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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

0.6

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