Betty Compson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 17 March 1897 · Beaver, Utah, USA
- Died
- 18 April 1974
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.
Known for
Acting 132
- 2011Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films as Herself (archive footage)
- 1991Halloween Monster Bash as Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1948Here Comes Trouble as Martha Blake
- 1947Second Chance as Mrs. Davenport
- 1947Hard Boiled Mahoney as Selena Webster
- 1946Her Adventurous Night as Miss Spencer
- 1943Danger! Women at Work as Madame Sappho
- 1943Confessions of a Vice Baron as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1941Escort Girl as Ruth Ashley
- 1941Invisible Ghost as Mrs. Kessler
- 1941Roar of the Press as Mrs. Thelma Tate
- 1941Mr. & Mrs. Smith as Gertie
- 1940Laughing at Danger as Mrs. Van Horn
- 1940Mad Youth as Lucy Morgan
- 1940Strange Cargo as Suzanne (uncredited)
- 1940Cafe Hostess as Cafe Hostess
- 1939Cowboys from Texas as Belle Starkey
- 1939News Is Made at Night as Kitty Truman
- 1939Hotel Imperial as Soubrette (uncredited)
- 1938Under the Big Top as Marie
- 1938Religious Racketeers as Ada Bernard
- 1938Torchy Blane in Panama as Kitty, Gomez's Moll
- 1938The Beloved Brat as Eleanor Sparks
- 1938Two Gun Justice as Kate
- 1938A Slight Case of Murder as Loretta
- 1938Port of Missing Girls as Chicago
- 1938Blondes at Work as Blanche Revelle
- 1937Federal Bullets as Sue, Gang Moll
- 1937God's Country and the Man as Roxey Moore
- 1937Circus Girl as Carlotta
- 1936Two Minutes to Play as 'Fluff' Harding
- 1936Killer at Large as Kate
- 1936Bulldog Edition as Billie Blake
- 1936Hollywood Boulevard as Betty
- 1936The Drag Net as Mollie Cole
- 1936The Millionaire Kid as Gloria Neville
- 1936Laughing Irish Eyes as Molly
- 1936August Week End as Ethel Ames
- 1935False Pretenses as Clarissa Stanhope
- 1934No Sleep on the Deep as Mrs. Eldridge
- 1933Notorious But Nice as Millie Sprague
- 1933Destination Unknown as Ruby Smith
- 1933West of Singapore as Lou
- 1932Guilty or Not Guilty as Maizie
- 1932The Silver Lining as Kate Flynn
- 1931Hollywood Halfbacks
- 1931The Gay Diplomat as Baroness Corri
- 1931The House That Shadows Built as (archive footage)
- 1931Three Who Loved as Helga Larson Hanson
- 1931Virtuous Husband as Inez Wakefield
- 1931The Lady Refuses as June
- 1930The Boudoir Diplomat as Helene
- 1930She Got What She Wanted
- 1930The Spoilers as Cherry Malotte
- 1930Inside the Lines as Jane Gershon
- 1930Midnight Mystery as Sally Wayne
- 1930The Czar of Broadway as Connie Colton
- 1930Those Who Dance as Kitty
- 1930Isle of Escape as Stella
- 1930The Case of Sergeant Grischa as Babka
- 1929Blaze o' Glory as Helen Williams
- 1929The Show of Shows as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
- 1929Woman to Woman as Deloryce / Lola
- 1929The Great Gabbo as Mary
- 1929Skin Deep as Sadie Rogers
- 1929Street Girl as Frederika Joyzelle
- 1929On With the Show! as Nita
- 1929The Time, the Place and the Girl as Doris Ward
- 1929Weary River as Alice Gray
- 1928The Barker as Carrie
- 1928The Docks of New York as Mae
- 1928Court Martial as Belle Starr
- 1928Life's Mockery as Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton
- 1928The Masked Angel as Betty
- 1928The Desert Bride as Diane Duval
- 1928The Big City as Helen
- 1928Scarlet Seas as Rose
- 1927Cheating Cheaters as Nan Carey
- 1927Temptations of a Shop Girl as Ruth Harrington
- 1927Love Me and the World Is Mine as Mitzel
- 1927Say It with Diamonds as Betty Howard
- 1926The Belle of Broadway as Marie Duval / The Young Adele
- 1926The Wise Guy as Hula Kate
- 1926The Palace of Pleasure as Lola Montez
- 1925Counsel for the Defense as Katherine West
- 1925The Pony Express as Molly Jones
- 1925Paths to Paradise as Molly
- 1925Beggar on Horseback as Princess in Pantomime
- 1925Eve's Secret as Eve
- 1925New Lives for Old as Olympe
- 1925Locked Doors as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
- 1924The Garden of Weeds as Dorothy Delbridge
- 1924The Fast Set as Margaret Sones
- 1924The Female as Dalla
- 1924Ramshackle House as Pen Broome
- 1924The Enemy Sex as Dodo Baxter
- 1924The White Shadow as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
- 1924Miami as Joan Bruce
- 1924The Stranger as Peggy Bowlin
- 1923The Royal Oak as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
- 1923Hollywood as Betty Compson
- 1923The Woman with Four Faces as Elizabeth West
- 1923The Rustle of Silk as Lala De Breeze
- 1923The White Flower as Konia Markham
- 1923Woman to Woman as Louise Boucher / Deloryse
- 1922Kick In as Molly Brandon
- 1922To Have and to Hold as Lady Jocelyn Leigh
- 1922The Bonded Woman as Angela Gaskell
- 1922A Trip to Paramountown as Self
- 1922Always the Woman as Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris
- 1922Over the Border as Jen Galbraith
- 1922The Green Temptation as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
- 1922Law and the Woman as Margaret Rolfe
- 1921The Little Minister as Lady Babbie
- 1921Ladies Must Live as Christine Bleeker
- 1921For Those We Love as Bernice Arnold
- 1921At the End of the World as Cherry O'Day
- 1921Prisoners of Love as Blanche Davis
- 1919The Miracle Man as Rose
- 1919The Devil's Trail as Rose
- 1919The Light of Victory as Jane Ravenslee
- 1919The Terror of the Range as Thelma Grant
- 1918The Sheriff as School Teacher
- 1918Border Raiders as Rose Hardy
- 1917Crazy by Proxy
- 1917As Luck Would Have It
- 1917Out for the Coin
- 1917Hubby's Night Out as Wifey
- 1916That Doggone Baby as Wifie Parker
- 1916The Making Over of Mother as Mrs. Newlywed
- 1916Inoculating Hubby
Production 1
- 1922Always the Woman · producer
Writing 2
- 1921For Those We Love · writer
- 1921Prisoners of Love · writer