Betty Compson
Acting
- Born:
- 1897-03-17
- Died:
- 1974-04-18
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Halloween Monster Bash
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Here Comes Trouble
Second Chance
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Her Adventurous Night
Danger! Women at Work
Confessions of a Vice Baron
Escort Girl
Invisible Ghost
Roar of the Press
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Laughing at Danger
Mad Youth
Strange Cargo
Cafe Hostess
Cowboys from Texas
News Is Made at Night
Hotel Imperial
Under the Big Top
Religious Racketeers
Torchy Blane in Panama
The Beloved Brat
Two Gun Justice
A Slight Case of Murder
Port of Missing Girls
Blondes at Work
Federal Bullets
God's Country and the Man
Circus Girl
Two Minutes to Play
Killer at Large
Bulldog Edition
Hollywood Boulevard
The Drag Net
The Millionaire Kid
Laughing Irish Eyes
August Week End
False Pretenses
No Sleep on the Deep
Notorious But Nice
Destination Unknown
West of Singapore
Guilty or Not Guilty
The Silver Lining
Hollywood Halfbacks
The Gay Diplomat
The House That Shadows Built
Three Who Loved
Virtuous Husband
The Lady Refuses
The Boudoir Diplomat
She Got What She Wanted
The Spoilers
Inside the Lines
Midnight Mystery
The Czar of Broadway
Those Who Dance
Isle of Escape
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
Blaze o' Glory
The Show of Shows
Woman to Woman
The Great Gabbo
Skin Deep
Street Girl
On With the Show!
The Time, the Place and the Girl
Weary River
The Barker
The Docks of New York
Court Martial
Life's Mockery
The Masked Angel
The Desert Bride
The Big City
Scarlet Seas
Cheating Cheaters
Temptations of a Shop Girl
Love Me and the World Is Mine
Say It with Diamonds
The Belle of Broadway
The Wise Guy
The Palace of Pleasure
Counsel for the Defense
The Pony Express
Paths to Paradise
Beggar on Horseback
Eve's Secret
New Lives for Old
Locked Doors
The Garden of Weeds
The Fast Set
Ramshackle House
The Female
The Enemy Sex
The White Shadow
Miami
The Stranger
The Royal Oak
Hollywood
The Woman with Four Faces
The Rustle of Silk
The White Flower
Woman to Woman
Kick In
To Have and to Hold
The Bonded Woman
A Trip to Paramountown
Always the Woman
Over the Border
The Green Temptation
Law and the Woman
The Little Minister
Ladies Must Live
For Those We Love
At the End of the World
Prisoners of Love
The Miracle Man
The Devil's Trail
The Light of Victory
The Terror of the Range
The Sheriff
Border Raiders
Crazy by Proxy
As Luck Would Have It
Out for the Coin
Hubby's Night Out
That Doggone Baby
The Making Over of Mother
Inoculating Hubby