Betty Compson
- Teen actor
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.
Acted in
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Herself (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Here Comes Trouble
1948
as Martha Blake
Second Chance
1947
as Mrs. Davenport
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947
as Selena Webster
Her Adventurous Night
1946
as Miss Spencer
Danger! Women at Work
1943
as Madame Sappho
Confessions of a Vice Baron
1943
as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Escort Girl
1941
as Ruth Ashley
Invisible Ghost
1941
as Mrs. Kessler
Roar of the Press
1941
as Mrs. Thelma Tate
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
as Gertie
Laughing at Danger
1940
as Mrs. Van Horn
Mad Youth
1940
as Lucy Morgan
Strange Cargo
1940
as Suzanne (uncredited)
Cafe Hostess
1940
as Cafe Hostess
Cowboys from Texas
1939
as Belle Starkey
News Is Made at Night
1939
as Kitty Truman
Hotel Imperial
1939
as Soubrette (uncredited)
Under the Big Top
1938
as Marie
Religious Racketeers
1938
as Ada Bernard
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938
as Kitty, Gomez's Moll
The Beloved Brat
1938
as Eleanor Sparks
Two Gun Justice
1938
as Kate
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
as Loretta
Port of Missing Girls
1938
as Chicago
Blondes at Work
1938
as Blanche Revelle
Federal Bullets
1937
as Sue, Gang Moll
God's Country and the Man
1937
as Roxey Moore
Circus Girl
1937
as Carlotta
Two Minutes to Play
1936
as 'Fluff' Harding
Killer at Large
1936
as Kate
Bulldog Edition
1936
as Billie Blake
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Betty
The Drag-Net
1936
as Mollie Cole
The Millionaire Kid
1936
as Gloria Neville
Laughing Irish Eyes
1936
as Molly
August Week End
1936
as Ethel Ames
False Pretenses
1935
as Clarissa Stanhope
Notorious But Nice
1933
as Millie Sprague
Destination Unknown
1933
as Ruby Smith
West of Singapore
1933
as Lou
Guilty or Not Guilty
1932
as Maizie
The Silver Lining
1932
as Kate Flynn
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
The Gay Diplomat
1931
as Baroness Corri
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
Three Who Loved
1931
as Helga Larson Hanson
Virtuous Husband
1931
as Inez Wakefield
The Lady Refuses
1931
as June
The Boudoir Diplomat
1930
as Helene
She Got What She Wanted
1930
The Spoilers
1930
as Cherry Malotte
Inside the Lines
1930
as Jane Gershon
Midnight Mystery
1930
as Sally Wayne
The Czar of Broadway
1930
as Connie Colton
Those Who Dance
1930
as Kitty
Isle of Escape
1930
as Stella
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930
as Babka
Blaze o' Glory
1929
as Helen Williams
Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
Woman to Woman
1929
as Deloryce / Lola
The Great Gabbo
1929
as Mary
Skin Deep
1929
as Sadie Rogers
Street Girl
1929
as Frederika Joyzelle
On With the Show!
1929
as Nita
The Time, the Place and the Girl
1929
as Doris Ward
Weary River
1929
as Alice Gray
Fashion News
1928
as Self (1930)
The Barker
1928
as Carrie
The Docks of New York
1928
as Mae
Court-Martial
1928
as Belle Starr
The Desert Bride
1928
as Diane Duval
The Big City
1928
as Helen
Scarlet Seas
1928
as Rose
Cheating Cheaters
1927
as Nan Carey
Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927
as Mitzel
Say It with Diamonds
1927
as Betty Howard
The Belle of Broadway
1926
as Marie Duval
The Wise Guy
1926
as Hula Kate
The Palace of Pleasure
1926
as Lola Montez
The Pony Express
1925
as Molly Jones
Paths to Paradise
1925
as Molly
Beggar on Horseback
1925
as Princess in Pantomime
Eve's Secret
1925
as Eve
New Lives for Old
1925
as Olympe
Locked Doors
1925
as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
The Garden of Weeds
1924
as Dorothy Delbridge
The Fast Set
1924
as Margaret Sones
Ramshackle House
1924
as Pen Broome
The Female
1924
as Dalla
The Enemy Sex
1924
as Dodo Baxter
The White Shadow
1924
as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
The Stranger
1924
as Peggy Bowlin
The Royal Oak
1923
as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
Hollywood
1923
as Betty Compson
The Woman with Four Faces
1923
as Elizabeth West
The Rustle of Silk
1923
as Lala De Breeze
The White Flower
1923
as Konia Markham
Woman to Woman
1923
as Louise Boucher / Deloryse
Kick In
1922
as Molly Brandon
To Have and to Hold
1922
as Lady Jocelyn Leigh
The Bonded Woman
1922
as Angela Gaskell
A Trip to Paramountown
1922
as Self
Over the Border
1922
as Jen Galbraith
The Green Temptation
1922
as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
Law and the Woman
1922
as Margaret Rolfe
The Little Minister
1921
as Lady Babbie
Ladies Must Live
1921
as Christine Bleeker
For Those We Love
1921
as Bernice Arnold
At the End of the World
1921
as Cherry O'Day
Prisoners of Love
1921
as Blanche Davis
The Miracle Man
1919
as Rose
The Devil's Trail
1919
as Rose
The Light of Victory
1919
as Jane Ravenslee
The Sheriff
1918
as School Teacher
Border Raiders
1918
as Rose Hardy
Crazy by Proxy
1917
As Luck Would Have It
1917
Hubby's Night Out
1917
as Wifey
That Doggone Baby
1916
as Wifie Parker
The Making Over of Mother
1916
as Mrs. Newlywed
Inoculating Hubby
1916