Acting · 1897
Betty Compson
Born Mar 17, 1897·Beaver, Utah, USA·Died Apr 18, 1974 (77)
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.
Filmography
40 titles- 2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost FilmsHerself (archive footage)9.0Movie - 1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Self (archive footage)6.3Movie - 1943
Danger! Women at WorkMadame Sappho6.5Movie - 1943
Confessions of a Vice BaronMrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)4.7Movie - 1941
Mr. & Mrs. SmithGertie5.9Movie - 1941
Invisible GhostMrs. Kessler5.3Movie - 1941
Roar of the PressMrs. Thelma Tate6.3Movie - 1940
Strange CargoSuzanne (uncredited)7.0Movie - 1940
Cafe HostessCafe Hostess5.4Movie - 1939
News Is Made at NightKitty Truman4.8Movie - 1939
Hotel ImperialSoubrette (uncredited)7.0Movie - 1938
A Slight Case of MurderLoretta6.4Movie - 1938
Torchy Blane in PanamaKitty, Gomez's Moll5.8Movie - 1938
Religious RacketeersAda Bernard7.5Movie - 1938
Under the Big TopMarie6.7Movie - 1936
Bulldog EditionBillie Blake4.2Movie - 1936
Hollywood BoulevardBetty4.5Movie - 1935
False PretensesClarissa Stanhope7.3Movie - 1932
Guilty or Not GuiltyMaizie7.0Movie - 1931
Virtuous HusbandInez Wakefield8.0Movie - 1931
The House That Shadows Built(archive footage)8.5Movie - 1931
The Lady RefusesJune5.3Movie - 1930
Midnight MysterySally Wayne5.9Movie - 1930
The Czar of BroadwayConnie Colton9.0Movie - 1929
The Show of ShowsPerformer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)6.6Movie - 1929
On With the Show!Nita6.2Movie - 1929
Skin DeepSadie Rogers3.3Movie - 1929
The Great GabboMary5.7Movie - 1929
Weary RiverAlice Gray5.8Movie - 1929
The Time, the Place and the GirlDoris Ward10.0Movie - 1928
The Docks of New YorkMae7.0Movie - 1928
Scarlet SeasRose4.0Movie - 1928
The BarkerCarrie7.0Movie - 1927
Cheating CheatersNan Carey7.0Movie - 1925
Eve's SecretEve9.0Movie - 1924
The StrangerPeggy Bowlin9.0Movie - 1923
HollywoodBetty Compson9.0Movie - 1922
A Trip to ParamountownSelf7.8Movie - 1922
To Have and to HoldLady Jocelyn Leigh8.0Movie - 1919
The Light of VictoryJane Ravenslee10.0Movie