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Betty Compson

Betty Compson

Birthday: 1897-03-19 | Place of Birth: Beaver, Utah, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

as    Herself (archive footage)

1947
Hard Boiled Mahoney

as    Selena Webster

1946
Her Adventurous Night

as    Miss Spencer

1943
Confessions of a Vice Baron

as    Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941
Invisible Ghost

as    Mrs. Kessler

1941
Escort Girl

as    Ruth Ashley

1940
Laughing at Danger

as    Mrs. Van Horn

1939
Cowboys from Texas

as    Belle Starkey

1938
Blondes at Work

as    Blanche Revelle

1938
Two Gun Justice

as    Kate

1938
Torchy Blane in Panama

as    Kitty, Gomez's Moll

1938
Under the Big Top

as    Marie

1937
Circus Girl

as    Carlotta

1937
Federal Bullets

as    Sue, Gang Moll

1936
Bulldog Edition

as    Billie Blake

1936
The Drag-Net

as    Mollie Cole

1935
False Pretenses

as    Clarissa Stanhope

1933
Destination Unknown

as    Ruby Smith

1932
Guilty or Not Guilty

as    Maizie

1931
The Gay Diplomat

as    Baroness Corri

1931
The Lady Refuses

as    June

1930
The Czar of Broadway

as    Connie Colton

1930
Midnight Mystery

as    Sally Wayne