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.
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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
122
Gender
Female
Birthday
1897-03-17
Place of Birth
Beaver, Utah, USA
Also Known As
Eleanor Luicime Compson