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Betty Compson

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.

Born

Mar 17, 1897

Beaver, Utah, USA

Died

Apr 18, 1974

Known For

Acting

Movies

132 acting

3 crew

Popularity

0.5

movie

Known For

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941

as Gertie
The Docks of New York

The Docks of New York

1928

as Mae
Skin Deep
Skin Deep
1929 • as Sadie Rogers
★ 3.3
Scarlet Seas
Scarlet Seas
1928 • as Rose
★ 4.0
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941 • as Gertie
★ 5.9
Virtuous Husband
Virtuous Husband
1931 • as Inez Wakefield
★ 8.0
Midnight Mystery
Midnight Mystery
1930 • as Sally Wayne
★ 5.9
Cheating Cheaters
Cheating Cheaters
1927 • as Nan Carey
★ 7.0
Religious Racketeers
Religious Racketeers
1938 • as Ada Bernard
★ 7.5
Always the Woman
Always the Woman
1922 • as Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris
★ 9.0
Out for the Coin
Out for the Coin
1917
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.3
False Pretenses
False Pretenses
1935 • as Clarissa Stanhope
★ 7.3
movie
Life's Mockery
1928 • as Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton
★ 7.0
Circus Girl
Circus Girl
1937 • as Carlotta
★ 6.5
Here Comes Trouble
Here Comes Trouble
1948 • as Martha Blake
★ 5.2
Prisoners of Love
Prisoners of Love
1921 • as Blanche Davis
★ 8.0
movie
That Doggone Baby
1916 • as Wifie Parker
★ 9.0
A Slight Case of Murder
A Slight Case of Murder
1938 • as Loretta
★ 6.4
movie
Inoculating Hubby
1916
West of Singapore
West of Singapore
1933 • as Lou
★ 10.0
The Drag Net
The Drag Net
1936 • as Mollie Cole
★ 5.4
The Millionaire Kid
The Millionaire Kid
1936 • as Gloria Neville
★ 6.0
Those Who Dance
Those Who Dance
1930 • as Kitty
★ 6.2
The Docks of New York
The Docks of New York
1928 • as Mae
★ 7.0
The Terror of the Range
The Terror of the Range
1919 • as Thelma Grant
★ 10.0
The Show of Shows
The Show of Shows
1929 • as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
★ 6.6
For Those We Love
For Those We Love
1921 • as Bernice Arnold
★ 7.0
Bulldog Edition
Bulldog Edition
1936 • as Billie Blake
★ 4.2
Hubby's Night Out
Hubby's Night Out
1917 • as Wifey
★ 6.5
Strange Cargo
Strange Cargo
1940 • as Suzanne (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Confessions of a Vice Baron
Confessions of a Vice Baron
1943 • as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 4.7
The Wise Guy
The Wise Guy
1926 • as Hula Kate
★ 7.0
movie
The Royal Oak
1923 • as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
★ 7.0
At the End of the World
At the End of the World
1921 • as Cherry O'Day
★ 8.0
Isle of Escape
Isle of Escape
1930 • as Stella
★ 6.5
Invisible Ghost
Invisible Ghost
1941 • as Mrs. Kessler
★ 5.3
The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built
1931 • as (archive footage)
★ 8.5
The Enemy Sex
The Enemy Sex
1924 • as Dodo Baxter
★ 8.5
The Masked Angel
The Masked Angel
1928 • as Betty
★ 7.0
On With the Show!
On With the Show!
1929 • as Nita
★ 5.7
Guilty or Not Guilty
Guilty or Not Guilty
1932 • as Maizie
★ 7.0
Hollywood
Hollywood
1923 • as Betty Compson
★ 9.0
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard
1936 • as Betty
★ 4.5
Torchy Blane in Panama
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938 • as Kitty, Gomez's Moll
★ 5.8
Hotel Imperial
Hotel Imperial
1939 • as Soubrette (uncredited)
★ 7.0
The Belle of Broadway
The Belle of Broadway
1926 • as Marie Duval / The Young Adele
★ 6.4
Danger! Women at Work
Danger! Women at Work
1943 • as Madame Sappho
★ 6.5
Say It with Diamonds
Say It with Diamonds
1927 • as Betty Howard
★ 9.0
News Is Made at Night
News Is Made at Night
1939 • as Kitty Truman
★ 4.8
God's Country and the Man
God's Country and the Man
1937 • as Roxey Moore
★ 7.5
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930 • as Babka
★ 7.2
Cafe Hostess
Cafe Hostess
1940 • as Cafe Hostess
★ 5.4
No Sleep on the Deep
No Sleep on the Deep
1934 • as Mrs. Eldridge
★ 10.0
Love Me and the World Is Mine
Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927 • as Mitzel
★ 10.0
Counsel for the Defense
Counsel for the Defense
1925 • as Katherine West
★ 9.0
Roar of the Press
Roar of the Press
1941 • as Mrs. Thelma Tate
★ 6.3
Port of Missing Girls
Port of Missing Girls
1938 • as Chicago
★ 7.0
Two Minutes to Play
Two Minutes to Play
1936 • as 'Fluff' Harding
★ 5.7
The Time, the Place and the Girl
The Time, the Place and the Girl
1929 • as Doris Ward
★ 10.0
New Lives for Old
New Lives for Old
1925 • as Olympe
★ 9.0
movie
Temptations of a Shop Girl
1927 • as Ruth Harrington
★ 9.0
The Desert Bride
The Desert Bride
1928 • as Diane Duval
★ 5.5
Street Girl
Street Girl
1929 • as Frederika Joyzelle
★ 6.1
The Barker
The Barker
1928 • as Carrie
★ 7.0
Escort Girl
Escort Girl
1941 • as Ruth Ashley
★ 3.3
The Great Gabbo
The Great Gabbo
1929 • as Mary
★ 5.7
The Lady Refuses
The Lady Refuses
1931 • as June
★ 5.2
Weary River
Weary River
1929 • as Alice Gray
★ 5.8
Eve's Secret
Eve's Secret
1925 • as Eve
★ 9.0
Blondes at Work
Blondes at Work
1938 • as Blanche Revelle
★ 6.3
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 • as Herself (archive footage)
★ 9.0
A Trip to Paramountown
A Trip to Paramountown
1922 • as Self
★ 7.8
Law and the Woman
Law and the Woman
1922 • as Margaret Rolfe
★ 7.0
To Have and to Hold
To Have and to Hold
1922 • as Lady Jocelyn Leigh
★ 8.0
Under the Big Top
Under the Big Top
1938 • as Marie
★ 6.7
The Beloved Brat
The Beloved Brat
1938 • as Eleanor Sparks
★ 6.5
The Rustle of Silk
The Rustle of Silk
1923 • as Lala De Breeze
★ 10.0
Notorious But Nice
Notorious But Nice
1933 • as Millie Sprague
★ 6.7
movie
As Luck Would Have It
1917
★ 9.0
The Miracle Man
The Miracle Man
1919 • as Rose
★ 6.0
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947 • as Selena Webster
★ 6.8
The Little Minister
The Little Minister
1921 • as Lady Babbie
★ 7.0
Ladies Must Live
Ladies Must Live
1921 • as Christine Bleeker
★ 9.0
The White Shadow
The White Shadow
1924 • as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
★ 7.5
August Week End
August Week End
1936 • as Ethel Ames
★ 6.0
The Garden of Weeds
The Garden of Weeds
1924 • as Dorothy Delbridge
★ 8.0
movie
She Got What She Wanted
1930
★ 10.0
Second Chance
Second Chance
1947 • as Mrs. Davenport
★ 6.5
Cowboys from Texas
Cowboys from Texas
1939 • as Belle Starkey
★ 6.0
The Devil's Trail
The Devil's Trail
1919 • as Rose
★ 9.0
The Palace of Pleasure
The Palace of Pleasure
1926 • as Lola Montez
★ 7.0
Beggar on Horseback
Beggar on Horseback
1925 • as Princess in Pantomime
★ 6.5
movie
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
★ 9.0
Woman to Woman
Woman to Woman
1929 • as Deloryce / Lola
★ 4.9
The Czar of Broadway
The Czar of Broadway
1930 • as Connie Colton
★ 9.0
Destination Unknown
Destination Unknown
1933 • as Ruby Smith
★ 7.0
The Female
The Female
1924 • as Dalla
★ 9.0
The Pony Express
The Pony Express
1925 • as Molly Jones
★ 6.4
Her Adventurous Night
Her Adventurous Night
1946 • as Miss Spencer
★ 6.7
Two Gun Justice
Two Gun Justice
1938 • as Kate
★ 7.5
Inside the Lines
Inside the Lines
1930 • as Jane Gershon
★ 5.5
The Green Temptation
The Green Temptation
1922 • as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
★ 10.0
Halloween Monster Bash
Halloween Monster Bash
1991 • as Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
★ 3.0
The Light of Victory
The Light of Victory
1919 • as Jane Ravenslee
★ 10.0
Woman to Woman
Woman to Woman
1923 • as Louise Boucher / Deloryse
★ 5.8
Mad Youth
Mad Youth
1940 • as Lucy Morgan
★ 4.9
The Gay Diplomat
The Gay Diplomat
1931 • as Baroness Corri
★ 4.8
Kick In
Kick In
1922 • as Molly Brandon
★ 9.0
The Woman with Four Faces
The Woman with Four Faces
1923 • as Elizabeth West
★ 8.0
The Spoilers
The Spoilers
1930 • as Cherry Malotte
★ 6.5
Laughing Irish Eyes
Laughing Irish Eyes
1936 • as Molly
★ 10.0
Killer at Large
Killer at Large
1936 • as Kate
★ 8.0
Miami
Miami
1924 • as Joan Bruce
★ 8.0
Laughing at Danger
Laughing at Danger
1940 • as Mrs. Van Horn
★ 9.0
The Boudoir Diplomat
The Boudoir Diplomat
1930 • as Helene
★ 3.0
The Silver Lining
The Silver Lining
1932 • as Kate Flynn
★ 7.0
Blaze o' Glory
Blaze o' Glory
1929 • as Helen Williams
★ 7.0
Three Who Loved
Three Who Loved
1931 • as Helga Larson Hanson
★ 6.0
The White Flower
The White Flower
1923 • as Konia Markham
★ 10.0
movie
The Making Over of Mother
1916 • as Mrs. Newlywed
★ 5.0
The Bonded Woman
The Bonded Woman
1922 • as Angela Gaskell
★ 4.8
Over the Border
Over the Border
1922 • as Jen Galbraith
★ 10.0
Paths to Paradise
Paths to Paradise
1925 • as Molly
★ 6.2
The Stranger
The Stranger
1924 • as Peggy Bowlin
★ 9.0
Ramshackle House
Ramshackle House
1924 • as Pen Broome
★ 7.0
The Fast Set
The Fast Set
1924 • as Margaret Sones
★ 10.0
Locked Doors
Locked Doors
1925 • as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
★ 3.3
Federal Bullets
Federal Bullets
1937 • as Sue, Gang Moll
★ 8.0
The Sheriff
The Sheriff
1918 • as School Teacher
★ 10.0
The Big City
The Big City
1928 • as Helen
★ 8.0
Border Raiders
Border Raiders
1918 • as Rose Hardy
Court Martial
Court Martial
1928 • as Belle Starr
★ 6.5
Crazy by Proxy
Crazy by Proxy
1917
★ 10.0