Betty Compson
Acting
Born March 17, 1897 · Beaver, Utah, USA
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.
Films (128)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Here Comes Trouble
1948
Second Chance
1947
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947
Her Adventurous Night
1946
Danger! Women at Work
1943
Confessions of a Vice Baron
1943
Escort Girl
1941
Invisible Ghost
1941
Roar of the Press
1941
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
Laughing at Danger
1940
Mad Youth
1940
Strange Cargo
1940
Cafe Hostess
1940
Cowboys from Texas
1939
News Is Made at Night
1939
Hotel Imperial
1939
Under the Big Top
1938
Religious Racketeers
1938
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938
The Beloved Brat
1938
Two Gun Justice
1938
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
Port of Missing Girls
1938
Blondes at Work
1938
Federal Bullets
1937
God's Country and the Man
1937
Circus Girl
1937
Two Minutes to Play
1936
Killer at Large
1936
Bulldog Edition
1936
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
The Drag-Net
1936
The Millionaire Kid
1936
Laughing Irish Eyes
1936
August Week End
1936
False Pretenses
1935
No Sleep on the Deep
1934
Notorious But Nice
1933
Destination Unknown
1933
West of Singapore
1933
Guilty or Not Guilty
1932
The Silver Lining
1932
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
The Gay Diplomat
1931
The House That Shadows Built
1931
Three Who Loved
1931
Virtuous Husband
1931
The Lady Refuses
1931
The Boudoir Diplomat
1930
She Got What She Wanted
1930
The Spoilers
1930
Inside the Lines
1930
Midnight Mystery
1930
The Czar of Broadway
1930
Those Who Dance
1930
Isle of Escape
1930
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930
Blaze o' Glory
1929
The Show of Shows
1929
Woman to Woman
1929
The Great Gabbo
1929
Skin Deep
1929
Street Girl
1929
On With the Show!
1929
The Time, the Place and the Girl
1929
Weary River
1929
The Barker
1928
The Docks of New York
1928
Court Martial
1928
The Masked Angel
1928
The Desert Bride
1928
The Big City
1928
Scarlet Seas
1928
Cheating Cheaters
1927
Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927
Say It with Diamonds
1927
The Belle of Broadway
1926
The Wise Guy
1926
The Palace of Pleasure
1926
Counsel for the Defense
1925
The Pony Express
1925
Paths to Paradise
1925
Beggar on Horseback
1925
Eve's Secret
1925
New Lives for Old
1925
Locked Doors
1925
The Garden of Weeds
1924
The Fast Set
1924
Ramshackle House
1924
The Female
1924
The Enemy Sex
1924
The White Shadow
1924
Miami
1924
The Stranger
1924
The Royal Oak
1923
Hollywood
1923
The Woman with Four Faces
1923
The Rustle of Silk
1923
The White Flower
1923
Woman to Woman
1923
Kick In
1922
To Have and to Hold
1922
The Bonded Woman
1922
A Trip to Paramountown
1922
Always the Woman
1922
Over the Border
1922
The Green Temptation
1922
Law and the Woman
1922
The Little Minister
1921
Ladies Must Live
1921
For Those We Love
1921
At the End of the World
1921
Prisoners of Love
1921
The Miracle Man
1919
The Devil's Trail
1919
The Light of Victory
1919
The Terror of the Range
1919
The Sheriff
1918
Border Raiders
1918
Crazy by Proxy
1917
As Luck Would Have It
1917
Hubby's Night Out
1917
That Doggone Baby
1916
The Making Over of Mother
1916
Inoculating Hubby
1916