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