Betty Compson

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

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Strange Cargo

A Slight Case of Murder

The Docks of New York

The Show of Shows

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films

Hollywood

All Movies (131)

• Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films2011 · as Herself (archive footage)
• Halloween Monster Bash1991 · as Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
• Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975 · as Self (archive footage)
• Here Comes Trouble1948 · as Martha Blake
• Second Chance1947 · as Mrs. Davenport
• Hard Boiled Mahoney1947 · as Selena Webster
• Her Adventurous Night1946 · as Miss Spencer
• Danger! Women at Work1943 · as Madame Sappho
• Confessions of a Vice Baron1943 · as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Escort Girl1941 · as Ruth Ashley
• Invisible Ghost1941 · as Mrs. Kessler
• Roar of the Press1941 · as Mrs. Thelma Tate
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith1941 · as Gertie
• Laughing at Danger1940 · as Mrs. Van Horn
• Mad Youth1940 · as Lucy Morgan
• Strange Cargo1940 · as Suzanne (uncredited)
• Cafe Hostess1940 · as Cafe Hostess
• Cowboys from Texas1939 · as Belle Starkey
• News Is Made at Night1939 · as Kitty Truman
• Hotel Imperial1939 · as Soubrette (uncredited)
• Under the Big Top1938 · as Marie
• Religious Racketeers1938 · as Ada Bernard
• Torchy Blane in Panama1938 · as Kitty, Gomez's Moll
• The Beloved Brat1938 · as Eleanor Sparks
• Two Gun Justice1938 · as Kate
• A Slight Case of Murder1938 · as Loretta
• Port of Missing Girls1938 · as Chicago
• Blondes at Work1938 · as Blanche Revelle
• Federal Bullets1937 · as Sue, Gang Moll
• God's Country and the Man1937 · as Roxey Moore
• Circus Girl1937 · as Carlotta
• Two Minutes to Play1936 · as 'Fluff' Harding
• Killer at Large1936 · as Kate
• Bulldog Edition1936 · as Billie Blake
• Hollywood Boulevard1936 · as Betty
• The Drag Net1936 · as Mollie Cole
• The Millionaire Kid1936 · as Gloria Neville
• Laughing Irish Eyes1936 · as Molly
• August Week End1936 · as Ethel Ames
• False Pretenses1935 · as Clarissa Stanhope
• No Sleep on the Deep1934 · as Mrs. Eldridge
• Notorious But Nice1933 · as Millie Sprague
• Destination Unknown1933 · as Ruby Smith
• West of Singapore1933 · as Lou
• Guilty or Not Guilty1932 · as Maizie
• The Silver Lining1932 · as Kate Flynn
• Hollywood Halfbacks1931
• The Gay Diplomat1931 · as Baroness Corri
• The House That Shadows Built1931 · as (archive footage)
• Three Who Loved1931 · as Helga Larson Hanson
• Virtuous Husband1931 · as Inez Wakefield
• The Lady Refuses1931 · as June
• The Boudoir Diplomat1930 · as Helene
• She Got What She Wanted1930
• The Spoilers1930 · as Cherry Malotte
• Inside the Lines1930 · as Jane Gershon
• Midnight Mystery1930 · as Sally Wayne
• The Czar of Broadway1930 · as Connie Colton
• Those Who Dance1930 · as Kitty
• Isle of Escape1930 · as Stella
• The Case of Sergeant Grischa1930 · as Babka
• Blaze o' Glory1929 · as Helen Williams
• The Show of Shows1929 · as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
• Woman to Woman1929 · as Deloryce / Lola
• The Great Gabbo1929 · as Mary
• Skin Deep1929 · as Sadie Rogers
• Street Girl1929 · as Frederika Joyzelle
• On With the Show!1929 · as Nita
• The Time, the Place and the Girl1929 · as Doris Ward
• Weary River1929 · as Alice Gray
• The Barker1928 · as Carrie
• The Docks of New York1928 · as Mae
• Court Martial1928 · as Belle Starr
• Life's Mockery1928 · as Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton
• The Masked Angel1928 · as Betty
• The Desert Bride1928 · as Diane Duval
• The Big City1928 · as Helen
• Scarlet Seas1928 · as Rose
• Cheating Cheaters1927 · as Nan Carey
• Temptations of a Shop Girl1927 · as Ruth Harrington
• Love Me and the World Is Mine1927 · as Mitzel
• Say It with Diamonds1927 · as Betty Howard
• The Belle of Broadway1926 · as Marie Duval / The Young Adele
• The Wise Guy1926 · as Hula Kate
• The Palace of Pleasure1926 · as Lola Montez
• Counsel for the Defense1925 · as Katherine West
• The Pony Express1925 · as Molly Jones
• Paths to Paradise1925 · as Molly
• Beggar on Horseback1925 · as Princess in Pantomime
• Eve's Secret1925 · as Eve
• New Lives for Old1925 · as Olympe
• Locked Doors1925 · as Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
• The Garden of Weeds1924 · as Dorothy Delbridge
• The Fast Set1924 · as Margaret Sones
• Ramshackle House1924 · as Pen Broome
• The Female1924 · as Dalla
• The Enemy Sex1924 · as Dodo Baxter
• The White Shadow1924 · as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
• Miami1924 · as Joan Bruce
• The Stranger1924 · as Peggy Bowlin
• The Royal Oak1923 · as Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
• Hollywood1923 · as Betty Compson
• The Woman with Four Faces1923 · as Elizabeth West
• The Rustle of Silk1923 · as Lala De Breeze
• The White Flower1923 · as Konia Markham
• Woman to Woman1923 · as Louise Boucher / Deloryse
• Kick In1922 · as Molly Brandon
• To Have and to Hold1922 · as Lady Jocelyn Leigh
• The Bonded Woman1922 · as Angela Gaskell
• A Trip to Paramountown1922 · as Self
• Always the Woman1922 · as Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris
• Over the Border1922 · as Jen Galbraith
• The Green Temptation1922 · as Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
• Law and the Woman1922 · as Margaret Rolfe
• The Little Minister1921 · as Lady Babbie
• Ladies Must Live1921 · as Christine Bleeker
• For Those We Love1921 · as Bernice Arnold
• At the End of the World1921 · as Cherry O'Day
• Prisoners of Love1921 · as Blanche Davis
• The Miracle Man1919 · as Rose
• The Devil's Trail1919 · as Rose
• The Light of Victory1919 · as Jane Ravenslee
• The Terror of the Range1919 · as Thelma Grant
• The Sheriff1918 · as School Teacher
• Border Raiders1918 · as Rose Hardy
• Crazy by Proxy1917
• As Luck Would Have It1917
• Hubby's Night Out1917 · as Wifey
• That Doggone Baby1916 · as Wifie Parker
• The Making Over of Mother1916 · as Mrs. Newlywed
• Inoculating Hubby1916