Betty Compson

Born: 1897-03-17, Beaver, Utah, USA

Died: 1974-04-18

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.

Filmography

• Midnight Mystery (1930)
• Scarlet Seas (1928)
• Virtuous Husband (1931)
• Cheating Cheaters (1927)
• False Pretenses (1935)
• Religious Racketeers (1938)
• A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
• Hotel Imperial (1939)
• Bulldog Edition (1936)
• Invisible Ghost (1941)
• The House That Shadows Built (1931)
• The Terror of the Range (1919)
• Circus Girl (1937)
• Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
• The Docks of New York (1928)
• Weary River (1929)
• The Millionaire Kid (1936)
• Prisoners of Love (1921)
• The Show of Shows (1929)
• Cafe Hostess (1940)
• The Barker (1928)
• Always the Woman (1922)
• Those Who Dance (1930)
• Out for the Coin (1917)
• News Is Made at Night (1939)
• For Those We Love (1921)
• Roar of the Press (1941)
• Notorious But Nice (1933)
• Isle of Escape (1930)
• Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (2011)