
Betty Compson
Known for Acting · 131 credits
- Born
- 1897-03-17
- Died
- 1974-04-18
- Place of birth
- Beaver, Utah, USA
- Also known as
- Eleanor Luicime Compson · ベティ・カンプソン
Biography
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
Movies (131)

Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Betty

Destination Unknown
1933
as Ruby Smith

Border Raiders
1918
as Rose Hardy

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
as Gertie

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)

Court Martial
1928
as Belle Starr

The Stranger
1924
as Peggy Bowlin

Strange Cargo
1940
as Suzanne (uncredited)

The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)

Roar of the Press
1941
as Mrs. Thelma Tate

The Docks of New York
1928
as Mae

Torchy Blane in Panama
1938
as Kitty, Gomez's Moll

The Spoilers
1930
as Cherry Malotte

A Slight Case of Murder
1938
as Loretta

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Herself (archive footage)

Hotel Imperial
1939
as Soubrette (uncredited)

To Have and to Hold
1922
as Lady Jocelyn Leigh

Hollywood
1923
as Betty Compson

Invisible Ghost
1941
as Mrs. Kessler

West of Singapore
1933
as Lou

Mad Youth
1940
as Lucy Morgan

Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927
as Mitzel

The Wise Guy
1926
as Hula Kate

Cafe Hostess
1940
as Cafe Hostess
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931

The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)

News Is Made at Night
1939
as Kitty Truman

Virtuous Husband
1931
as Inez Wakefield

The Palace of Pleasure
1926
as Lola Montez

Escort Girl
1941
as Ruth Ashley

The Beloved Brat
1938
as Eleanor Sparks

Cowboys from Texas
1939
as Belle Starkey

On With the Show!
1929
as Nita

The Rustle of Silk
1923
as Lala De Breeze

Two Minutes to Play
1936
as 'Fluff' Harding

The Devil's Trail
1919
as Rose

Guilty or Not Guilty
1932
as Maizie

Street Girl
1929
as Frederika Joyzelle

Bulldog Edition
1936
as Billie Blake

Midnight Mystery
1930
as Sally Wayne

Two Gun Justice
1938
as Kate

Second Chance
1947
as Mrs. Davenport

The Time, the Place and the Girl
1929
as Doris Ward

False Pretenses
1935
as Clarissa Stanhope

The Great Gabbo
1929
as Mary

Here Comes Trouble
1948
as Martha Blake

Circus Girl
1937
as Carlotta

Notorious But Nice
1933
as Millie Sprague

Weary River
1929
as Alice Gray

Blaze o' Glory
1929
as Helen Williams

Halloween Monster Bash
1991
as Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)

Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947
as Selena Webster

The Barker
1928
as Carrie

Port of Missing Girls
1938
as Chicago

The Desert Bride
1928
as Diane Duval

Laughing Irish Eyes
1936
as Molly

Blondes at Work
1938
as Blanche Revelle

Kick In
1922
as Molly Brandon

Skin Deep
1929
as Sadie Rogers

The Light of Victory
1919
as Jane Ravenslee

The Big City
1928
as Helen

For Those We Love
1921
as Bernice Arnold

Under the Big Top
1938
as Marie

Those Who Dance
1930
as Kitty

The Lady Refuses
1931
as June

August Week End
1936
as Ethel Ames

Woman to Woman
1929
as Deloryce / Lola

Locked Doors
1925
as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter

Beggar on Horseback
1925
as Princess in Pantomime

Scarlet Seas
1928
as Rose

Woman to Woman
1923
as Louise Boucher / Deloryse

Law and the Woman
1922
as Margaret Rolfe

Laughing at Danger
1940
as Mrs. Van Horn

The Belle of Broadway
1926
as Marie Duval / The Young Adele

Life's Mockery
1928
as Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton

The Millionaire Kid
1936
as Gloria Neville

Prisoners of Love
1921
as Blanche Davis

The Enemy Sex
1924
as Dodo Baxter

A Trip to Paramountown
1922
as Self

Federal Bullets
1937
as Sue, Gang Moll

The Sheriff
1918
as School Teacher

Danger! Women at Work
1943
as Madame Sappho

Religious Racketeers
1938
as Ada Bernard

Killer at Large
1936
as Kate

Ladies Must Live
1921
as Christine Bleeker

The Garden of Weeds
1924
as Dorothy Delbridge

The Drag Net
1936
as Mollie Cole

The Green Temptation
1922
as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker

The White Flower
1923
as Konia Markham

The Fast Set
1924
as Margaret Sones

Paths to Paradise
1925
as Molly

The Miracle Man
1919
as Rose

The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930
as Babka
The Royal Oak
1923
as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley

The White Shadow
1924
as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent

Isle of Escape
1930
as Stella

God's Country and the Man
1937
as Roxey Moore

The Silver Lining
1932
as Kate Flynn

The Female
1924
as Dalla

The Gay Diplomat
1931
as Baroness Corri

The Czar of Broadway
1930
as Connie Colton
She Got What She Wanted
1930

Over the Border
1922
as Jen Galbraith

Counsel for the Defense
1925
as Katherine West

Miami
1924
as Joan Bruce

The Bonded Woman
1922
as Angela Gaskell

Always the Woman
1922
as Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris

Inside the Lines
1930
as Jane Gershon

At the End of the World
1921
as Cherry O'Day

Eve's Secret
1925
as Eve

Ramshackle House
1924
as Pen Broome

Cheating Cheaters
1927
as Nan Carey

The Boudoir Diplomat
1930
as Helene

Hubby's Night Out
1917
as Wifey

No Sleep on the Deep
1934
as Mrs. Eldridge

The Masked Angel
1928
as Betty

Say It with Diamonds
1927
as Betty Howard

The Woman with Four Faces
1923
as Elizabeth West

Confessions of a Vice Baron
1943
as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Pony Express
1925
as Molly Jones
About Betty Compson
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. With 131 credits spanning from 1916 to 2011, Betty Compson has appeared in 131 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Betty Compson Movies
- Hollywood Boulevard (1936) — as Betty
- Destination Unknown (1933) — as Ruby Smith
- Border Raiders (1918) — as Rose Hardy
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) — as Gertie
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) — as Self (archive footage)
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