Betty Compson

Betty Compson

Betty Compson (born Eleanor Luicime 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.

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Movies starring Betty Compson (121)

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011)

Herself (Archive Footage)

Halloween Monster Bash (1991)

Mrs. Kessler (Archive Footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)

Self (Archive Footage)

Here Comes Trouble (1948)

Martha Blake

Second Chance (1947)

Mrs. Davenport

Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)

Selena Webster

Her Adventurous Night (1946)

Miss Spencer

Danger! Women at Work (1943)

Madame Sappho

Confessions of a Vice Baron (1943)

Mrs. Lucy Morgan (Edited From Mad Youth) (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

Escort Girl (1941)

Ruth Ashley

Invisible Ghost (1941)

Mrs. Kessler

Roar of the Press (1941)

Mrs. Thelma Tate

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)

Gertie

Laughing at Danger (1940)

Mrs. Van Horn

Mad Youth (1940)

Lucy Morgan

Strange Cargo (1940)

Suzanne (Uncredited)

Cafe Hostess (1940)

Cafe Hostess

Cowboys from Texas (1939)

Belle Starkey

News Is Made at Night (1939)

Kitty Truman

Hotel Imperial (1939)

Soubrette (Uncredited)

Under the Big Top (1938)

Marie

Religious Racketeers (1938)

Ada Bernard

Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)

Kitty, Gomez's Moll

The Beloved Brat (1938)

Eleanor Sparks

Two Gun Justice (1938)

Kate

A Slight Case of Murder (1938)

Loretta

Port of Missing Girls (1938)

Chicago

Blondes at Work (1938)

Blanche Revelle

Federal Bullets (1937)

Sue, Gang Moll

God's Country and the Man (1937)

Roxey Moore

Circus Girl (1937)

Carlotta

Two Minutes to Play (1936)

'Fluff' Harding

Killer at Large (1936)

Kate

Bulldog Edition (1936)

Billie Blake

Hollywood Boulevard (1936)

Betty

The Drag Net (1936)

Mollie Cole

The Millionaire Kid (1936)

Gloria Neville

Laughing Irish Eyes (1936)

Molly

August Week End (1936)

Ethel Ames

False Pretenses (1935)

Clarissa Stanhope

Notorious But Nice (1933)

Millie Sprague

Destination Unknown (1933)

Ruby Smith

West of Singapore (1933)

Lou

Guilty or Not Guilty (1932)

Maizie

The Silver Lining (1932)

Kate Flynn

The Gay Diplomat (1931)

Baroness Corri

The House That Shadows Built (1931)

(Archive Footage)

Three Who Loved (1931)

Helga Larson Hanson

Virtuous Husband (1931)

Inez Wakefield

The Lady Refuses (1931)

June

The Boudoir Diplomat (1930)

Helene

She Got What She Wanted (1930)
The Spoilers (1930)

Cherry Malotte

Inside the Lines (1930)

Jane Gershon

Midnight Mystery (1930)

Sally Wayne

The Czar of Broadway (1930)

Connie Colton

Those Who Dance (1930)

Kitty

Isle of Escape (1930)

Stella

The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930)

Babka

Blaze o' Glory (1929)

Helen Williams

The Show of Shows (1929)

Performer In 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (Uncredited)

Woman to Woman (1929)

Deloryce / Lola

The Great Gabbo (1929)

Mary

Skin Deep (1929)

Sadie Rogers

Street Girl (1929)

Frederika Joyzelle

On With the Show! (1929)

Nita

The Time, the Place and the Girl (1929)

Doris Ward

Weary River (1929)

Alice Gray

The Barker (1928)

Carrie

The Docks of New York (1928)

Mae

Court Martial (1928)

Belle Starr

The Desert Bride (1928)

Diane Duval

The Big City (1928)

Helen

Scarlet Seas (1928)

Rose

Cheating Cheaters (1927)

Nan Carey

Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927)

Mitzel

Say It with Diamonds (1927)

Betty Howard

The Belle of Broadway (1926)

Marie Duval / The Young Adele

The Wise Guy (1926)

Hula Kate

The Palace of Pleasure (1926)

Lola Montez

The Pony Express (1925)

Molly Jones

Paths to Paradise (1925)

Molly

Beggar on Horseback (1925)

Princess In Pantomime

Eve's Secret (1925)

Eve

New Lives for Old (1925)

Olympe

Locked Doors (1925)

Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter

The Garden of Weeds (1924)

Dorothy Delbridge

The Fast Set (1924)

Margaret Sones

The Female (1924)

Dalla

Ramshackle House (1924)

Pen Broome

The Enemy Sex (1924)

Dodo Baxter

The White Shadow (1924)

Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent

The Stranger (1924)

Peggy Bowlin

The Royal Oak (1923)

Lady Mildred Cholmondeley

Hollywood (1923)

Betty Compson

The Woman with Four Faces (1923)

Elizabeth West

The Rustle of Silk (1923)

Lala De Breeze

The White Flower (1923)

Konia Markham

Woman to Woman (1923)

Louise Boucher / Deloryse

Kick In (1922)

Molly Brandon

To Have and to Hold (1922)

Lady Jocelyn Leigh

The Bonded Woman (1922)

Angela Gaskell

A Trip to Paramountown (1922)

Self

Over the Border (1922)

Jen Galbraith

The Green Temptation (1922)

Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker

Law and the Woman (1922)

Margaret Rolfe

The Little Minister (1921)

Lady Babbie

Ladies Must Live (1921)

Christine Bleeker

For Those We Love (1921)

Bernice Arnold

At the End of the World (1921)

Cherry O'day

Prisoners of Love (1921)

Blanche Davis

The Miracle Man (1919)

Rose

The Devil's Trail (1919)

Rose

The Light of Victory (1919)

Jane Ravenslee

The Sheriff (1918)

School Teacher

Border Raiders (1918)

Rose Hardy

Crazy by Proxy (1917)
As Luck Would Have It (1917)
Hubby's Night Out (1917)

Wifey

That Doggone Baby (1916)

Wifie Parker

The Making Over of Mother (1916)

Mrs. Newlywed

Movies Made by Betty Compson (2)

For Those We Love (1921)

Writer

Prisoners of Love (1921)

Writer

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