Birthday:
Mar 17, 1897
Place of Birth: Beaver, Utah, USA
Place of Birth: Beaver, Utah, USA
Betty Compson
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Docks of New York | Mae | 1928 |
| She Got What She Wanted | 1930 | |
| The Time, the Place and the Girl | Doris Ward | 1929 |
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Gertie | 1941 |
| Cheating Cheaters | Nan Carey | 1927 |
| Hollywood | Betty Compson | 1923 |
| Over the Border | Jen Galbraith | 1922 |
| The Woman with Four Faces | Elizabeth West | 1923 |
| The Wise Guy | Hula Kate | 1926 |
| For Those We Love | Bernice Arnold | 1921 |
| Prisoners of Love | Blanche Davis | 1921 |
| The Garden of Weeds | Dorothy Delbridge | 1924 |
| Strange Cargo | Suzanne (uncredited) | 1940 |
| Second Chance | Mrs. Davenport | 1947 |
| The Barker | Carrie | 1928 |
| The Devil's Trail | Rose | 1919 |
| Street Girl | Frederika Joyzelle | 1929 |
| Locked Doors | Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter | 1925 |
| The White Shadow | Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent | 1924 |
| The Lady Refuses | June | 1931 |
| The Great Gabbo | Mary | 1929 |
| On With the Show! | Nita | 1929 |
| Destination Unknown | Ruby Smith | 1933 |
| Woman to Woman | Deloryce / Lola | 1929 |
| Blondes at Work | Blanche Revelle | 1938 |
| Here Comes Trouble | Martha Blake | 1948 |
| False Pretenses | Clarissa Stanhope | 1935 |
| Paths to Paradise | Molly | 1925 |
| Torchy Blane in Panama | Kitty, Gomez's Moll | 1938 |
| The Case of Sergeant Grischa | Babka | 1930 |
| Cowboys from Texas | Belle Starkey | 1939 |
| Notorious But Nice | Millie Sprague | 1933 |
| Escort Girl | Ruth Ashley | 1941 |
| Bulldog Edition | Billie Blake | 1936 |
| The Millionaire Kid | Gloria Neville | 1936 |
| August Week End | Ethel Ames | 1936 |
| The Drag-Net | Mollie Cole | 1936 |
| Circus Girl | Carlotta | 1937 |
| Crazy by Proxy | 1917 | |
| The Gay Diplomat | Baroness Corri | 1931 |
| Under the Big Top | Marie | 1938 |
| Hotel Imperial | Soubrette (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Weary River | Alice Gray | 1929 |
| Three Who Loved | Helga Larson Hanson | 1931 |
| The Belle of Broadway | Marie Duval | 1926 |
| Guilty or Not Guilty | Maizie | 1932 |
| West of Singapore | Lou | 1933 |
| Religious Racketeers | Ada Bernard | 1938 |
| Port of Missing Girls | Chicago | 1938 |
| The Fast Set | Margaret Sones | 1924 |
| Hubby's Night Out | Wifey | 1917 |
| Inside the Lines | Jane Gershon | 1930 |
| A Trip to Paramountown | Self | 1922 |
| The Miracle Man | Rose | 1919 |
| The Czar of Broadway | Connie Colton | 1930 |
| Say It with Diamonds | Betty Howard | 1927 |
| Invisible Ghost | Mrs. Kessler | 1941 |
| Woman to Woman | Louise Boucher / Deloryse | 1923 |
| Beggar on Horseback | Princess in Pantomime | 1925 |
| Danger! Women at Work | Madame Sappho | 1943 |
| The Making Over of Mother | Mrs. Newlywed | 1916 |
| Two Minutes to Play | 'Fluff' Harding | 1936 |
| Midnight Mystery | Sally Wayne | 1930 |
| Scarlet Seas | Rose | 1928 |
| Mad Youth | Lucy Morgan | 1940 |
| The Green Temptation | Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker | 1922 |
| Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | Herself (archive footage) | 2011 |
| News Is Made at Night | Kitty Truman | 1939 |
| Hard Boiled Mahoney | Selena Webster | 1947 |
| The Palace of Pleasure | Lola Montez | 1926 |
| Two Gun Justice | Kate | 1938 |
| Hollywood Boulevard | Betty | 1936 |
| The Pony Express | Molly Jones | 1925 |
| Those Who Dance | Kitty | 1930 |
| The Big City | Helen | 1928 |
| The Beloved Brat | Eleanor Sparks | 1938 |
| The Little Minister | Lady Babbie | 1921 |
| Federal Bullets | Sue, Gang Moll | 1937 |
| Laughing at Danger | Mrs. Van Horn | 1940 |
| Skin Deep | Sadie Rogers | 1929 |
| The Spoilers | Cherry Malotte | 1930 |
| That Doggone Baby | Wifie Parker | 1916 |
| As Luck Would Have It | 1917 | |
| Show of Shows | Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited) | 1929 |
| Cafe Hostess | Cafe Hostess | 1940 |
| Roar of the Press | Mrs. Thelma Tate | 1941 |
| A Slight Case of Murder | Loretta | 1938 |
| Ladies Must Live | Christine Bleeker | 1921 |
| Isle of Escape | Stella | 1930 |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Fashion News | Self (1930) | 1928 |
| The Boudoir Diplomat | Helene | 1930 |
| The Enemy Sex | Dodo Baxter | 1924 |
| The Stranger | Peggy Bowlin | 1924 |
| The Silver Lining | Kate Flynn | 1932 |
| The Desert Bride | Diane Duval | 1928 |
| Ramshackle House | Pen Broome | 1924 |
| Love Me and the World is Mine | Mitzel | 1927 |
| Laughing Irish Eyes | Molly | 1936 |
| At the End of the World | Cherry O'Day | 1921 |
| The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | 1931 |
| The White Flower | Konia Markham | 1923 |
| Kick In | Molly Brandon | 1922 |
| The Rustle of Silk | Lala De Breeze | 1923 |
| To Have and to Hold | Lady Jocelyn Leigh | 1922 |
| Court-Martial | Belle Starr | 1928 |
| Eve's Secret | Eve | 1925 |
| New Lives for Old | Olympe | 1925 |
| The Bonded Woman | Angela Gaskell | 1922 |
| Border Raiders | Rose Hardy | 1918 |
| Her Adventurous Night | Miss Spencer | 1946 |
| The Female | Dalla | 1924 |
| The Light of Victory | Jane Ravenslee | 1919 |
| Blaze o' Glory | Helen Williams | 1929 |
| Killer at Large | Kate | 1936 |
| Confessions of a Vice Baron | Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1943 |
| The Royal Oak | Lady Mildred Cholmondeley | 1923 |
| God's Country and the Man | Roxey Moore | 1937 |
| The Sheriff | School Teacher | 1918 |
| Law and the Woman | Margaret Rolfe | 1922 |
| Virtuous Husband | Inez Wakefield | 1931 |
| Hollywood Halfbacks | 1931 | Series | Cast | Year |
