Betty Compson

★ Acting #33,199

1897 - 1974 (age 77) • Acting

Born: 3/17/1897 in Beaver, Utah, USA

Died: 4/18/1974 (age 77)

Known for: Acting

Betty Compson

★ Acting #33,199

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

The Docks of New York

70%

Mae

1928

Invisible Ghost

53%

Mrs. Kessler

1941

The Great Gabbo

57%

Mary

1929

The Lady Refuses

54%

June

1931

Woman to Woman

49%

Deloryce / Lola

1929

Weary River

58%

Alice Gray

1929

Escort Girl

33%

Ruth Ashley

1941

Paths to Paradise

62%

Molly

1925

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

90%

Herself (archive footage)

2011

Halloween Monster Bash

Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)

1991

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

63%

Self (archive footage)

1975

Here Comes Trouble

52%

Martha Blake

1948

Second Chance

65%

Mrs. Davenport

1947

Hard Boiled Mahoney

68%

Selena Webster

1947

Her Adventurous Night

67%

Miss Spencer

1946

Danger! Women at Work

65%

Madame Sappho

1943

Confessions of a Vice Baron

47%

Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)

1943

Escort Girl

33%

Ruth Ashley

1941

Invisible Ghost

53%

Mrs. Kessler

1941

Roar of the Press

63%

Mrs. Thelma Tate

1941

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

59%

Gertie

1941

Laughing at Danger

90%

Mrs. Van Horn

1940

Mad Youth

49%

Lucy Morgan

1940

Strange Cargo

70%

Suzanne (uncredited)

1940

Cafe Hostess

54%

Cafe Hostess

1940

Cowboys from Texas

60%

Belle Starkey

1939

News Is Made at Night

48%

Kitty Truman

1939

Hotel Imperial

70%

Soubrette (uncredited)

1939

Under the Big Top

67%

Marie

1938

Religious Racketeers

75%

Ada Bernard

1938

Torchy Blane in Panama

58%

Kitty, Gomez's Moll

1938

The Beloved Brat

65%

Eleanor Sparks

1938

Two Gun Justice

75%

Kate

1938

A Slight Case of Murder

64%

Loretta

1938

Port of Missing Girls

70%

Chicago

1938

Blondes at Work

64%

Blanche Revelle

1938