
Actor
Betty Compson
129 years · Beaver, Utah, USA · 123 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 123

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 · Herself (archive footage)

Halloween Monster Bash
1991 · Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)


Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
On Artiflix


Here Comes Trouble
1948 · Martha Blake
On Mometu

Second Chance
1947 · Mrs. Davenport


Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947 · Selena Webster
On Plex Channel

Her Adventurous Night
1946 · Miss Spencer

Danger! Women at Work
1943 · Madame Sappho


Confessions of a Vice Baron
1943 · Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
On Cultpix


Escort Girl
1941 · Ruth Ashley
On Cultpix


Invisible Ghost
1941 · Mrs. Kessler
On Plex


Roar of the Press
1941 · Mrs. Thelma Tate
On Fawesome

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941 · Gertie

Laughing at Danger
1940 · Mrs. Van Horn


Mad Youth
1940 · Lucy Morgan
On Philo

Strange Cargo
1940 · Suzanne (uncredited)

Cafe Hostess
1940 · Cafe Hostess

Cowboys from Texas
1939 · Belle Starkey

News Is Made at Night
1939 · Kitty Truman

Hotel Imperial
1939 · Soubrette (uncredited)

Under the Big Top
1938 · Marie

Religious Racketeers
1938 · Ada Bernard


Torchy Blane in Panama
1938 · Kitty, Gomez's Moll
On TCM


The Beloved Brat
1938 · Eleanor Sparks
On TCM




