Acting

Betty Compson

Born 1897-03-17 · Beaver, Utah, USA

Died 1974-04-18

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.

Credits

Newest first

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself (archive footage)
2011
Halloween Monster Bash
as Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
1991
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Here Comes Trouble
as Martha Blake
1948
Second Chance
as Mrs. Davenport
1947
Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Selena Webster
1947
Her Adventurous Night
as Miss Spencer
1946
Danger! Women at Work
as Madame Sappho
1943
Confessions of a Vice Baron
as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1943
Escort Girl
as Ruth Ashley
1941
Invisible Ghost
as Mrs. Kessler
1941
Roar of the Press
as Mrs. Thelma Tate
1941
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Gertie
1941
Laughing at Danger
as Mrs. Van Horn
1940
Mad Youth
as Lucy Morgan
1940
Strange Cargo
as Suzanne (uncredited)
1940
Cafe Hostess
as Cafe Hostess
1940
Cowboys from Texas
as Belle Starkey
1939
News Is Made at Night
as Kitty Truman
1939
Hotel Imperial
as Soubrette (uncredited)
1939
Under the Big Top
as Marie
1938
Religious Racketeers
as Ada Bernard
1938
Torchy Blane in Panama
as Kitty, Gomez's Moll
1938
The Beloved Brat
as Eleanor Sparks
1938
Two Gun Justice
as Kate
1938
A Slight Case of Murder
as Loretta
1938
Port of Missing Girls
as Chicago
1938
Blondes at Work
as Blanche Revelle
1938
Federal Bullets
as Sue, Gang Moll
1937
God's Country and the Man
as Roxey Moore
1937
Circus Girl
as Carlotta
1937
Two Minutes to Play
as 'Fluff' Harding
1936
Killer at Large
as Kate
1936
Bulldog Edition
as Billie Blake
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
as Betty
1936
The Drag Net
as Mollie Cole
1936
The Millionaire Kid
as Gloria Neville
1936
Laughing Irish Eyes
as Molly
1936
August Week End
as Ethel Ames
1936
False Pretenses
as Clarissa Stanhope
1935
No Sleep on the Deep
as Mrs. Eldridge
1934
Notorious But Nice
as Millie Sprague
1933
Destination Unknown
as Ruby Smith
1933
West of Singapore
as Lou
1933
Guilty or Not Guilty
as Maizie
1932
The Silver Lining
as Kate Flynn
1932
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
The Gay Diplomat
as Baroness Corri
1931
The House That Shadows Built
as (archive footage)
1931
Three Who Loved
as Helga Larson Hanson
1931
Virtuous Husband
as Inez Wakefield
1931
The Lady Refuses
as June
1931
The Boudoir Diplomat
as Helene
1930
She Got What She Wanted
1930
The Spoilers
as Cherry Malotte
1930
Inside the Lines
as Jane Gershon
1930
Midnight Mystery
as Sally Wayne
1930
The Czar of Broadway
as Connie Colton
1930
Those Who Dance
as Kitty
1930
Isle of Escape
as Stella
1930
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
as Babka
1930
Blaze o' Glory
as Helen Williams
1929
The Show of Shows
as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
1929
Woman to Woman
as Deloryce / Lola
1929
The Great Gabbo
as Mary
1929
Skin Deep
as Sadie Rogers
1929
Street Girl
as Frederika Joyzelle
1929
On With the Show!
as Nita
1929
The Time, the Place and the Girl
as Doris Ward
1929
Weary River
as Alice Gray
1929
The Barker
as Carrie
1928
The Docks of New York
as Mae
1928
Court Martial
as Belle Starr
1928
Life's Mockery
as Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton
1928
The Masked Angel
as Betty
1928
The Desert Bride
as Diane Duval
1928
The Big City
as Helen
1928
Scarlet Seas
as Rose
1928
Cheating Cheaters
as Nan Carey
1927
Temptations of a Shop Girl
as Ruth Harrington
1927