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.
Acted in 120
1990s
- 1991
Halloween Monster Bash
Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
1940s
- 1948
Here Comes Trouble
Martha Blake
- 1947
Second Chance
Mrs. Davenport
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Selena Webster
- 1946
Her Adventurous Night
Miss Spencer
- 1943
Danger! Women at Work
Madame Sappho
Confessions of a Vice Baron
Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1941
Escort Girl
Ruth Ashley
Roar of the Press
Mrs. Thelma Tate
- 1940
Laughing at Danger
Mrs. Van Horn
Mad Youth
Lucy Morgan
Strange Cargo
Suzanne (uncredited)
Cafe Hostess
Cafe Hostess
1930s
- 1939
Cowboys from Texas
Belle Starkey
News Is Made at Night
Kitty Truman
Hotel Imperial
Soubrette (uncredited)
- 1938
Under the Big Top
Marie
Religious Racketeers
Ada Bernard
Torchy Blane in Panama
Kitty, Gomez's Moll
The Beloved Brat
Eleanor Sparks
Two Gun Justice
Kate
Port of Missing Girls
Chicago
Blondes at Work
Blanche Revelle
- 1937
Federal Bullets
Sue, Gang Moll
God's Country and the Man
Roxey Moore
Circus Girl
Carlotta
- 1936
Two Minutes to Play
'Fluff' Harding
Killer at Large
Kate
Bulldog Edition
Billie Blake
Hollywood Boulevard
Betty
The Drag Net
Mollie Cole
The Millionaire Kid
Gloria Neville
Laughing Irish Eyes
Molly
August Week End
Ethel Ames
- 1935
- 1934
No Sleep on the Deep
Mrs. Eldridge
- 1933
Notorious But Nice
Millie Sprague
Destination Unknown
Ruby Smith
West of Singapore
Lou
- 1932
Guilty or Not Guilty
Maizie
The Silver Lining
Kate Flynn
- 1931
The Gay Diplomat
Baroness Corri
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
Three Who Loved
Helga Larson Hanson
The Lady Refuses
June
- 1930
The Boudoir Diplomat
Helene
The Spoilers
Cherry Malotte
Inside the Lines
Jane Gershon
The Czar of Broadway
Connie Colton
Those Who Dance
Kitty
Isle of Escape
Stella
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
Babka
1920s
- 1929
Blaze o' Glory
Helen Williams
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
Woman to Woman
Deloryce / Lola
Street Girl
Frederika Joyzelle
On With the Show!
Nita
The Time, the Place and the Girl
Doris Ward
Weary River
Alice Gray
- 1928
The Barker
Carrie
Court Martial
Belle Starr
The Masked Angel
Betty
The Desert Bride
Diane Duval
The Big City
Helen
Scarlet Seas
Rose
- 1927
Cheating Cheaters
Nan Carey
Love Me and the World Is Mine
Mitzel
Say It with Diamonds
Betty Howard
- 1926
The Belle of Broadway
Marie Duval / The Young Adele
The Wise Guy
Hula Kate
The Palace of Pleasure
Lola Montez
- 1925
Counsel for the Defense
Katherine West
The Pony Express
Molly Jones
Paths to Paradise
Molly
Beggar on Horseback
Princess in Pantomime
Eve's Secret
Eve
New Lives for Old
Olympe
Locked Doors
Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
- 1924
The Garden of Weeds
Dorothy Delbridge
The Fast Set
Margaret Sones
Ramshackle House
Pen Broome
The Female
Dalla
The Enemy Sex
Dodo Baxter
The White Shadow
Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
Miami
Joan Bruce
The Stranger
Peggy Bowlin
- 1923
Hollywood
Betty Compson
The Woman with Four Faces
Elizabeth West
The Rustle of Silk
Lala De Breeze
The White Flower
Konia Markham
Woman to Woman
Louise Boucher / Deloryse
- 1922
Kick In
Molly Brandon
To Have and to Hold
Lady Jocelyn Leigh
The Bonded Woman
Angela Gaskell
Always the Woman
Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris
Over the Border
Jen Galbraith
The Green Temptation
Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
Law and the Woman
Margaret Rolfe
- 1921
The Little Minister
Lady Babbie
Ladies Must Live
Christine Bleeker
For Those We Love
Bernice Arnold
At the End of the World
Cherry O'Day
Prisoners of Love
Blanche Davis
1910s
- 1919
The Miracle Man
Rose
The Devil's Trail
Rose
The Light of Victory
Jane Ravenslee
The Terror of the Range
Thelma Grant
- 1918
The Sheriff
School Teacher
Border Raiders
Rose Hardy
- 1917
Crazy by Proxy
Movie
Out for the Coin
Movie
Hubby's Night Out
Wifey
Wrote 2
1920s
- 1921
For Those We Love
Writer
Prisoners of Love
Writer
Produced 1
1920s
- 1922
Always the Woman
Producer
Appearances3
2010s
- 2011
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Herself (archive footage)
1970s
- 1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1920s
- 1922
A Trip to Paramountown
Self