Betty Compson
- Acting
- March 17, 1897 · Beaver, Utah, USA
- April 18, 1974
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films · Self
- Halloween Monster Bash · Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? · Self
- Here Comes Trouble · Martha Blake
- Second Chance · Mrs. Davenport
- Hard Boiled Mahoney · Selena Webster
- Her Adventurous Night · Miss Spencer
- Danger! Women at Work · Madame Sappho
- Confessions of a Vice Baron · Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Escort Girl · Ruth Ashley
- Invisible Ghost · Mrs. Kessler
- Roar of the Press · Mrs. Thelma Tate
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith · Gertie
- Laughing at Danger · Mrs. Van Horn
- Mad Youth · Lucy Morgan
- Strange Cargo · Suzanne (uncredited)
- Cafe Hostess · Cafe Hostess
- Cowboys from Texas · Belle Starkey
- News Is Made at Night · Kitty Truman
- Hotel Imperial · Soubrette (uncredited)
- Under the Big Top · Marie
- Religious Racketeers · Ada Bernard
- Torchy Blane in Panama · Kitty, Gomez's Moll
- The Beloved Brat · Eleanor Sparks
- Two Gun Justice · Kate
- A Slight Case of Murder · Loretta
- Port of Missing Girls · Chicago
- Blondes at Work · Blanche Revelle
- Federal Bullets · Sue, Gang Moll
- God's Country and the Man · Roxey Moore
- Circus Girl · Carlotta
- Two Minutes to Play · 'Fluff' Harding
- Killer at Large · Kate
- Bulldog Edition · Billie Blake
- Hollywood Boulevard · Betty
- The Drag Net · Mollie Cole
- The Millionaire Kid · Gloria Neville
- Laughing Irish Eyes · Molly
- August Week End · Ethel Ames
- False Pretenses · Clarissa Stanhope
- No Sleep on the Deep · Mrs. Eldridge
- Notorious But Nice · Millie Sprague
- Destination Unknown · Ruby Smith
- West of Singapore · Lou
- Guilty or Not Guilty · Maizie
- The Silver Lining · Kate Flynn
- Hollywood Halfbacks
- The Gay Diplomat · Baroness Corri
- The House That Shadows Built · (archive footage)
- Three Who Loved · Helga Larson Hanson
- Virtuous Husband · Inez Wakefield
- The Lady Refuses · June
- The Boudoir Diplomat · Helene
- She Got What She Wanted
- The Spoilers · Cherry Malotte
- Inside the Lines · Jane Gershon
- Midnight Mystery · Sally Wayne
- The Czar of Broadway · Connie Colton
- Those Who Dance · Kitty
- Isle of Escape · Stella
- The Case of Sergeant Grischa · Babka
- Blaze o' Glory · Helen Williams
- The Show of Shows · Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
- Woman to Woman · Deloryce / Lola
- The Great Gabbo · Mary
- Skin Deep · Sadie Rogers
- Street Girl · Frederika Joyzelle
- On With the Show! · Nita
- The Time, the Place and the Girl · Doris Ward
- Weary River · Alice Gray
- The Barker · Carrie
- The Docks of New York · Mae
- Court Martial · Belle Starr
- Life's Mockery · Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton
- The Masked Angel · Betty
- The Desert Bride · Diane Duval
- The Big City · Helen
- Scarlet Seas · Rose
- Cheating Cheaters · Nan Carey
- Temptations of a Shop Girl · Ruth Harrington