Joyce Compton
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Olivia Joyce Compton (January 27, 1907 – October 13, 1997) was an American actress. Compton was born in Lexington, Kentucky. (Despite frequent reports to the contrary, her name was not originally "Eleanor Hunt"; she had appeared in the film Good Sport (1931) with Hunt and this confusion in an early press article followed Compton throughout her career.) After graduating high school she spent two years studying at the University of Tulsa, studying dramatics, art, music and dancing. She won a personality and beauty contest and spent two months in a film studio as an extra.
Compton first made a name for herself when she was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926, alongside Mary Brian, Dolores Costello, Joan Crawford, Dolores del Río, Janet Gaynor and Fay Wray. Compton appeared in a long string of mostly B-movies from the 1920s through the 1950s. She was a comedy actress and protested at being stereotyped as a "dumb blonde".
Among her over two hundred films were Imitation of Life, Magnificent Obsession, The Awful Truth, Mildred Pierce, and The Best Years of Our Lives.
A devout Christian, on her gravestone, just beneath her dates of birth and death, is written "Christian Actress". She died from natural causes, aged 90, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.
Acted in
Pete and Gladys
1960
Girl in the Woods
1958
as Aunt Martha
Jet Pilot
1957
as Mary Lou Simpson
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Waitress
The Persuader
1957
as Julie
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953
as Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as Alice (uncredited)
Grand Canyon
1949
as Mabel
Incident
1948
as Joan
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
A Southern Yankee
1948
as Hortense Dobson
Linda, Be Good
1947
as Mrs. LaVitte
Exposed
1947
as Emmy
Scared to Death
1947
as Jane Cornell
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
as Louise Grapa (uncredited)
Dark Alibi
1946
as Emily Evans
Behind the Mask
1946
as Lulu
Danger Signal
1945
as Kate
Mildred Pierce
1945
as Waitress (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
as Nurse Mary Lee
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945
as Joan Randall
Pillow to Post
1945
as Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
Swing Out the Blues
1943
as Kitty Grogan
Silver Spurs
1943
as Millie Love
Let's Face It
1943
as Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)
Silver Skates
1943
as Lucille
Thunder Birds
1942
as Saleswoman
Too Many Women
1942
as Barbara Cartwright
Bedtime Story
1941
as Beulah
Blues in the Night
1941
as Blonde
Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941
as Cecilia
Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941
as Diana Deane
Manpower
1941
as Scarlett
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
as Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited)
Let's Make Music
1941
as Betty
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940
as Cynthia Lou
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
as Hazel Dalton
Sky Murder
1940
as Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
City for Conquest
1940
as Lilly
They Drive by Night
1940
as Sue Carter (uncredited)
I Take This Oath
1940
as Betty Casey
Turnabout
1940
as Irene Clare
Honeymoon Deferred
1940
as Kitty Kerry
Escape to Paradise
1939
as Penelope Carter
Balalaika
1939
as Masha
Reno
1939
as Bonnie Newcomb
Hotel for Women
1939
as Emeline Thomas
Rose of Washington Square
1939
as Peggy
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
as Tourist
The Flying Irishman
1939
as Sally
Going Places
1938
as Joan
Trade Winds
1938
as Mrs. Johnson
Artists and Models Abroad
1938
as Chickie
The Last Warning
1938
as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
Spring Madness
1938
as Sally
How to Watch Football
1938
as Benchley's girlfriend
You and Me
1938
as Curly Blonde
Women Are Like That
1938
as Miss Hall
Love on a Budget
1938
as Millie Brown
The Awful Truth
1937
as Dixie Belle Lee
Small Town Boy
1937
as Molly Summers
Sea Racketeers
1937
as Blondie
The Toast of New York
1937
as Mary Lou (uncredited)
Born Reckless
1937
as Dora
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937
as Receptionist
Kid Galahad
1937
as (uncredited)
Pick a Star
1937
as Newlywed
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
as Caroline
Top of the Town
1937
as Beulah
We Have Our Moments
1937
as Carrie
China Passage
1937
as Elaine Gentry
Three Smart Girls
1936
as Evans' Secretary
Country Gentlemen
1936
as Gertie
Under Your Spell
1936
as Secretary (uncredited)
Ellis Island
1936
as Adele
Murder with Pictures
1936
as Hester Boone
Sitting on the Moon
1936
as Blossom
Star for a Night
1936
as Ellen Romaine
Trapped by Television
1936
as Mae Collins
The Harvester
1936
as Thelma Biddle
Love Before Breakfast
1936
as Mary Lee
Valley of the Lawless
1936
as Joan Jenkins
Public Ghost # 1
1935
as Miss Compton
Suicide Squad
1935
as Mary O'Connor
Life Hesitates at 40
1935
as Joyce
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
as Joyce
College Scandal
1935
as Toby Carpenter
Let 'em Have It
1935
as Barbara
Go Into Your Dance
1935
as Café Showgirl
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
as Mary Lee
Caravan
1934
as Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
Imitation of Life
1934
as Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
The White Parade
1934
as Una Mellon
Everything's Ducky
1934
as Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934
as Maxine LaTour
Million Dollar Ransom
1934
as Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934
as Foxey Dennison
Only Yesterday
1933
as Margot (Uncredited)
Sing, Sinner, Sing
1933
as Gwen
Roadhouse Queen
1933
as Dorothy
Dream Stuff
1933
as Betty
The Plumber and the Lady
1933
as Louise
Caliente Love
1933
as Betty
Luxury Liner
1933
as Girl Overboard (uncredited)
The Wrestler's Bride
1933
as Mrs. Scissors Jackson
If I Had a Million
1932
as Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
Afraid to Talk
1932
as Alice - Party Girl
Madison Square Garden
1932
as Joyce
False Faces
1932
as Dottie Nation
A Parisian Romance
1932
as Marcelle
Fighting for Justice
1932
as Amy Tracy
Lady and Gent
1932
as Betty
Beauty Parlor
1932
as Joan Perry
Unholy Love
1932
as Sheilla Bailey Gregory
Westward Passage
1932
as Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
Lena Rivers
1932
as Caroline Nichols
Under Eighteen
1932
as Sybil
Good Sport
1931
as Fay
The Spider
1931
as Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
Annabelle's Affairs
1931
as Mabel
Women of All Nations
1931
as Kiki
Up Pops the Devil
1931
as Luella May Carroll
Three Girls Lost
1931
as Edna Best
Three Rogues
1931
as Ace's girl
Lightnin'
1930
as Betty - Larry's Wife
Wild Company
1930
as Anita Grayson
The Three Sisters
1930
as Carlotta
High Society Blues
1930
as Pearl Granger
Salute
1929
as Marian Wilson
Dangerous Curves
1929
as Jennie Silver
The Wild Party
1929
as Eva 'Evie' Tutt
The Sky Hawk
1929
as Peggy
Thunder Riders
1928
as Madge Lawton
Soft Living
1928
as Billie Wilson
The Border Cavalier
1927
as Madge Lawton
Ankles Preferred
1927
as Virginia
Syncopating Sue
1926
as Marge Adams
A Broadway Lady
1925
as Phyllis Westbrook
What Fools Men
1925
as Dorothy