People
Betty Compson
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.
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films as Herself (archive footage) | 2011-04-03 |
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
Here Comes Trouble as Martha Blake | 1948-03-15 |
Second Chance as Mrs. Davenport | 1947-07-18 |
Hard Boiled Mahoney as Selena Webster | 1947-05-10 |
Her Adventurous Night as Miss Spencer | 1946-06-05 |
Danger! Women at Work as Madame Sappho | 1943-08-23 |
Confessions of a Vice Baron as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1943-06-30 |
Escort Girl as Ruth Ashley | 1941-11-04 |
Invisible Ghost as Mrs. Kessler | 1941-04-25 |
Roar of the Press as Mrs. Thelma Tate | 1941-04-17 |
Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Gertie | 1941-01-31 |
Laughing at Danger as Mrs. Van Horn | 1940-08-12 |
Mad Youth as Lucy Morgan | 1940-05-05 |
Strange Cargo as Suzanne (uncredited) | 1940-03-01 |
Cafe Hostess as Cafe Hostess | 1940-01-11 |
Cowboys from Texas as Belle Starkey | 1939-11-29 |
News Is Made at Night as Kitty Truman | 1939-07-20 |
Hotel Imperial as Soubrette (uncredited) | 1939-05-11 |
Under the Big Top as Marie | 1938-08-31 |
Religious Racketeers as Ada Bernard | 1938-07-07 |
Torchy Blane in Panama as Kitty, Gomez's Moll | 1938-05-07 |
The Beloved Brat as Eleanor Sparks | 1938-04-30 |
Two Gun Justice as Kate | 1938-04-29 |
A Slight Case of Murder as Loretta | 1938-02-26 |
Port of Missing Girls as Chicago | 1938-02-24 |
Blondes at Work as Blanche Revelle | 1938-02-05 |
Federal Bullets as Sue, Gang Moll | 1937-10-29 |
God's Country and the Man as Roxey Moore | 1937-09-02 |
Circus Girl as Carlotta | 1937-03-01 |
Two Minutes to Play as 'Fluff' Harding | 1936-11-02 |
Killer at Large as Kate | 1936-10-27 |
Bulldog Edition as Billie Blake | 1936-09-13 |
Hollywood Boulevard as Betty | 1936-08-20 |
The Drag-Net as Mollie Cole | 1936-04-15 |
The Millionaire Kid as Gloria Neville | 1936-03-13 |
Laughing Irish Eyes as Molly | 1936-03-04 |
August Week End as Ethel Ames | 1936-02-17 |
False Pretenses as Clarissa Stanhope | 1935-10-21 |
Notorious But Nice as Millie Sprague | 1933-08-04 |
Destination Unknown as Ruby Smith | 1933-04-01 |
West of Singapore as Lou | 1933-01-31 |
Guilty or Not Guilty as Maizie | 1932-11-15 |
The Silver Lining as Kate Flynn | 1932-04-16 |
Hollywood Halfbacks | 1931-12-23 |
The Gay Diplomat as Baroness Corri | 1931-08-22 |
The House That Shadows Built as (archive footage) | 1931-07-08 |
Three Who Loved as Helga Larson Hanson | 1931-07-03 |
Virtuous Husband as Inez Wakefield | 1931-04-12 |
The Lady Refuses as June | 1931-03-08 |
The Boudoir Diplomat as Helene | 1930-12-05 |
She Got What She Wanted | 1930-11-09 |
The Spoilers as Cherry Malotte | 1930-09-20 |
Inside the Lines as Jane Gershon | 1930-07-05 |
Midnight Mystery as Sally Wayne | 1930-06-01 |
The Czar of Broadway as Connie Colton | 1930-05-25 |
Those Who Dance as Kitty | 1930-04-18 |
Isle of Escape as Stella | 1930-03-01 |
The Case of Sergeant Grischa as Babka | 1930-02-23 |
Blaze o' Glory as Helen Williams | 1929-12-30 |
Show of Shows as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited) | 1929-11-21 |
Woman to Woman as Deloryce / Lola | 1929-11-01 |
The Great Gabbo as Mary | 1929-09-12 |
Skin Deep as Sadie Rogers | 1929-09-07 |
Street Girl as Frederika Joyzelle | 1929-08-21 |
On With the Show! as Nita | 1929-07-13 |
The Time, the Place and the Girl as Doris Ward | 1929-07-07 |
Weary River as Alice Gray | 1929-02-10 |
Fashion News as Self (1930) | 1928-11-06 |
The Barker as Carrie | 1928-10-02 |
The Docks of New York as Mae | 1928-09-16 |
Court-Martial as Belle Starr | 1928-08-12 |
The Desert Bride as Diane Duval | 1928-03-26 |
The Big City as Helen | 1928-03-23 |
Scarlet Seas as Rose | 1928-01-12 |
Cheating Cheaters as Nan Carey | 1927-12-05 |
Love Me and the World is Mine as Mitzel | 1927-09-26 |
Say It with Diamonds as Betty Howard | 1927-06-02 |
The Belle of Broadway as Marie Duval | 1926-08-15 |
The Wise Guy as Hula Kate | 1926-05-23 |
The Palace of Pleasure as Lola Montez | 1926-01-10 |
The Pony Express as Molly Jones | 1925-09-03 |
Paths to Paradise as Molly | 1925-06-28 |
Beggar on Horseback as Princess in Pantomime | 1925-06-05 |
Eve's Secret as Eve | 1925-05-11 |
New Lives for Old as Olympe | 1925-02-22 |
Locked Doors as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter | 1925-01-05 |
The Garden of Weeds as Dorothy Delbridge | 1924-11-02 |
The Fast Set as Margaret Sones | 1924-10-20 |
The Female as Dalla | 1924-08-31 |
Ramshackle House as Pen Broome | 1924-08-31 |
The Enemy Sex as Dodo Baxter | 1924-08-25 |
The White Shadow as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent | 1924-05-05 |
The Stranger as Peggy Bowlin | 1924-02-04 |
The Royal Oak as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley | 1923-10-01 |
Hollywood as Betty Compson | 1923-08-19 |
The Woman with Four Faces as Elizabeth West | 1923-06-24 |
The Rustle of Silk as Lala De Breeze | 1923-05-13 |
The White Flower as Konia Markham | 1923-03-04 |
Woman to Woman as Louise Boucher / Deloryse | 1923-01-02 |
Kick In as Molly Brandon | 1922-12-17 |
To Have and to Hold as Lady Jocelyn Leigh | 1922-10-29 |
The Bonded Woman as Angela Gaskell | 1922-08-21 |
A Trip to Paramountown as Self | 1922-07-10 |
Over the Border as Jen Galbraith | 1922-06-04 |
The Green Temptation as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker | 1922-04-01 |
Law and the Woman as Margaret Rolfe | 1922-01-22 |
The Little Minister as Lady Babbie | 1921-12-25 |
Ladies Must Live as Christine Bleeker | 1921-10-29 |
For Those We Love as Bernice Arnold | 1921-09-01 |
At the End of the World as Cherry O'Day | 1921-08-14 |
Prisoners of Love as Blanche Davis | 1921-01-16 |
The Miracle Man as Rose | 1919-08-26 |
The Devil's Trail as Rose | 1919-06-16 |
The Light of Victory as Jane Ravenslee | 1919-03-17 |
The Sheriff as School Teacher | 1918-11-24 |
Border Raiders as Rose Hardy | 1918-10-06 |
Crazy by Proxy | 1917-09-12 |
As Luck Would Have It | 1917-03-05 |
Hubby's Night Out as Wifey | 1917-02-20 |
That Doggone Baby as Wifie Parker | 1916-10-20 |
The Making Over of Mother as Mrs. Newlywed | 1916-10-15 |