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Home/People/Betty Compson
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Born
Mar 17, 1897Died: Apr 18, 1974
Lived 77 years
Place of Birth
Beaver, Utah, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

128
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0
TV Shows
Also Known As
Eleanor Luicime Compson
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IMDb Profile

Betty Compson

Acting

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.
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films poster

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

as Herself (archive footage)
2011
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)
1975
Here Comes Trouble poster

Here Comes Trouble

as Martha Blake
1948
Second Chance poster

Second Chance

as Mrs. Davenport
1947
Hard Boiled Mahoney poster

Hard Boiled Mahoney

as Selena Webster
1947
Her Adventurous Night poster

Her Adventurous Night

as Miss Spencer
1946
Danger! Women at Work poster

Danger! Women at Work

as Madame Sappho
1943
Confessions of a Vice Baron poster

Confessions of a Vice Baron

as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1943
Escort Girl poster

Escort Girl

as Ruth Ashley
1941
Invisible Ghost poster

Invisible Ghost

as Mrs. Kessler
1941
Roar of the Press poster

Roar of the Press

as Mrs. Thelma Tate
1941
Mr. & Mrs. Smith poster

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Gertie
1941
Laughing at Danger poster

Laughing at Danger

as Mrs. Van Horn
1940
Mad Youth poster

Mad Youth

as Lucy Morgan
1940
Strange Cargo poster

Strange Cargo

as Suzanne (uncredited)
1940
Cafe Hostess poster

Cafe Hostess

as Cafe Hostess
1940
Cowboys from Texas poster

Cowboys from Texas

as Belle Starkey
1939
News Is Made at Night poster

News Is Made at Night

as Kitty Truman
1939
Hotel Imperial poster

Hotel Imperial

as Soubrette (uncredited)
1939
Under the Big Top poster

Under the Big Top

as Marie
1938