Acting credits
122
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Betty Compson
Acting
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Movies: 122Series: 0Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 13556
IMDb ID: nm0173993
Known for: Acting
Born: March 17, 1897
Died: April 18, 1974
Age: 77
Place of birth: Beaver, Utah, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1916 - 2011
Years active: 96
Average TMDB rating: 6.16
Wikidata: Q255846
Also known as
Eleanor Luicime Compson • ベティ・カンプソン
Other jobs
Writer (2)Producer (1)
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.
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Movie credits linked with Betty Compson.
9.0
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
as Herself (archive footage)
2011 Movie
6.1
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975 Movie
4.6
Here Comes Trouble
as Martha Blake
1948 Movie
5.0
Second Chance
as Mrs. Davenport
1947 Movie
6.4
Hard Boiled Mahoney
as Selena Webster
1947 Movie
7.0
Her Adventurous Night
as Miss Spencer
1946 Movie
6.0
Danger! Women at Work
as Madame Sappho
1943 Movie
3.8
Confessions of a Vice Baron
as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1943 Movie
3.0
Escort Girl
as Ruth Ashley
1941 Movie
5.2
Invisible Ghost
as Mrs. Kessler
1941 Movie
5.6
Roar of the Press
as Mrs. Thelma Tate
1941 Movie
6.0
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
as Gertie
1941 Movie
Laughing at Danger
as Mrs. Van Horn
1940 Movie
4.6
Mad Youth
as Lucy Morgan
1940 Movie
7.0
Strange Cargo
as Suzanne (uncredited)
1940 Movie
5.3
Cafe Hostess
as Cafe Hostess
1940 Movie
2.0
Cowboys from Texas
as Belle Starkey
1939 Movie
4.0
News Is Made at Night
as Kitty Truman
1939 Movie
6.0
Hotel Imperial
as Soubrette (uncredited)
1939 Movie
5.5
Under the Big Top
as Marie
1938 Movie
5.0
Religious Racketeers
as Ada Bernard
1938 Movie
5.3
Torchy Blane in Panama
as Kitty, Gomez's Moll
1938 Movie
6.4
The Beloved Brat
as Eleanor Sparks
1938 Movie
6.0
Two Gun Justice
as Kate
1938 Movie