
Betty Compson
Acting
Born 1897-03-17 · Beaver, Utah, USA · Died 1974-04-18
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.
Acting

Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Herself (archive footage)

Halloween Monster Bash
Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)

Here Comes Trouble
Martha Blake

Second Chance
Mrs. Davenport

Hard Boiled Mahoney
Selena Webster

Her Adventurous Night
Miss Spencer

Danger! Women at Work
Madame Sappho

Confessions of a Vice Baron
Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Escort Girl
Ruth Ashley

Invisible Ghost
Mrs. Kessler

Roar of the Press
Mrs. Thelma Tate

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Gertie

Laughing at Danger
Mrs. Van Horn

Mad Youth
Lucy Morgan

Strange Cargo
Suzanne (uncredited)

Cafe Hostess
Cafe Hostess

Cowboys from Texas
Belle Starkey

News Is Made at Night
Kitty Truman

Hotel Imperial
Soubrette (uncredited)

Under the Big Top
Marie

Religious Racketeers
Ada Bernard

Torchy Blane in Panama
Kitty, Gomez's Moll

The Beloved Brat
Eleanor Sparks

Two Gun Justice
Kate

A Slight Case of Murder
Loretta

Port of Missing Girls
Chicago

Blondes at Work
Blanche Revelle

Federal Bullets
Sue, Gang Moll

God's Country and the Man
Roxey Moore


