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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

0.8

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
Midnight Mystery
Midnight Mystery
1930 • as Sally Wayne
★ 5.9
Strange Cargo
Strange Cargo
1940 • as Suzanne (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Cheating Cheaters
Cheating Cheaters
1927 • as Nan Carey
★ 7.0
Virtuous Husband
Virtuous Husband
1931 • as Inez Wakefield
★ 8.0
A Slight Case of Murder
A Slight Case of Murder
1938 • as Loretta
★ 6.4
Religious Racketeers
Religious Racketeers
1938 • as Ada Bernard
★ 7.5
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Here Comes Trouble
Here Comes Trouble
1948 • as Martha Blake
★ 5.2
False Pretenses
False Pretenses
1935 • as Clarissa Stanhope
★ 7.3
Hotel Imperial
Hotel Imperial
1939 • as Soubrette (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Weary River
Weary River
1929 • as Alice Gray
★ 5.8
Invisible Ghost
Invisible Ghost
1941 • as Mrs. Kessler
★ 5.3
Circus Girl
Circus Girl
1937 • as Carlotta
★ 6.5
Street Girl
Street Girl
1929 • as Frederika Joyzelle
★ 6.1
Those Who Dance
Those Who Dance
1930 • as Kitty
★ 6.2
West of Singapore
West of Singapore
1933 • as Lou
★ 10.0
movie
Inoculating Hubby
1916
Paths to Paradise
Paths to Paradise
1925 • as Molly
★ 6.2
The Barker
The Barker
1928 • as Carrie
★ 7.0
Second Chance
Second Chance
1947 • as Mrs. Davenport
★ 6.5
Torchy Blane in Panama
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938 • as Kitty, Gomez's Moll
★ 5.8
The White Shadow
The White Shadow
1924 • as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
★ 7.5
Under the Big Top
Under the Big Top
1938 • as Marie
★ 6.7
The Belle of Broadway
The Belle of Broadway
1926 • as Marie Duval / The Young Adele
★ 6.4
Two Minutes to Play
Two Minutes to Play
1936 • as 'Fluff' Harding
★ 5.7
Woman to Woman
Woman to Woman
1929 • as Deloryce / Lola
★ 4.9
The Female
The Female
1924 • as Dalla
★ 9.0
Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood Boulevard
1936 • as Betty
★ 4.5
Notorious But Nice
Notorious But Nice
1933 • as Millie Sprague
★ 6.7
movie
The Royal Oak
1923 • as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
★ 7.0
movie
That Doggone Baby
1916 • as Wifie Parker
★ 9.0
The Show of Shows
The Show of Shows
1929 • as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Cafe Hostess
Cafe Hostess
1940 • as Cafe Hostess
★ 5.4
The Docks of New York
The Docks of New York
1928 • as Mae
★ 7.0
The Enemy Sex
The Enemy Sex
1924 • as Dodo Baxter
★ 8.5
The Terror of the Range
The Terror of the Range
1919 • as Thelma Grant
★ 10.0
movie
Temptations of a Shop Girl
1927 • as Ruth Harrington
★ 9.0
To Have and to Hold
To Have and to Hold
1922 • as Lady Jocelyn Leigh
★ 8.0
The Wise Guy
The Wise Guy
1926 • as Hula Kate
★ 7.0
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947 • as Selena Webster
★ 6.8
Woman to Woman
Woman to Woman
1923 • as Louise Boucher / Deloryse
★ 5.8
Roar of the Press
Roar of the Press
1941 • as Mrs. Thelma Tate
★ 6.3
Bulldog Edition
Bulldog Edition
1936 • as Billie Blake
★ 4.3
The Miracle Man
The Miracle Man
1919 • as Rose
★ 6.0
The Masked Angel
The Masked Angel
1928 • as Betty
★ 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
Out for the Coin
Out for the Coin
1917
Three Who Loved
Three Who Loved
1931 • as Helga Larson Hanson
★ 6.0
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 • as Herself (archive footage)
★ 9.0
The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built
1931 • as (archive footage)
★ 8.5
For Those We Love
For Those We Love
1921 • as Bernice Arnold
★ 7.0
Blondes at Work
Blondes at Work
1938 • as Blanche Revelle
★ 6.4
Blaze o' Glory
Blaze o' Glory
1929 • as Helen Williams
★ 7.0
Prisoners of Love
Prisoners of Love
1921 • as Blanche Davis
★ 8.0
Mad Youth
Mad Youth
1940 • as Lucy Morgan
★ 4.9
Ladies Must Live
Ladies Must Live
1921 • as Christine Bleeker
★ 9.0
Isle of Escape
Isle of Escape
1930 • as Stella
★ 6.5
The Boudoir Diplomat
The Boudoir Diplomat
1930 • as Helene
★ 3.0
Escort Girl
Escort Girl
1941 • as Ruth Ashley
★ 3.3
The Gay Diplomat
The Gay Diplomat
1931 • as Baroness Corri
★ 4.8
At the End of the World
At the End of the World
1921 • as Cherry O'Day
★ 8.0
News Is Made at Night
News Is Made at Night
1939 • as Kitty Truman
★ 4.8
The Drag Net
The Drag Net
1936 • as Mollie Cole
★ 5.4
Eve's Secret
Eve's Secret
1925 • as Eve
★ 9.0
Beggar on Horseback
Beggar on Horseback
1925 • as Princess in Pantomime
★ 6.5
Always the Woman
Always the Woman
1922 • as Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris
★ 9.0
The Stranger
The Stranger
1924 • as Peggy Bowlin
★ 9.0
Hollywood
Hollywood
1923 • as Betty Compson
★ 9.0
The Beloved Brat
The Beloved Brat
1938 • as Eleanor Sparks
★ 6.5
movie
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
★ 9.0
The Pony Express
The Pony Express
1925 • as Molly Jones
★ 6.4
Counsel for the Defense
Counsel for the Defense
1925 • as Katherine West
★ 9.0
The Millionaire Kid
The Millionaire Kid
1936 • as Gloria Neville
★ 6.0
The Spoilers
The Spoilers
1930 • as Cherry Malotte
★ 6.5
Halloween Monster Bash
Halloween Monster Bash
1991 • as Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
No Sleep on the Deep
No Sleep on the Deep
1934 • as Mrs. Eldridge
★ 10.0
Federal Bullets
Federal Bullets
1937 • as Sue, Gang Moll
★ 8.0
God's Country and the Man
God's Country and the Man
1937 • as Roxey Moore
★ 7.5
Hubby's Night Out
Hubby's Night Out
1917 • as Wifey
★ 6.5
A Trip to Paramountown
A Trip to Paramountown
1922 • as Self
★ 7.8
The Great Gabbo
The Great Gabbo
1929 • as Mary
★ 5.7
Destination Unknown
Destination Unknown
1933 • as Ruby Smith
★ 7.0
movie
Life's Mockery
1928 • as Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton
★ 7.0
The Garden of Weeds
The Garden of Weeds
1924 • as Dorothy Delbridge
★ 8.0
On With the Show!
On With the Show!
1929 • as Nita
★ 6.2
Ramshackle House
Ramshackle House
1924 • as Pen Broome
★ 7.0
Inside the Lines
Inside the Lines
1930 • as Jane Gershon
★ 5.5
Danger! Women at Work
Danger! Women at Work
1943 • as Madame Sappho
★ 6.5
New Lives for Old
New Lives for Old
1925 • as Olympe
★ 9.0
Miami
Miami
1924 • as Joan Bruce
★ 8.0
The Rustle of Silk
The Rustle of Silk
1923 • as Lala De Breeze
★ 10.0
Laughing at Danger
Laughing at Danger
1940 • as Mrs. Van Horn
★ 9.0
Locked Doors
Locked Doors
1925 • as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
★ 3.3
Guilty or Not Guilty
Guilty or Not Guilty
1932 • as Maizie
★ 7.0
Say It with Diamonds
Say It with Diamonds
1927 • as Betty Howard
★ 9.0
The Czar of Broadway
The Czar of Broadway
1930 • as Connie Colton
★ 9.0
Two Gun Justice
Two Gun Justice
1938 • as Kate
★ 7.5
Kick In
Kick In
1922 • as Molly Brandon
★ 9.0
Port of Missing Girls
Port of Missing Girls
1938 • as Chicago
★ 7.0
The Lady Refuses
The Lady Refuses
1931 • as June
★ 5.4
The Woman with Four Faces
The Woman with Four Faces
1923 • as Elizabeth West
★ 8.0
Killer at Large
Killer at Large
1936 • as Kate
★ 8.0
Her Adventurous Night
Her Adventurous Night
1946 • as Miss Spencer
★ 6.7
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930 • as Babka
★ 7.3
The Palace of Pleasure
The Palace of Pleasure
1926 • as Lola Montez
★ 7.0
movie
The Making Over of Mother
1916 • as Mrs. Newlywed
★ 5.0
Over the Border
Over the Border
1922 • as Jen Galbraith
★ 10.0
The Time, the Place and the Girl
The Time, the Place and the Girl
1929 • as Doris Ward
★ 10.0
The Fast Set
The Fast Set
1924 • as Margaret Sones
★ 10.0
The White Flower
The White Flower
1923 • as Konia Markham
★ 10.0
movie
She Got What She Wanted
1930
★ 10.0
The Bonded Woman
The Bonded Woman
1922 • as Angela Gaskell
★ 4.8
The Desert Bride
The Desert Bride
1928 • as Diane Duval
★ 5.5
Love Me and the World Is Mine
Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927 • as Mitzel
★ 10.0
movie
As Luck Would Have It
1917
★ 9.0
Border Raiders
Border Raiders
1918 • as Rose Hardy
The Silver Lining
The Silver Lining
1932 • as Kate Flynn
★ 7.0
Court Martial
Court Martial
1928 • as Belle Starr
★ 6.5
The Light of Victory
The Light of Victory
1919 • as Jane Ravenslee
★ 10.0
The Big City
The Big City
1928 • as Helen
★ 8.0
Cowboys from Texas
Cowboys from Texas
1939 • as Belle Starkey
★ 6.0
The Little Minister
The Little Minister
1921 • as Lady Babbie
★ 7.0
August Week End
August Week End
1936 • as Ethel Ames
★ 6.0
Crazy by Proxy
Crazy by Proxy
1917
★ 10.0
The Green Temptation
The Green Temptation
1922 • as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
★ 10.0
The Sheriff
The Sheriff
1918 • as School Teacher
★ 10.0
The Devil's Trail
The Devil's Trail
1919 • as Rose
★ 9.0
Laughing Irish Eyes
Laughing Irish Eyes
1936 • as Molly
★ 10.0
Law and the Woman
Law and the Woman
1922 • as Margaret Rolfe
★ 7.0