Betty Compson
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
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
2011
as Herself (archive footage)
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
as Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Here Comes Trouble
1948
as Martha Blake
Second Chance
1947
as Mrs. Davenport
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947
as Selena Webster
Her Adventurous Night
1946
as Miss Spencer
Danger! Women at Work
1943
as Madame Sappho
Confessions of a Vice Baron
1943
as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Escort Girl
1941
as Ruth Ashley
Invisible Ghost
1941
as Mrs. Kessler
Roar of the Press
1941
as Mrs. Thelma Tate
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
as Gertie
Laughing at Danger
1940
as Mrs. Van Horn
Mad Youth
1940
as Lucy Morgan
Strange Cargo
1940
as Suzanne (uncredited)
Cafe Hostess
1940
as Cafe Hostess
Cowboys from Texas
1939
as Belle Starkey
News Is Made at Night
1939
as Kitty Truman
Hotel Imperial
1939
as Soubrette (uncredited)
Under the Big Top
1938
as Marie
Religious Racketeers
1938
as Ada Bernard
Torchy Blane in Panama
1938
as Kitty, Gomez's Moll
The Beloved Brat
1938
as Eleanor Sparks