Acting
Betty Compson
Acting · Born 1897-03-17 · Beaver, Utah, USA
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.
Credits · 128
FilmFragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 · Herself (archive footage)
FilmBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
FilmHere Comes Trouble
1948 · Martha Blake
FilmSecond Chance
1947 · Mrs. Davenport
FilmHard Boiled Mahoney
1947 · Selena Webster
FilmHer Adventurous Night
1946 · Miss Spencer
FilmDanger! Women at Work
1943 · Madame Sappho
FilmConfessions of a Vice Baron
1943 · Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
FilmEscort Girl
1941 · Ruth Ashley
FilmInvisible Ghost
1941 · Mrs. Kessler
FilmRoar of the Press
1941 · Mrs. Thelma Tate
FilmMr. & Mrs. Smith
1941 · Gertie
FilmLaughing at Danger
1940 · Mrs. Van Horn
FilmMad Youth
1940 · Lucy Morgan
FilmStrange Cargo
1940 · Suzanne (uncredited)
FilmCafe Hostess
1940 · Cafe Hostess
FilmCowboys from Texas
1939 · Belle Starkey
FilmNews Is Made at Night
1939 · Kitty Truman
FilmHotel Imperial
1939 · Soubrette (uncredited)
FilmUnder the Big Top
1938 · Marie
FilmReligious Racketeers
1938 · Ada Bernard
FilmTorchy Blane in Panama
1938 · Kitty, Gomez's Moll
FilmThe Beloved Brat
1938 · Eleanor Sparks
FilmTwo Gun Justice
1938 · Kate
FilmA Slight Case of Murder
1938 · Loretta
FilmPort of Missing Girls
1938 · Chicago
FilmBlondes at Work
1938 · Blanche Revelle
FilmFederal Bullets
1937 · Sue, Gang Moll
FilmGod's Country and the Man
1937 · Roxey Moore
FilmCircus Girl
1937 · Carlotta
FilmTwo Minutes to Play
1936 · 'Fluff' Harding
FilmKiller at Large
1936 · Kate
FilmBulldog Edition
1936 · Billie Blake
FilmHollywood Boulevard
1936 · Betty
FilmThe Drag Net
1936 · Mollie Cole
FilmThe Millionaire Kid
1936 · Gloria Neville
FilmLaughing Irish Eyes
1936 · Molly
FilmAugust Week End
1936 · Ethel Ames
FilmFalse Pretenses
1935 · Clarissa Stanhope
FilmNo Sleep on the Deep
1934 · Mrs. Eldridge
FilmNotorious But Nice
1933 · Millie Sprague
FilmDestination Unknown
1933 · Ruby Smith
FilmWest of Singapore
1933 · Lou
FilmGuilty or Not Guilty
1932 · Maizie
FilmThe Silver Lining
1932 · Kate Flynn
Hollywood Halfbacks
FilmHollywood Halfbacks
1931
FilmThe Gay Diplomat
1931 · Baroness Corri
FilmThe House That Shadows Built
1931 · (archive footage)
FilmThree Who Loved
1931 · Helga Larson Hanson
FilmVirtuous Husband
1931 · Inez Wakefield
FilmThe Lady Refuses
1931 · June
FilmThe Boudoir Diplomat
1930 · Helene
She Got What She Wanted
FilmShe Got What She Wanted
1930
FilmThe Spoilers
1930 · Cherry Malotte
FilmInside the Lines
1930 · Jane Gershon
FilmMidnight Mystery
1930 · Sally Wayne
FilmThe Czar of Broadway
1930 · Connie Colton
FilmThose Who Dance
1930 · Kitty
FilmIsle of Escape
1930 · Stella
FilmThe Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930 · Babka
FilmBlaze o' Glory
1929 · Helen Williams
FilmThe Show of Shows
1929 · Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
FilmWoman to Woman
1929 · Deloryce / Lola
FilmThe Great Gabbo
1929 · Mary
FilmSkin Deep
1929 · Sadie Rogers
FilmStreet Girl
1929 · Frederika Joyzelle
FilmOn With the Show!
1929 · Nita
FilmThe Time, the Place and the Girl
1929 · Doris Ward
FilmWeary River
1929 · Alice Gray
FilmThe Barker
1928 · Carrie
FilmThe Docks of New York
1928 · Mae
FilmCourt Martial
1928 · Belle Starr
Life's Mockery
FilmLife's Mockery
1928 · Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton
FilmThe Masked Angel
1928 · Betty
FilmThe Desert Bride
1928 · Diane Duval
FilmThe Big City
1928 · Helen
FilmScarlet Seas
1928 · Rose
FilmCheating Cheaters
1927 · Nan Carey
Temptations of a Shop Girl
FilmTemptations of a Shop Girl
1927 · Ruth Harrington
FilmLove Me and the World Is Mine
1927 · Mitzel
FilmSay It with Diamonds
1927 · Betty Howard
FilmThe Belle of Broadway
1926 · Marie Duval / The Young Adele
FilmThe Wise Guy
1926 · Hula Kate
FilmThe Palace of Pleasure
1926 · Lola Montez
FilmCounsel for the Defense
1925 · Katherine West
FilmThe Pony Express
1925 · Molly Jones
FilmPaths to Paradise
1925 · Molly
FilmBeggar on Horseback
1925 · Princess in Pantomime
FilmEve's Secret
1925 · Eve
FilmNew Lives for Old
1925 · Olympe
FilmLocked Doors
1925 · Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
FilmThe Garden of Weeds
1924 · Dorothy Delbridge
FilmThe Fast Set
1924 · Margaret Sones
FilmRamshackle House
1924 · Pen Broome
FilmThe Female
1924 · Dalla
FilmThe Enemy Sex
1924 · Dodo Baxter
FilmThe White Shadow
1924 · Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
FilmMiami
1924 · Joan Bruce
FilmThe Stranger
1924 · Peggy Bowlin
The Royal Oak
FilmThe Royal Oak
1923 · Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
FilmHollywood
1923 · Betty Compson
FilmThe Woman with Four Faces
1923 · Elizabeth West
FilmThe Rustle of Silk
1923 · Lala De Breeze
FilmThe White Flower
1923 · Konia Markham
FilmWoman to Woman
1923 · Louise Boucher / Deloryse
FilmKick In
1922 · Molly Brandon
FilmTo Have and to Hold
1922 · Lady Jocelyn Leigh
FilmThe Bonded Woman
1922 · Angela Gaskell
FilmA Trip to Paramountown
1922 · Self
FilmAlways the Woman
1922 · Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris
FilmOver the Border
1922 · Jen Galbraith
FilmThe Green Temptation
1922 · Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
FilmLaw and the Woman
1922 · Margaret Rolfe
FilmThe Little Minister
1921 · Lady Babbie
FilmLadies Must Live
1921 · Christine Bleeker
FilmFor Those We Love
1921 · Bernice Arnold
FilmAt the End of the World
1921 · Cherry O'Day
FilmPrisoners of Love
1921 · Blanche Davis
FilmThe Miracle Man
1919 · Rose
FilmThe Devil's Trail
1919 · Rose
FilmThe Light of Victory
1919 · Jane Ravenslee
FilmThe Terror of the Range
1919 · Thelma Grant
FilmThe Sheriff
1918 · School Teacher
FilmCrazy by Proxy
1917
As Luck Would Have It
FilmAs Luck Would Have It
1917
FilmHubby's Night Out
1917 · Wifey
That Doggone Baby
FilmThat Doggone Baby
1916 · Wifie Parker
The Making Over of Mother
FilmThe Making Over of Mother
1916 · Mrs. Newlywed