Betty Compson
Acting
Born March 17, 1897 — Died April 18, 1974
From Beaver, Utah, USA
Also known as Eleanor Luicime Compson, ベティ・カンプソン
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.
Filmography
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Herself (archive footage)
20119.0
Halloween Monster Bash
Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
1991
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
19756.3
Here Comes Trouble
Martha Blake
19485.2
Second Chance
Mrs. Davenport
19476.5
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Selena Webster
19476.8
Her Adventurous Night
Miss Spencer
19466.7
Danger! Women at Work
Madame Sappho
19436.5
Confessions of a Vice Baron
Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
19434.7
Escort Girl
Ruth Ashley
19413.3
Invisible Ghost
Mrs. Kessler
19415.3
Roar of the Press
Mrs. Thelma Tate
19416.3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Gertie
19416.0
Laughing at Danger
Mrs. Van Horn
19409.0
Mad Youth
Lucy Morgan
19404.9
Strange Cargo
Suzanne (uncredited)
19407.0
Cafe Hostess
Cafe Hostess
19405.4
Cowboys from Texas
Belle Starkey
19396.0
News Is Made at Night
Kitty Truman
19394.8
Hotel Imperial
Soubrette (uncredited)
19397.0
Under the Big Top
Marie
19386.7
Religious Racketeers
Ada Bernard
19387.5
Torchy Blane in Panama
Kitty, Gomez's Moll
19385.8
The Beloved Brat
Eleanor Sparks
19386.5
Two Gun Justice
Kate
19387.5
A Slight Case of Murder
Loretta
19386.4
Port of Missing Girls
Chicago
19387.0
Blondes at Work
Blanche Revelle
19386.3
Federal Bullets
Sue, Gang Moll
19378.0
God's Country and the Man
Roxey Moore
19377.5
Circus Girl
Carlotta
19376.5
Two Minutes to Play
'Fluff' Harding
19365.7
Killer at Large
Kate
19368.0
Bulldog Edition
Billie Blake
19364.3
Hollywood Boulevard
Betty
19364.5
The Drag Net
Mollie Cole
19365.4
The Millionaire Kid
Gloria Neville
19366.0
Laughing Irish Eyes
Molly
193610.0
August Week End
Ethel Ames
19366.0
False Pretenses
Clarissa Stanhope
19357.3
No Sleep on the Deep
Mrs. Eldridge
193410.0
Notorious But Nice
Millie Sprague
19336.7
Destination Unknown
Ruby Smith
19337.0
West of Singapore
Lou
193310.0
Guilty or Not Guilty
Maizie
19327.0
The Silver Lining
Kate Flynn
19327.0
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Hollywood Halfbacks
19319.0
The Gay Diplomat
Baroness Corri
19314.8
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
19318.5
Three Who Loved
Helga Larson Hanson
19316.0
Virtuous Husband
Inez Wakefield
19318.0
The Lady Refuses
June
19315.3
The Boudoir Diplomat
Helene
19303.0
—
She Got What She Wanted
193010.0
The Spoilers
Cherry Malotte
19306.5
Inside the Lines
Jane Gershon
19305.5
Midnight Mystery
Sally Wayne
19305.9
The Czar of Broadway
Connie Colton
19309.0
Those Who Dance
Kitty
19306.2
Isle of Escape
Stella
19306.5
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
Babka
19307.3
Blaze o' Glory
Helen Williams
19297.0
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
19296.6
Woman to Woman
Deloryce / Lola
19294.9
The Great Gabbo
Mary
19295.7
Skin Deep
Sadie Rogers
19293.3
Street Girl
Frederika Joyzelle
19296.1
On With the Show!
Nita
19296.2
The Time, the Place and the Girl
Doris Ward
192910.0
Weary River
Alice Gray
19295.8
The Barker
Carrie
19287.0
The Docks of New York
Mae
19286.9
Court Martial
Belle Starr
19286.5
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Life's Mockery
Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton
19287.0
The Masked Angel
Betty
19287.0
The Desert Bride
Diane Duval
19285.5
The Big City
Helen
19288.0
Scarlet Seas
Rose
19284.0
Cheating Cheaters
Nan Carey
19277.0
—
Temptations of a Shop Girl
Ruth Harrington
19279.0
Love Me and the World Is Mine
Mitzel
192710.0
Say It with Diamonds
Betty Howard
19279.0
The Belle of Broadway
Marie Duval / The Young Adele
19266.4
The Wise Guy
Hula Kate
19267.0
The Palace of Pleasure
Lola Montez
19267.0
Counsel for the Defense
Katherine West
19259.0
The Pony Express
Molly Jones
19256.4
Paths to Paradise
Molly
19256.2
Beggar on Horseback
Princess in Pantomime
19256.5
Eve's Secret
Eve
19259.0
New Lives for Old
Olympe
19259.0
Locked Doors
Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
19253.3
The Garden of Weeds
Dorothy Delbridge
19248.0
The Fast Set
Margaret Sones
192410.0
Ramshackle House
Pen Broome
19247.0
The Female
Dalla
19249.0
The Enemy Sex
Dodo Baxter
19248.5
The White Shadow
Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
19247.5
Miami
Joan Bruce
19248.0
The Stranger
Peggy Bowlin
19249.0
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The Royal Oak
Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
19237.0
Hollywood
Betty Compson
19239.0
The Woman with Four Faces
Elizabeth West
19238.0
The Rustle of Silk
Lala De Breeze
192310.0
The White Flower
Konia Markham
192310.0
Woman to Woman
Louise Boucher / Deloryse
19235.8
Kick In
Molly Brandon
19229.0
To Have and to Hold
Lady Jocelyn Leigh
19228.0
The Bonded Woman
Angela Gaskell
19224.8
A Trip to Paramountown
Self
19227.8
Always the Woman
Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris
19229.0
Over the Border
Jen Galbraith
192210.0
The Green Temptation
Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
192210.0
Law and the Woman
Margaret Rolfe
19227.0
The Little Minister
Lady Babbie
19217.0
Ladies Must Live
Christine Bleeker
19219.0
For Those We Love
Bernice Arnold
19217.0
At the End of the World
Cherry O'Day
19218.0
Prisoners of Love
Blanche Davis
19218.0
The Miracle Man
Rose
19196.0
The Devil's Trail
Rose
19199.0
The Light of Victory
Jane Ravenslee
191910.0
The Terror of the Range
Thelma Grant
191910.0
The Sheriff
School Teacher
191810.0
Border Raiders
Rose Hardy
1918
Crazy by Proxy
191710.0
—
As Luck Would Have It
19179.0
Out for the Coin
1917
Hubby's Night Out
Wifey
19176.5
—
That Doggone Baby
Wifie Parker
19169.0
—
The Making Over of Mother
Mrs. Newlywed
19165.0
—
Inoculating Hubby
1916