Betty Compson
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Gertie
1941
Film
Midnight Mystery
Sally Wayne
1930
Film
The Show of Shows
Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
1929
Film
Skin Deep
Sadie Rogers
1929
Film
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Film
Strange Cargo
Suzanne (uncredited)
1940
Film
Here Comes Trouble
Martha Blake
1948
Film
Hollywood
Betty Compson
1923
Film
Hotel Imperial
Soubrette (uncredited)
1939
Film
Scarlet Seas
Rose
1928
Film
Blondes at Work
Blanche Revelle
1938
Film
Bulldog Edition
Billie Blake
1936
Film
Cheating Cheaters
Nan Carey
1927
Film
False Pretenses
Clarissa Stanhope
1935
Film
Virtuous Husband
Inez Wakefield
1931
Film
A Slight Case of Murder
Loretta
1938
Film
The Beloved Brat
Eleanor Sparks
1938
Inoculating Hubby
1916
Film
The Masked Angel
Betty
1928
Film
Killer at Large
Kate
1936
Film
Invisible Ghost
Mrs. Kessler
1941
Film
News Is Made at Night
Kitty Truman
1939
Film
Isle of Escape
Stella
1930
Film
Woman to Woman
Louise Boucher / Deloryse
1923
Film
Circus Girl
Carlotta
1937
Film
Destination Unknown
Ruby Smith
1933
Film
Weary River
Alice Gray
1929
Film
Blaze o' Glory
Helen Williams
1929
Film
Notorious But Nice
Millie Sprague
1933
Film
The Enemy Sex
Dodo Baxter
1924
Film
The Drag Net
Mollie Cole
1936
Film
Religious Racketeers
Ada Bernard
1938
Film
Prisoners of Love
Blanche Davis
1921
Film
Three Who Loved
Helga Larson Hanson
1931
Film
A Trip to Paramountown
Self
1922
Film
The White Shadow
Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
1924
Film
Second Chance
Mrs. Davenport
1947
Film
The House That Shadows Built
(archive footage)
1931
Film
Cowboys from Texas
Belle Starkey
1939
Film
The Great Gabbo
Mary
1929
Film
The Docks of New York
Mae
1928
Film
Hollywood Boulevard
Betty
1936
The Royal Oak
Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
1923
Film
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Herself (archive footage)
2011
Film
Those Who Dance
Kitty
1930
Film
The Terror of the Range
Thelma Grant
1919
Film
Halloween Monster Bash
Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
1991
Film
The Wise Guy
Hula Kate
1926
Film
The Woman with Four Faces
Elizabeth West
1923
Film
For Those We Love
Bernice Arnold
1921
Film
The Millionaire Kid
Gloria Neville
1936
Film
The Gay Diplomat
Baroness Corri
1931
Film
Love Me and the World Is Mine
Mitzel
1927
Film
Eve's Secret
Eve
1925
Film
Torchy Blane in Panama
Kitty, Gomez's Moll
1938
Film
The Spoilers
Cherry Malotte
1930
Film
Cafe Hostess
Cafe Hostess
1940
Film
Paths to Paradise
Molly
1925
Film
Mad Youth
Lucy Morgan
1940
Film
West of Singapore
Lou
1933
Film
August Week End
Ethel Ames
1936
Film
Street Girl
Frederika Joyzelle
1929
Film
The Belle of Broadway
Marie Duval / The Young Adele
1926
Film
The Barker
Carrie
1928
Film
Federal Bullets
Sue, Gang Moll
1937
Film
The Big City
Helen
1928
Film
The Pony Express
Molly Jones
1925
Film
On With the Show!
Nita
1929
Film
No Sleep on the Deep
Mrs. Eldridge
1934
Hollywood Halfbacks
1931
Film
Beggar on Horseback
Princess in Pantomime
1925
Film
Kick In
Molly Brandon
1922
Life's Mockery
Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton
1928
Film
Inside the Lines
Jane Gershon
1930
Film
The Garden of Weeds
Dorothy Delbridge
1924
Film
The Palace of Pleasure
Lola Montez
1926
Film
The Stranger
Peggy Bowlin
1924
Temptations of a Shop Girl
Ruth Harrington
1927
Film
Counsel for the Defense
Katherine West
1925
Film
The Rustle of Silk
Lala De Breeze
1923
Film
Court Martial
Belle Starr
1928
Film
The Czar of Broadway
Connie Colton
1930
Film
Confessions of a Vice Baron
Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1943
That Doggone Baby
Wifie Parker
1916
Film
The Little Minister
Lady Babbie
1921
Film
Laughing Irish Eyes
Molly
1936
Film
Out for the Coin
1917
Film
Roar of the Press
Mrs. Thelma Tate
1941
Film
Law and the Woman
Margaret Rolfe
1922
Film
To Have and to Hold
Lady Jocelyn Leigh
1922
Film
Escort Girl
Ruth Ashley
1941
Film
Laughing at Danger
Mrs. Van Horn
1940
Film
The Green Temptation
Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
1922
Film
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
Babka
1930
Film
The Fast Set
Margaret Sones
1924
Film
Port of Missing Girls
Chicago
1938
Film
Over the Border
Jen Galbraith
1922
Film
Two Minutes to Play
'Fluff' Harding
1936
Film
Guilty or Not Guilty
Maizie
1932
Film
New Lives for Old
Olympe
1925
Film
Miami
Joan Bruce
1924
Film
Under the Big Top
Marie
1938
Film
God's Country and the Man
Roxey Moore
1937
Film
The Time, the Place and the Girl
Doris Ward
1929
Film
At the End of the World
Cherry O'Day
1921
Film
Her Adventurous Night
Miss Spencer
1946
Film
The Female
Dalla
1924
Film
The Devil's Trail
Rose
1919
Film
The Bonded Woman
Angela Gaskell
1922
Film
The Silver Lining
Kate Flynn
1932
Film
The Lady Refuses
June
1931
Film
Hubby's Night Out
Wifey
1917
Film
Locked Doors
Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
1925
Film
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Selena Webster
1947
Film
Always the Woman
Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris
1922
Film
The White Flower
Konia Markham
1923
Film
The Sheriff
School Teacher
1918
Film
The Boudoir Diplomat
Helene
1930
Film
The Desert Bride
Diane Duval
1928
Film
Woman to Woman
Deloryce / Lola
1929
Film
Border Raiders
Rose Hardy
1918
Film
Danger! Women at Work
Madame Sappho
1943
Film
Ladies Must Live
Christine Bleeker
1921
Film
Ramshackle House
Pen Broome
1924
She Got What She Wanted
1930
Film
The Miracle Man
Rose
1919
Film
The Light of Victory
Jane Ravenslee
1919
Film
Two Gun Justice
Kate
1938
Film
Say It with Diamonds
Betty Howard
1927
The Making Over of Mother
Mrs. Newlywed
1916
Film
Crazy by Proxy
1917
As Luck Would Have It
1917