Betty Compson

Nominated for 1 Oscar. See more awards »

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith Gertie Schultz

(1941)

Street Girl Frederika Joyzelle

(1929)

The Palace of Pleasure Lola Montez

(1926)

Guilty or Not Guilty Maizie

(1932)

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Actress (209 credits)

1948 Here Comes Trouble
Martha Blake

1947 Second Chance
Mrs. Davenport

1947 Hard Boiled Mahoney
Selena Webster

1946 Her Adventurous Night
Miss Spencer

1946 Claudia and David (uncredited)

1943 Danger! Women at Work
Madame Sappho

1941 Zis Boom Bah
Mame (uncredited)

1941 Escort Girl
Ruth Ashley

1941 Invisible Ghost
Mrs. Kessler

1941 Roar of the Press
Mrs. Thelma Tate

1941 Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Gertie Schultz

1941 The Watchman Takes a Wife (Short)
Molly Clyde

1940 Laughing at Danger
Mrs. Van Horn

1940 Strange Cargo
Suzanne (uncredited)

1940 Cafe Hostess
Cafe Hostess (uncredited)

1939 Cowboys from Texas
Belle Starkey

1939 Mad Youth
Lucy Morgan

1939 News Is Made at Night
Kitty Truman

1939 Hotel Imperial
Soubrette (uncredited)

1938 Under the Big Top
Marie

1938 Religious Racketeers
Ada Bernard

1938 The Beloved Brat
Eleanor Sparks (uncredited)

1938 Two Gun Justice
Kate

1938 Torchy Blane in Panama
Kitty

1938 A Slight Case of Murder
Loretta

1938 Port of Missing Girls
Chicago

1938 Blondes at Work
Blanche Revelle

1937 Federal Bullets
Sue, Gang Moll

1937 God's Country and the Man
Roxey Moore

1937 Circus Girl
Carlotta

1936 Two Minutes to Play
'Fluff' Harding

1936 Killer at Large
Kate

1936 Bulldog Edition
Billie Blake aka Aggie

1936 Hollywood Boulevard
Betty

1936 The Drag-Net
Mollie Cole

1936 The Millionaire Kid
Gloria Neville

1936 Laughing Irish Eyes
Molly

1936 August Week End
Ethel Ames

1935 False Pretenses
Clarissa Stanhope

1935 Manhattan Butterfly

1934 No Sleep on the Deep (Short)
Mrs. Eldridge

1933 Notorious But Nice
Millie Sprague

1933 Destination Unknown
Ruby Smith

1933 West of Singapore
Lou

1932 Guilty or Not Guilty
Maizie

1932 The Silver Lining
Kate Flynn

1931 Hollywood Halfbacks (Short)

1931 The Gay Diplomat
Baroness Alma Corri

1931 Three Who Loved
Helga Larson Hanson

1931 Virtuous Husband
Inez Wakefield

1931 The Lady Refuses
June

1930 The Boudoir Diplomat
Helene

1930 She Got What She Wanted
Mahyna

1930 The Spoilers
Cherry Malotte

1930 Inside the Lines
Jane Gershon

1930 Midnight Mystery
Sally Wayne

1930 Czar of Broadway
Connie Colton

1930 Those Who Dance
Kitty, Joe's girl

1930 Isle of Escape
Stella

1930 The Case of Sergeant Grischa
Babka

1929 Blaze o' Glory
Helen Williams

1929 Show of Shows
Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers

1929 Woman to Woman
Deloryce / Lola

1929 The Great Gabbo
Mary

1929 Skin Deep
Sadie Rogers

1929 Street Girl
Frederika Joyzelle

1929 The Time, the Place and the Girl
Doris Ward

1929 On with the Show!
Nita

1929 Weary River
Alice Gray

1928 Scarlet Seas
Rose

1928 The Barker
Carrie

1928 The Docks of New York
Mae

1928 Court-Martial
Belle Starr

1928 Life's Mockery
Kit Miller / Isabelle Fullerton

1928 The Masked Angel
Betty

1928 The Desert Bride
Diane Duval

1928 The Big City
Helen

1927 Cheating Cheaters
Nan Carey

1927 Temptations of a Shop Girl
Ruth Harrington

1927 Love Me and the World Is Mine
Mitzel

1927 Say It with Diamonds
Betty Howard

1927 The Ladybird
Diane Wyman

1926 The Belle of Broadway
Marie Duval / The Young Adele (dual role)

1926 The Wise Guy
Hula Kate

1926 The Palace of Pleasure
Lola Montez

1925 Counsel for the Defense
Katherine West

1925 Dangerous Virtue

1925 The Pony Express
Molly Jones

1925 Paths to Paradise
Molly

1925 Beggar on Horseback
Princess in Pantomime

1925 New Lives for Old
Olympe

1925 Eve's Secret
Eve

1925 Locked Doors
Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter

1924 The Garden of Weeds
Dorothy Delbridge

1924 The Fast Set
Margaret Stone

1924 Ramshackle House
Pen Broome

1924 The Female
Dalla

1924 The Enemy Sex
Dodo Baxter

1924 White Shadows
Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent

1924 Miami
Joan Bruce

1924 The Stranger
Peggy Bowlin

1923 Woman to Woman
Louise Boucher / Deloryse

1923 The Royal Oak
Lady Mildred Cholmondeley

1923 Hollywood
Betty Compson

1923 The Woman with Four Faces
Elizabeth West

1923 The Rustle of Silk
Lala De Breeze

1923 The White Flower
Konia Markham

1922 Kick In
Molly Brandon

1922 To Have and to Hold
Lady Jocelyn Leigh

1922 The Bonded Woman
Angela Gaskell

1922 Always the Woman
Celia Thaxter

1922 Over the Border
Jen Galbraith

1922 The Green Temptation
Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker

1922 The Law and the Woman
Margaret Rolfe

1921 The Little Minister
Lady Babbie

1921 Ladies Must Live
Christine Bleeker

1921 At the End of the World
Cherry O'Day

1921 For Those We Love
Bernice Arnold

1921 Prisoners of Love
Blanche Davis

1919 The Miracle Man
Rose

1919 The Devil's Trail
Rose

1919 The Little Diplomat
Phyllis Dare

1919 The Light of Victory
Jane Ravenslee

1919 The Prodigal Liar
Hope Deering

1919 The Terror of the Range
Thelma Grant

1918 The Sheriff (Short)
School Teacher

1918 Border Raiders
Rose Hardy

1918 All Dressed Up (Short)

1918 Never Surprise Your Wife (Short)

1918 Betty's Adventure (Short)
Betty

1918 Somebody's Baby (Short)

1918 Here Comes the Groom (Short) (unconfirmed)

1918 Circumstantial Evidence (Short)

1918 Whose Wife? (Short)

1918 Many a Slip (Short)

1917 Cupid's Camouflage (Short)
Betty

1917 Help! Help! Police! (Short)

1917 Their Seaside Tangle (Short)

1917 Betty Wakes Up (Short)
Sally

1917 Almost Divorced (Short)

1917 Nearly a Papa (Short)
Mrs. Gordon

1917 Love and Locksmiths (Short)

1917 Almost a Bigamist (Short)

1917 Betty's Big Idea (Short)

1917 Crazy by Proxy (Short)

1917 A Smoky Love Affair (Short)

1917 Won in a Cabaret (Short)

1917 Down by the Sea (Short)

1917 Five Little Widows (Short)
Betty Morgan

1917 A Bold, Bad Knight (Short)

1917 Almost a Scandal (Short)

1917 Those Wedding Bells (Short)

1917 His Last Pill (Short)

1917 Father's Bright Idea (Short)

1917 Suspended Sentence (Short)

1917 Sauce for the Goose (Short)

1917 As Luck Would Have It (Short)

1917 Out for the Coin (Short)

1917 Hubby's Night Out (Short)
Wifey

1917 Small Change (Short)
The Girl

1917 Her Friend, the Chauffeur (Short)
The Girl

1917 Her Crooked Career (Short)
The Girl

1916 Lovers and Lunatics (Short)
Betty Grey

1916 Cupid's Uppercut (Short)
Betty

1916 Hist! At Six O'Clock (Short)
Tillie de Vamp

1916 Sea Nymphs (Short)
Betty - the Wife

1916 Some Kid (Short)

1916 Her Sun-Kissed Hero (Short)
The Peach

1916 A Brass-Buttoned Romance (Short)

1916 Nearly a Hero (Short)
Betty - the Sheriff's Daughter

1916 Dad's Masterpiece (Short)
Betty Morton

1916 When Clubs Were Trumps (Short)
Wifie Parker

1916 He Loved the Ladies (Short)
Mrs. Gordon

1916 That Doggone Baby (Short)
Wifie Parker

1916 He Wouldn't Tip (Short)
The Pippin

1916 The Making Over of Mother (Short)
Mrs. Newlywed

1916 Those Primitive Days (Short)
Heela Hoola

1916 Inoculating Hubby (Short)
Wifie

1916 His Baby (Short)
Betty - the Peach

1916 The Browns See the Fair (Short)
The Train Passenger

1916 Almost a Widow (Short)
Mrs. Gordon

1916 Wanted: A Husband (Short)
The Wife

1916 All Over a Stocking (Short)
The Stenographer

1916 Her Celluloid Hero (Short)
Betty - the Actor's Sweetheart

1916 The Wooing of Aunt Jemima (Short)
Betty

1916 He's a Devil (Short)
Betty - Eddie's Sweetheart

1916 Potts Bungles Again (Short)
Betty

1916 Lem's College Career (Short)
Mary

1916 The Newlyweds' Mix-Up (Short)
Mrs. Newlywed

1916 Eddie's Night Out (Short)
Betty Newlywed

1916 A Leap Year Tangle (Short)
Betty - One of the Girls - Eddie's Sweetheart

1916 He Almost Eloped (Short)
Betty - Billie's Roommate

1916 The Janitor's Busy Day (Short)
Betty Hammond

1916 A Friend, But a Star Boarder (Short) (unconfirmed)

1916 Love and Vaccination (Short)
The Doctor's Sister

1916 The Deacon's Waterloo (Short)
Betty - the Girl

1916 When Lizzie Disappeared (Short)

1916 Cupid Trims His Lordship (Short)
Betty - the Daughter

1916 Her Friend, the Doctor (Short)
Mary West

1916 When the Losers Won (Short)
Mrs. Newlywed

1916 A Quiet Supper for Four (Short)
Mrs. Newlywed

1916 Her Steady Carfare (Short)
Betty

1916 Mingling Spirits (Short)
Mrs. Newlywed

1916 Jed's Trip to the Fair (Short)
Lizzie

1915 Some Chaperone (Short)
Betty - the 1st Daughter

1915 Love and a Savage (Short)
Betty

1915 Where the Heather Blooms (Short)
Lady Mary

1915 Their Quiet Honeymoon (Short)
Betty - 1st Newlywed

1915 Wanted: A Leading Lady (Short)
The Leading Lady

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Soundtrack (3 credits)

1929 The Great Gabbo (performer: "I'm in Love with You", "Web of Love" - uncredited)

1929 Street Girl (performer: "My Dream Memory" (1929) - uncredited)

1929 On with the Show! ("Let Me Have My Dreams" (1929), uncredited)

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Self (10 credits)

1954 This Is Your Life (TV Series)
Herself

- Gilda Gray (1954) ... Herself

1930 Fashion News (Documentary short)
Herself (1930)

1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 13 (Short)
Herself

1930 The Voice of Hollywood, Series 1, No. 2 (Short)
Herself

1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 21 (Documentary short)

1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 9 (Documentary short)
Herself

1922 A Trip to Paramountown (Documentary short)
Herself

1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F (Documentary short)
Herself

1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 17 (Documentary short)
Herself

1920 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 14 (Documentary short)
Herself

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Archive footage (8 credits)

2011 Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films (TV Movie documentary)
Herself

2008 Spisok korabley (Documentary)

1990 Hollywood Mavericks (Documentary)
Mae

1982 Hooray for Hollywood (Documentary)
Herself

1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (Documentary)
Herself

1943 Confessions of a Vice Baron
Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (uncredited)

1934 Movie Memories #2 (Documentary short)

1931 The House That Shadows Built (Documentary)

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Personal Details

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Height:

5' 2½" (1.59 m)

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

They say I love money. I do, though it was pretty cold comfort, a pretty poor substitute, for all I'd lost. But, believe me, I wasn't going to pass up that much money for any false pride. Or any hurt I got down there on Poverty Row. I think if I hadn't felt that way, hadn't worked. I would have been done forever. I'd have gone straight to hell, to be frank about it. See more »

Trivia:

She claimed that director George Loane Tucker taught her almost everything she knew, "the best of literature, music, all the arts, everything". See more »