Betty Compson
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
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011 • Herself (archive footage)
Halloween Monster Bash
1991 • Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • Self (archive footage)
Here Comes Trouble
1948 • Martha Blake
Second Chance
1947 • Mrs. Davenport
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947 • Selena Webster
Her Adventurous Night
1946 • Miss Spencer
Danger! Women at Work
1943 • Madame Sappho
Full filmography
Confessions of a Vice Baron
View movie1943 • Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Show of Shows
View movie1929 • Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
Temptations of a Shop Girl
View movie1927 • Ruth Harrington
The Royal Oak
View movie1923 • Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
That Doggone Baby
View movie1916 • Wifie Parker
