Betty Compson

Known for Acting

Betty Compson's portrait

Details

Birthday: March 17, 1897

Deathday: April 18, 1974

Place of birth: Beaver, Utah, USA

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.

Actress

2011

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

1991

Halloween Monster Bash

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1948

Here Comes Trouble

1947

Second Chance

1947

Hard Boiled Mahoney

1946

Her Adventurous Night

1943

Danger! Women at Work

1943

Confessions of a Vice Baron

1941

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

1941

Escort Girl

1941

Invisible Ghost

1941

Roar of the Press

1940

Strange Cargo

1940

Mad Youth

1940

Laughing at Danger

1940

Cafe Hostess

1939

Cowboys from Texas

1939

Hotel Imperial

1939

News Is Made at Night

1938

Blondes at Work

1938

Torchy Blane in Panama

1938

Under the Big Top

1938

Religious Racketeers

1938

Port of Missing Girls

1938

Two Gun Justice

1938

The Beloved Brat

1938

A Slight Case of Murder

1937

Circus Girl

1937

Federal Bullets

1937

God's Country and the Man

1936

Bulldog Edition

1936

The Millionaire Kid

1936

August Week End

1936

The Drag Net

1936

Two Minutes to Play

1936

Hollywood Boulevard

1936

Laughing Irish Eyes

1936

Killer at Large

1935

False Pretenses

1934

No Sleep on the Deep

1933

Destination Unknown

1933

Notorious But Nice

1933

West of Singapore

1932

Guilty or Not Guilty

1932

The Silver Lining

1931

The Lady Refuses

1931

The Gay Diplomat

1931

Three Who Loved

1931

The House That Shadows Built

1931

Virtuous Husband

1931

Hollywood Halfbacks

1930

She Got What She Wanted

1930

The Case of Sergeant Grischa

1930

Inside the Lines

1930

The Czar of Broadway

1930

Midnight Mystery

1930

Those Who Dance

1930

The Spoilers

1930

Isle of Escape

1930

The Boudoir Diplomat

1929

The Time, the Place and the Girl

1929

Street Girl

1929

The Great Gabbo

1929

On With the Show!

1929

Woman to Woman

1929

Weary River

1929

Skin Deep

1929

The Show of Shows

1929

Blaze o' Glory

1928

The Docks of New York

1928

The Barker

1928

Scarlet Seas

1928

The Big City

1928

The Desert Bride

1928

Court Martial

1928

The Masked Angel

1928

Life's Mockery

1927

Cheating Cheaters

1927

Say It with Diamonds

1927

Love Me and the World Is Mine

1927

Temptations of a Shop Girl

1926

The Wise Guy

1926

The Belle of Broadway

1926

The Palace of Pleasure

1925

Locked Doors

1925

Paths to Paradise

1925

Beggar on Horseback

1925

The Pony Express

1925

Eve's Secret

1925

New Lives for Old

1925

Counsel for the Defense

1924

The Garden of Weeds

1924

The White Shadow

1924

The Fast Set

1924

The Enemy Sex

1924

The Stranger

1924

Ramshackle House

1924

The Female

1924

Miami

1923

Hollywood

1923

The Woman with Four Faces

1923

Woman to Woman

1923

The Rustle of Silk

1923

The White Flower

1923

The Royal Oak

1922

Over the Border

1922

A Trip to Paramountown

1922

The Green Temptation

1922

To Have and to Hold

1922

Kick In

1922

The Bonded Woman

1922

Law and the Woman

1922

Always the Woman

1921

For Those We Love

1921

Prisoners of Love

1921

The Little Minister

1921

Ladies Must Live

1921

At the End of the World

1919

The Devil's Trail

1919

The Miracle Man

1919

The Light of Victory

1919

The Terror of the Range

1918

Border Raiders

1918

The Sheriff

1917

Crazy by Proxy

1917

Hubby's Night Out

1917

As Luck Would Have It

1916

The Making Over of Mother

1916

That Doggone Baby

1916

Inoculating Hubby

Writer

1921

For Those We Love

1921

Prisoners of Love