Betty Compson

Betty Compson

b. 1897 — d. 1974 (aged 77) Beaver, Utah, USA
Actress Soundtrack

Betty Compson (born Eleanor Luicime 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

To Have and to Hold
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To Have and to Hold
1922
Street Girl
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★ 6.2
Street Girl
1929
The Lady Refuses
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★ 5.9
The Lady Refuses
1931
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
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★ 6.3
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941

Filmography

Here Comes Trouble
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★ 5.4
Here Comes Trouble
1948 Actress
Hard Boiled Mahoney
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★ 6.2
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947 Actress
Her Adventurous Night
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★ 6.4
Her Adventurous Night
1946 Actress
Confessions of a Vice Baron
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★ 5.0
Confessions of a Vice Baron
1943 Actress
Danger! Women at Work
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★ 7.0
Danger! Women at Work
1943 Actress
Invisible Ghost
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★ 5.3
Invisible Ghost
1941 Actress
Escort Girl
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★ 4.3
Escort Girl
1941 Actress
The Watchman Takes a Wife
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The Watchman Takes a Wife
1941 Actress
Laughing at Danger
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★ 5.7
Laughing at Danger
1940 Actress
Mad Youth
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★ 4.9
Mad Youth
1939 Actress
Cowboys from Texas
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★ 6.8
Cowboys from Texas
1939 Actress
Blondes at Work
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★ 6.4
Blondes at Work
1938 Actress
Torchy Blane in Panama
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★ 5.9
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938 Actress
Port of Missing Girls
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★ 5.9
Port of Missing Girls
1938 Actress
Under the Big Top
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★ 5.7
Under the Big Top
1938 Actress
The Mystic Circle Murder
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★ 5.4
The Mystic Circle Murder
1938 Actress
Two Gun Justice
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★ 6.2
Two Gun Justice
1938 Actress
God's Country and the Man
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★ 6.6
God's Country and the Man
1937 Actress
Circus Girl
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★ 6.1
Circus Girl
1937 Actress
Federal Bullets
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★ 5.8
Federal Bullets
1937 Actress
August Weekend
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★ 5.1
August Weekend
1936 Actress
Bulldog Edition
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★ 5.7
Bulldog Edition
1936 Actress
The Drag-Net
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★ 5.8
The Drag-Net
1936 Actress
Laughing Irish Eyes
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★ 3.6
Laughing Irish Eyes
1936 Actress
Two Minutes to Play
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★ 5.5
Two Minutes to Play
1936 Actress
The Millionaire Kid
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★ 5.5
The Millionaire Kid
1936 Actress
Killer at Large
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★ 5.4
Killer at Large
1936 Actress
False Pretenses
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★ 5.8
False Pretenses
1935 Actress
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Manhattan Butterfly
1935 Actress
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🎞️
★ 6.0
No Sleep on the Deep
1934 Actress
Notorious But Nice
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★ 6.1
Notorious But Nice
1933 Actress
Destination Unknown
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★ 7.1
Destination Unknown
1933 Actress
West of Singapore
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★ 5.0
West of Singapore
1933 Actress
The Silver Lining
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★ 6.4
The Silver Lining
1932 Actress
Guilty or Not Guilty
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★ 5.9
Guilty or Not Guilty
1932 Actress
The Lady Refuses
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★ 5.9
The Lady Refuses
1931 Actress
The Gay Diplomat
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★ 5.0
The Gay Diplomat
1931 Actress
Three Who Loved
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★ 5.5
Three Who Loved
1931 Actress
Virtuous Husband
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★ 6.4
Virtuous Husband
1931 Actress
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Hollywood Halfbacks
1931 Actress
Inside the Lines
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★ 5.3
Inside the Lines
1930 Actress
Midnight Mystery
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★ 6.4
Midnight Mystery
1930 Actress
The Spoilers
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★ 6.8
The Spoilers
1930 Actress
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
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★ 6.7
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1930 Actress
Those Who Dance
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★ 6.7
Those Who Dance
1930 Actress
Fashion News
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★ 5.1
Fashion News
1930 Self
Isle of Escape
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★ 6.9
Isle of Escape
1930 Actress
Czar of Broadway
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★ 6.8
Czar of Broadway
1930 Actress
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★ 6.1
She Got What She Wanted
1930 Actress
The Boudoir Diplomat
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★ 7.6
The Boudoir Diplomat
1930 Actress
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★ 5.8
The Voice of Hollywood, Series 1, No. 2
1930 Self
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🎞️
Screen Snapshots, Series 9, No. 13
1930 Self
The Great Gabbo
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★ 6.0
The Great Gabbo
1929 Actress
Weary River
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★ 6.1
Weary River
1929 Actress
Street Girl
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★ 6.2
Street Girl
1929 Actress
On with the Show!
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★ 5.8
On with the Show!
1929 Actress
Woman to Woman
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★ 5.9
Woman to Woman
1929 Actress
Skin Deep
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★ 6.6
Skin Deep
1929 Actress
The Time, the Place and the Girl
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★ 4.2
The Time, the Place and the Girl
1929 Actress
Blaze o' Glory
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Blaze o' Glory
1929 Actress
The Docks of New York
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★ 7.5
The Docks of New York
1928 Actress
The Barker
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★ 6.9
The Barker
1928 Actress
The Big City
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★ 6.8
The Big City
1928 Actress
The Desert Bride
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★ 5.3
The Desert Bride
1928 Actress
Court-Martial
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★ 6.8
Court-Martial
1928 Actress
Scarlet Seas
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★ 5.0
Scarlet Seas
1928 Actress
Life's Mockery
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Life's Mockery
1928 Actress
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The Masked Angel
1928 Actress
Say It with Diamonds
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★ 6.0
Say It with Diamonds
1927 Actress
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The Ladybird
1927 Actress
Love Me and the World Is Mine
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Love Me and the World Is Mine
1927 Actress
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Temptations of a Shop Girl
1927 Actress
Cheating Cheaters
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Cheating Cheaters
1927 Actress
The Belle of Broadway
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★ 6.6
The Belle of Broadway
1926 Actress
The Wise Guy
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★ 4.2
The Wise Guy
1926 Actress
The Palace of Pleasure
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★ 4.7
The Palace of Pleasure
1926 Actress
Paths to Paradise
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★ 7.0
Paths to Paradise
1925 Actress
The Pony Express
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★ 5.9
The Pony Express
1925 Actress
Beggar on Horseback
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★ 5.9
Beggar on Horseback
1925 Actress
Dangerous Virtue
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★ 6.6
Dangerous Virtue
1925 Actress
New Lives for Old
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New Lives for Old
1925 Actress
Eve's Secret
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Eve's Secret
1925 Actress
Locked Doors
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Locked Doors
1925 Actress
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Counsel for the Defense
1925 Actress
White Shadows
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★ 6.0
White Shadows
1924 Actress
The Female
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★ 6.0
The Female
1924 Actress
The Stranger
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The Stranger
1924 Actress
Ramshackle House
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Ramshackle House
1924 Actress
The Garden of Weeds
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The Garden of Weeds
1924 Actress
Miami
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Miami
1924 Actress
The Fast Set
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The Fast Set
1924 Actress
The Enemy Sex
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The Enemy Sex
1924 Actress
Woman to Woman
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★ 7.0
Woman to Woman
1923 Actress
The White Flower
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The White Flower
1923 Actress
The Rustle of Silk
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The Rustle of Silk
1923 Actress
The Woman with Four Faces
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The Woman with Four Faces
1923 Actress
The Royal Oak
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The Royal Oak
1923 Actress
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Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 21
1923 Actress
A Trip to Paramountown
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★ 6.5
A Trip to Paramountown
1922 Self
The Bonded Woman
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★ 2.1
The Bonded Woman
1922 Actress
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