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.

Known For

Mae

The Docks of New York

She Got What She Wanted

Doris Ward

The Time, the Place and the Girl

Gertie

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Nan Carey

Cheating Cheaters

Betty Compson

Hollywood

Jen Galbraith

Over the Border

Elizabeth West

The Woman with Four Faces

Hula Kate

The Wise Guy

Bernice Arnold

For Those We Love

Blanche Davis

Prisoners of Love

Dorothy Delbridge

The Garden of Weeds

Suzanne (uncredited)

Strange Cargo

Mrs. Davenport

Second Chance

Carrie

The Barker

Rose

The Devil's Trail

Frederika Joyzelle

Street Girl

Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter

Locked Doors

Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent

The White Shadow

June

The Lady Refuses

Mary

The Great Gabbo

Nita

On With the Show!

Ruby Smith

Destination Unknown

Deloryce / Lola

Woman to Woman

Blanche Revelle

Blondes at Work

Martha Blake

Here Comes Trouble

Clarissa Stanhope

False Pretenses

Molly

Paths to Paradise

Kitty, Gomez's Moll

Torchy Blane in Panama

Babka

The Case of Sergeant Grischa

Belle Starkey

Cowboys from Texas

Millie Sprague

Notorious But Nice

Ruth Ashley

Escort Girl

Billie Blake

Bulldog Edition

Gloria Neville

The Millionaire Kid

Ethel Ames

August Week End

Mollie Cole

The Drag-Net

Carlotta

Circus Girl

Crazy by Proxy

Baroness Corri

The Gay Diplomat

Marie

Under the Big Top

Soubrette (uncredited)

Hotel Imperial

Alice Gray

Weary River

Helga Larson Hanson

Three Who Loved

Marie Duval

The Belle of Broadway

Maizie

Guilty or Not Guilty

Lou

West of Singapore

Ada Bernard

Religious Racketeers

Chicago

Port of Missing Girls

Margaret Sones

The Fast Set

Wifey

Hubby's Night Out

Jane Gershon

Inside the Lines

Self

A Trip to Paramountown

Rose

The Miracle Man

Connie Colton

The Czar of Broadway

Betty Howard

Say It with Diamonds

Mrs. Kessler

Invisible Ghost

Louise Boucher / Deloryse

Woman to Woman

Princess in Pantomime

Beggar on Horseback

Madame Sappho

Danger! Women at Work

Mrs. Newlywed

The Making Over of Mother

'Fluff' Harding

Two Minutes to Play

Sally Wayne

Midnight Mystery

Rose

Scarlet Seas

Lucy Morgan

Mad Youth

Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker

The Green Temptation

Herself (archive footage)

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Kitty Truman

News Is Made at Night

Selena Webster

Hard Boiled Mahoney

Lola Montez

The Palace of Pleasure

Kate

Two Gun Justice

Betty

Hollywood Boulevard

Molly Jones

The Pony Express

Kitty

Those Who Dance

Helen

The Big City

Eleanor Sparks

The Beloved Brat

Lady Babbie

The Little Minister

Sue, Gang Moll

Federal Bullets

Mrs. Van Horn

Laughing at Danger

Sadie Rogers

Skin Deep

Cherry Malotte

The Spoilers

Wifie Parker

That Doggone Baby

As Luck Would Have It

Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)

The Show of Shows

Cafe Hostess

Cafe Hostess

Mrs. Thelma Tate

Roar of the Press

Loretta

A Slight Case of Murder

Christine Bleeker

Ladies Must Live

Stella

Isle of Escape

Self (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Helene

The Boudoir Diplomat

Dodo Baxter

The Enemy Sex

Peggy Bowlin

The Stranger

Kate Flynn

The Silver Lining

Diane Duval

The Desert Bride

Pen Broome

Ramshackle House

Mitzel

Love Me and the World Is Mine

Molly

Laughing Irish Eyes

Cherry O'Day

At the End of the World

(archive footage)

The House That Shadows Built

Molly Brandon

Kick In

Konia Markham

The White Flower

Lady Jocelyn Leigh

To Have and to Hold

Lala De Breeze

The Rustle of Silk

Belle Starr

Court Martial

Eve

Eve's Secret

Olympe

New Lives for Old

Rose Hardy

Border Raiders

Angela Gaskell

The Bonded Woman

Miss Spencer

Her Adventurous Night

Dalla

The Female

Jane Ravenslee

The Light of Victory

Helen Williams

Blaze o' Glory

Kate

Killer at Large

Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Confessions of a Vice Baron

Lady Mildred Cholmondeley

The Royal Oak

Roxey Moore

God's Country and the Man

School Teacher

The Sheriff

Margaret Rolfe

The Law and the Woman

Inez Wakefield

Virtuous Husband

Hollywood Halfbacks

Inoculating Hubby

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

122

Gender

Female

Birthday

1897-03-17

Place of Birth

Beaver, Utah, USA

Also Known As

Eleanor Luicime Compson