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
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
(1941)
Gertie
Invisible Ghost
(1941)
Mrs. Kessler
Strange Cargo
(1940)
Suzanne (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
That Doggone Baby
(1916)
Wifie Parker
The Making Over of Mother
(1916)
Mrs. Newlywed
Hubby's Night Out
(1917)
Wifey
As Luck Would Have It
(1917)
Crazy by Proxy
(1917)
Border Raiders
(1918)
Rose Hardy
The Sheriff
(1918)
School Teacher
The Miracle Man
(1919)
Rose
The Light of Victory
(1919)
Jane Ravenslee
The Devil's Trail
(1919)
Rose
Prisoners of Love
(1921)
Blanche Davis
For Those We Love
(1921)
Bernice Arnold
The Little Minister
(1921)
Lady Babbie
Ladies Must Live
(1921)
Christine Bleeker
At the End of the World
(1921)
Cherry O'Day
A Trip to Paramountown
(1922)
Self
Law and the Woman
(1922)
Margaret Rolfe
To Have and to Hold
(1922)
Lady Jocelyn Leigh
Over the Border
(1922)
Jen Galbraith
The Green Temptation
(1922)
Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker
Kick In
(1922)
Molly Brandon
The Bonded Woman
(1922)
Angela Gaskell
The Rustle of Silk
(1923)
Lala De Breeze
The Royal Oak
(1923)
Lady Mildred Cholmondeley
Woman to Woman
(1923)
Louise Boucher / Deloryse
The White Flower
(1923)
Konia Markham
Hollywood
(1923)
Betty Compson
The Woman with Four Faces
(1923)
Elizabeth West
The Stranger
(1924)
Peggy Bowlin
Ramshackle House
(1924)
Pen Broome
The Garden of Weeds
(1924)
Dorothy Delbridge
The White Shadow
(1924)
Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
The Enemy Sex
(1924)
Dodo Baxter
The Fast Set
(1924)
Margaret Sones
The Female
(1924)
Dalla
Eve's Secret
(1925)
Eve
Paths to Paradise
(1925)
Molly
The Pony Express
(1925)
Molly Jones
Locked Doors
(1925)
Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter
New Lives for Old
(1925)
Olympe
Beggar on Horseback
(1925)
Princess in Pantomime
The Belle of Broadway
(1926)
Marie Duval
The Palace of Pleasure
(1926)
Lola Montez
The Wise Guy
(1926)
Hula Kate
Cheating Cheaters
(1927)
Nan Carey
Say It with Diamonds
(1927)
Betty Howard
Love Me and the World is Mine
(1927)
Mitzel
Court-Martial
(1928)
Belle Starr
The Desert Bride
(1928)
Diane Duval
The Big City
(1928)
Helen
The Barker
(1928)
Carrie
Fashion News
(1928)
Self (1930)
The Docks of New York
(1928)
Mae
Scarlet Seas
(1928)
Rose
Weary River
(1929)
Alice Gray
Blaze o' Glory
(1929)
Helen Williams
The Time, the Place and the Girl
(1929)
Doris Ward
The Great Gabbo
(1929)
Mary
On With the Show!
(1929)
Nita
Street Girl
(1929)
Frederika Joyzelle
Woman to Woman
(1929)
Deloryce / Lola
Show of Shows
(1929)
Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited)
The Spoilers
(1930)
Cherry Malotte
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
(1930)
Babka
Those Who Dance
(1930)
Kitty
Midnight Mystery
(1930)
Sally Wayne
Isle of Escape
(1930)
Stella
She Got What She Wanted
(1930)
The Boudoir Diplomat
(1930)
Helene
Inside the Lines
(1930)
Jane Gershon
The Czar of Broadway
(1930)
Connie Colton
The Lady Refuses
(1931)
June
Three Who Loved
(1931)
Helga Larson Hanson
The Gay Diplomat
(1931)
Baroness Corri
Virtuous Husband
(1931)
Inez Wakefield
The House That Shadows Built
(1931)
(archive footage)
Guilty or Not Guilty
(1932)
Maizie
The Silver Lining
(1932)
Kate Flynn
West of Singapore
(1933)
Lou
Notorious But Nice
(1933)
Millie Sprague
Destination Unknown
(1933)
Ruby Smith
False Pretenses
(1935)
Clarissa Stanhope
Laughing Irish Eyes
(1936)
Molly
Two Minutes to Play
(1936)
'Fluff' Harding
Hollywood Boulevard
(1936)
Betty
Killer at Large
(1936)
Kate
Bulldog Edition
(1936)
Billie Blake
The Millionaire Kid
(1936)
Gloria Neville
The Drag-Net
(1936)
Mollie Cole
August Week End
(1936)
Ethel Ames
Federal Bullets
(1937)
Sue, Gang Moll
God's Country and the Man
(1937)
Roxey Moore
Circus Girl
(1937)
Carlotta
The Beloved Brat
(1938)
Eleanor Sparks
Two Gun Justice
(1938)
Kate
A Slight Case of Murder
(1938)
Loretta
Religious Racketeers
(1938)
Ada Bernard
Port of Missing Girls
(1938)
Chicago
Under the Big Top
(1938)
Marie
Torchy Blane in Panama
(1938)
Kitty, Gomez's Moll
Blondes at Work
(1938)
Blanche Revelle
News Is Made at Night
(1939)
Kitty Truman
Hotel Imperial
(1939)
Soubrette (uncredited)
Cowboys from Texas
(1939)
Belle Starkey
Laughing at Danger
(1940)
Mrs. Van Horn
Cafe Hostess
(1940)
Cafe Hostess
Mad Youth
(1940)
Lucy Morgan
Strange Cargo
(1940)
Suzanne (uncredited)
Roar of the Press
(1941)
Mrs. Thelma Tate
Escort Girl
(1941)
Ruth Ashley
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
(1941)
Gertie
Invisible Ghost
(1941)
Mrs. Kessler
Confessions of a Vice Baron
(1943)
Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Danger! Women at Work
(1943)
Madame Sappho
Her Adventurous Night
(1946)
Miss Spencer
Hard Boiled Mahoney
(1947)
Selena Webster
Second Chance
(1947)
Mrs. Davenport
Here Comes Trouble
(1948)
Martha Blake
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(1975)
Self (archive footage)
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
(2011)
Herself (archive footage)
Writing