A Slight Case of Murder
as Loretta
1938
Port of Missing Girls
as Chicago
1938
Blondes at Work
as Blanche Revelle
1938
Federal Bullets
as Sue, Gang Moll
1937
God's Country and the Man
as Roxey Moore
1937
Circus Girl
as Carlotta
1937
Two Minutes to Play
as 'Fluff' Harding
1936
Killer at Large
as Kate
1936
Bulldog Edition
as Billie Blake
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
as Betty
1936
The Drag-Net
as Mollie Cole
1936
The Millionaire Kid
as Gloria Neville
1936
Laughing Irish Eyes
as Molly
1936
August Week End
as Ethel Ames
1936
False Pretenses
as Clarissa Stanhope
1935
Notorious But Nice
as Millie Sprague
1933
Destination Unknown
as Ruby Smith
1933
West of Singapore
as Lou
1933
Guilty or Not Guilty
as Maizie
1932
The Silver Lining
as Kate Flynn
1932
The Gay Diplomat
as Baroness Corri
1931
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1931
Three Who Loved
as Helga Larson Hanson
1931
Virtuous Husband
as Inez Wakefield
1931
The Lady Refuses
as June
1931
The Boudoir Diplomat
as Helene
1930
The Spoilers
as Cherry Malotte
1930
Inside the Lines
as Jane Gershon
1930
Midnight Mystery
as Sally Wayne
1930
The Czar of Broadway
as Connie Colton
1930
Those Who Dance
as Kitty
1930
Isle of Escape
as Stella
1930
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
as Babka
1930
Blaze o' Glory
as Helen Williams
1929
Show of Shows
as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
1929
Woman to Woman
as Deloryce / Lola
1929
The Great Gabbo
as Mary
1929
Street Girl
as Frederika Joyzelle
1929
On With the Show!
as Nita
1929
The Time, the Place and the Girl
as Doris Ward
1929
Weary River
as Alice Gray
1929
Fashion News
as Self (1930)
1928
The Barker
as Carrie
1928
The Docks of New York
as Mae
1928
Court-Martial
as Belle Starr
1928
The Desert Bride
as Diane Duval
1928
The Big City
as Helen
1928
Scarlet Seas
as Rose
1928
Cheating Cheaters
as Nan Carey
1927
Love Me and the World is Mine
as Mitzel
1927
Say It with Diamonds
as Betty Howard
1927
The Belle of Broadway
as Marie Duval
1926
The Wise Guy
as Hula Kate
1926
The Palace of Pleasure
as Lola Montez
1926
The Pony Express
as Molly Jones
1925
Paths to Paradise
as Molly
1925
Beggar on Horseback
as Princess in Pantomime
1925
Eve's Secret
as Eve
1925
New Lives for Old
as Olympe
1925
Locked Doors
as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
1925
The Garden of Weeds
as Dorothy Delbridge
1924
The Fast Set
as Margaret Sones
1924
The Female
as Dalla
1924
Ramshackle House
as Pen Broome
1924
The Enemy Sex
as Dodo Baxter
1924
The White Shadow
as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
1924
The Stranger
as Peggy Bowlin
1924
The Royal Oak
as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
1923
Hollywood
as Betty Compson
1923
The Woman with Four Faces
as Elizabeth West
1923
The Rustle of Silk
as Lala De Breeze
1923
The White Flower
as Konia Markham
1923
Woman to Woman
as Louise Boucher / Deloryse
1923
Kick In
as Molly Brandon
1922
To Have and to Hold
as Lady Jocelyn Leigh
1922
The Bonded Woman
as Angela Gaskell
1922
A Trip to Paramountown
as Self
1922
Over the Border
as Jen Galbraith
1922
The Green Temptation
as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
1922
Law and the Woman
as Margaret Rolfe
1922
The Little Minister
as Lady Babbie
1921
Ladies Must Live
as Christine Bleeker
1921
For Those We Love
as Bernice Arnold
1921
At the End of the World
as Cherry O'Day
1921
Prisoners of Love
as Blanche Davis
1921
The Miracle Man
as Rose
1919
The Devil's Trail
as Rose
1919
The Light of Victory
as Jane Ravenslee
1919
The Sheriff
as School Teacher
1918
Border Raiders
as Rose Hardy
1918
1917
Hubby's Night Out
as Wifey
1917
That Doggone Baby
as Wifie Parker
1916
The Making Over of Mother
as Mrs. Newlywed
1916
