Betty Compson
Acting
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.
Filmography 131
Movies (131)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films2011Herself (archive footage)
Halloween Monster Bash1991Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975Self (archive footage)
Here Comes Trouble1948Martha Blake
Second Chance1947Mrs. Davenport
Hard Boiled Mahoney1947Selena Webster
Her Adventurous Night1946Miss Spencer
Danger! Women at Work1943Madame Sappho
Confessions of a Vice Baron1943Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Escort Girl1941Ruth Ashley
Invisible Ghost1941Mrs. Kessler
Roar of the Press1941Mrs. Thelma Tate
Mr. & Mrs. Smith1941Gertie
Laughing at Danger1940Mrs. Van Horn
Mad Youth1940Lucy Morgan
Strange Cargo1940Suzanne (uncredited)
Cafe Hostess1940Cafe Hostess
Cowboys from Texas1939Belle Starkey
News Is Made at Night1939Kitty Truman
Hotel Imperial1939Soubrette (uncredited)
Under the Big Top1938Marie
Religious Racketeers1938Ada Bernard
Torchy Blane in Panama1938Kitty, Gomez's Moll
The Beloved Brat1938Eleanor Sparks
Two Gun Justice1938Kate
A Slight Case of Murder1938Loretta
Port of Missing Girls1938Chicago
Blondes at Work1938Blanche Revelle
Federal Bullets1937Sue, Gang Moll
God's Country and the Man1937Roxey Moore