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
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
as Loretta
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
as Gertie
The Show of Shows
1929
as Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
Weary River
1929
as Alice Gray
Hollywood
1923
as Betty Compson
Midnight Mystery
1930
as Sally Wayne
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Street Girl
1929
as Frederika Joyzelle
False Pretenses
1935
as Clarissa Stanhope
Cafe Hostess
1940
as Cafe Hostess
Invisible Ghost
1941
as Mrs. Kessler
Escort Girl
1941
as Ruth Ashley
Strange Cargo
1940
as Suzanne (uncredited)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Herself (archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
Mad Youth
1940
as Lucy Morgan
Inside the Lines
1930
as Jane Gershon
Roar of the Press
1941
as Mrs. Thelma Tate
Here Comes Trouble
1948
as Martha Blake
News Is Made at Night
1939
as Kitty Truman