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