Joyce Compton

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Olivia Joyce Compton (January 27, 1907 – October 13, 1997) was an American actress. Compton was born in Lexington, Kentucky. (Despite frequent reports to the contrary, her name was not originally "Eleanor Hunt"; she had appeared in the film Good Sport (1931) with Hunt and this confusion in an early press article followed Compton throughout her career.) After graduating high school she spent two years studying at the University of Tulsa, studying dramatics, art, music and dancing. She won a personality and beauty contest and spent two months in a film studio as an extra. Compton first made a name for herself when she was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926, alongside Mary Brian, Dolores Costello, Joan Crawford, Dolores del Río, Janet Gaynor and Fay Wray. Compton appeared in a long string of mostly B-movies from the 1920s through the 1950s. She was a comedy actress and protested at being stereotyped as a "dumb blonde". Among her over two hundred films were Imitation of Life, Magnificent Obsession, The Awful Truth, Mildred Pierce, and The Best Years of Our Lives. A devout Christian, on her gravestone, just beneath her dates of birth and death, is written "Christian Actress". She died from natural causes, aged 90, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.

Known For

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

The Abbott and Costello Show

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Pete and Gladys

The Best Years of Our Lives

Mildred Pierce

The Awful Truth

You and Me

All Movies (139)

• Girl in the Woods1958 · as Aunt Martha
• Jet Pilot1957 · as Mary Lou Simpson
• The Persuader1957 · as Julie
• I Was a Burlesque Queen1953 · as Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
• Mighty Joe Young1949 · as Alice (uncredited)
• Grand Canyon1949 · as Mabel
• Incident1948 · as Joan Manning
• Sorry, Wrong Number1948 · as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
• A Southern Yankee1948 · as Hortense Dobson
• Linda, Be Good1947 · as Mrs. LaVitte
• Exposed1947 · as Emmy
• Scared to Death1947 · as Jane Cornell
• The Best Years of Our Lives1946 · as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
• Rendezvous with Annie1946 · as Louise Grapa (uncredited)
• Dark Alibi1946 · as Emily Evans
• Behind the Mask1946 · as Lulu
• Danger Signal1945 · as Kate
• Mildred Pierce1945 · as Waitress (uncredited)
• Christmas in Connecticut1945 · as Nurse Mary Lee
• Hitchhike to Happiness1945 · as Joan Randall
• Pillow to Post1945 · as Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
• Swing Out the Blues1943 · as Kitty Grogan
• Silver Spurs1943 · as Millie Love
• Let's Face It1943 · as Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)
• Let's Face It1943 · as Wiggin's Girl
• Silver Skates1943 · as Lucille
• Thunder Birds1942 · as Saleswoman
• Too Many Women1942 · as Barbara Cartwright
• Bedtime Story1941 · as Beulah
• Blues in the Night1941 · as Blonde
• Moon Over Her Shoulder1941 · as Cecilia
• Scattergood Meets Broadway1941 · as Diana Deane
• Manpower1941 · as Scarlett
• Ziegfeld Girl1941 · as Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited)
• Let's Make Music1941 · as Betty
• Who Killed Aunt Maggie?1940 · as Cynthia Lou
• The Villain Still Pursued Her1940 · as Hazel Dalton
• Sky Murder1940 · as Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
• City for Conquest1940 · as Lilly
• They Drive by Night1940 · as Sue Carter (uncredited)
• I Take This Oath1940 · as Betty Casey
• Turnabout1940 · as Irene Clare
• Honeymoon Deferred1940 · as Kitty Kerry
• Escape to Paradise1939 · as Penelope Carter
• Balalaika1939 · as Masha
• Reno1939 · as Bonnie Newcomb
• Hotel for Women1939 · as Emeline Thomas
• Rose of Washington Square1939 · as Peggy
• Hollywood Hobbies1939 · as Tourist
• The Flying Irishman1939 · as Sally
• Going Places1938 · as Joan
• Trade Winds1938 · as Mrs. Johnson
• Artists and Models Abroad1938 · as Chickie
• The Last Warning1938 · as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
• Spring Madness1938 · as Sally
• How to Watch Football1938 · as Benchley's girlfriend
• You and Me1938 · as Curly Blonde
• Women Are Like That1938 · as Miss Hall
• Love on a Budget1938 · as Millie Brown
• The Awful Truth1937 · as Dixie Belle Lee
• Small Town Boy1937 · as Molly Summers
• Sea Racketeers1937 · as Blondie
• The Toast of New York1937 · as Mary Lou (uncredited)
• Born Reckless1937 · as Dora
• Rhythm in the Clouds1937 · as Receptionist
• Kid Galahad1937 · as Party Guest on Phone (uncredited)
• Pick a Star1937 · as Newlywed
• Wings Over Honolulu1937 · as Caroline
• Top of the Town1937 · as Beulah
• We Have Our Moments1937 · as Carrie
• China Passage1937 · as Elaine Gentry
• Three Smart Girls1936 · as Evans' Secretary
• Country Gentlemen1936 · as Gertie
• Under Your Spell1936 · as Secretary (uncredited)
• Ellis Island1936 · as Adele
• Murder with Pictures1936 · as Hester Boone
• Sitting on the Moon1936 · as Blossom
• Star for a Night1936 · as Ellen Romaine
• Trapped by Television1936 · as Mae Collins
• The Harvester1936 · as Thelma Biddle
• Love Before Breakfast1936 · as Mary Lee
• Valley of the Lawless1936 · as Joan Jenkins
• Public Ghost # 11935 · as Miss Compton
• Suicide Squad1935 · as Mary O'Connor
• Life Hesitates at 401935 · as Joyce
• Manhattan Monkey Business1935 · as Joyce
• College Scandal1935 · as Toby Carpenter
• Let 'em Have It1935 · as Barbara
• Go Into Your Dance1935 · as Café Showgirl
• Rustlers of Red Dog1935 · as Mary Lee
• Caravan1934 · as Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
• Imitation of Life1934 · as Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
• The White Parade1934 · as Una Mellon
• Everything's Ducky1934 · as Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
• King Kelly of the U.S.A.1934 · as Maxine LaTour
• Million Dollar Ransom1934 · as Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
• Affairs of a Gentleman1934 · as Foxey Dennison
• Only Yesterday1933 · as Margot (Uncredited)
• Sing, Sinner, Sing1933 · as Gwen
• Roadhouse Queen1933 · as Dorothy
• Dream Stuff1933 · as Betty
• The Plumber and the Lady1933 · as Louise
• Caliente Love1933 · as Betty
• Luxury Liner1933 · as Girl Overboard (uncredited)
• The Wrestler's Bride1933 · as Mrs. Scissors Jackson
• If I Had a Million1932 · as Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
• Afraid to Talk1932 · as Alice - Party Girl
• Madison Square Garden1932 · as Joyce
• False Faces1932 · as Dottie Nation
• A Parisian Romance1932 · as Marcelle
• Fighting for Justice1932 · as Amy Tracy
• Lady and Gent1932 · as Betty
• Beauty Parlor1932 · as Joan Perry
• Unholy Love1932 · as Sheilla Bailey Gregory
• Westward Passage1932 · as Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
• Lena Rivers1932 · as Caroline Nichols
• Under Eighteen1932 · as Sybil
• Good Sport1931 · as Fay
• The Spider1931 · as Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
• Annabelle's Affairs1931 · as Mabel
• Women of All Nations1931 · as Kiki
• Up Pops the Devil1931 · as Luella May Carroll
• Three Girls Lost1931 · as Edna Best
• Three Rogues1931 · as Ace's girl
• Lightnin'1930 · as Betty - Larry's Wife
• Wild Company1930 · as Anita Grayson
• The Three Sisters1930 · as Carlotta
• High Society Blues1930 · as Pearl Granger
• Salute1929 · as Marian Wilson
• Dangerous Curves1929 · as Jennie Silver
• The Wild Party1929 · as Eva 'Evie' Tutt
• The Sky Hawk1929 · as Peggy
• Thunder Riders1928 · as Madge Lawton
• Soft Living1928 · as Billie Wilson
• The Border Cavalier1927 · as Madge Lawton
• Ankles Preferred1927 · as Virginia
• Syncopating Sue1926 · as Marge Adams
• A Broadway Lady1925 · as Phyllis Westbrook
• What Fools Men1925 · as Dorothy

All TV Shows (4)

• Pete and Gladys1960
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective1957 · as Waitress
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie1956
• The Abbott and Costello Show1952 · as Girl at Drivers License Bureau