Joyce Compton

Known For

The Awful Truth Dixie Belle Lee

(1937)

Dark Alibi Emily Evans

(1946)

Christmas in Connecticut Mary Lee

(1945)

Bedtime Story Beulah

(1941)

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Actress (159 credits)

1961 Pete and Gladys (TV Series)
Mrs. Wilson

- Gladys' Political Campaign (1961) ... Mrs. Wilson

1958 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series)
Tina

- All Our Yesterdays (1958) ... Tina (uncredited)

1958 Girl in the Woods
Aunt Martha

1958 Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series)
Waitress

- The Percentage Takers (1958) ... Waitress

1958 The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV Series)
Madeleine Renaud

- Pirate on Horseback (1958) ... Madeleine Renaud

1957 Jet Pilot
Mrs. Simpson (uncredited)

1957 The Persuader
Julie

1953 Fireside Theatre (TV Series)

- The Gift Horse (1953)

1953 The Abbott and Costello Show (TV Series)
Girl at Drivers License Bureau

- Las Vegas (1953) ... Girl at Drivers License Bureau

1953 The Life of Riley (TV Series)
Louella

- Riley's Kiss in the Dark (1953) ... Louella

1949 Mighty Joe Young
Alice (uncredited)

1949 Grand Canyon
Mabel

1948 Incident
Joan Manning

1948 Luxury Liner (unconfirmed, uncredited)

1948 Sorry, Wrong Number
Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)

1948 A Southern Yankee
Hortense Dobson

1947 Linda, Be Good
Mrs. LaVitte

1947 Exposed
Emmy

1947 Scared to Death
Jane Cornell

1946 The Best Years of Our Lives
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

1946 Rendezvous with Annie
Louise Grapa

1946 Night and Day
Chorine (uncredited)

1946 Behind the Mask
Lulu

1946 Dark Alibi
Emily Evans

1945 Danger Signal
Kate

1945 Mildred Pierce
Waitress (uncredited)

1945 Christmas in Connecticut
Mary Lee

1945 Hitchhike to Happiness
Joan Randall

1945 Pillow to Post
Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)

1945 Roughly Speaking
Prissy Girl (uncredited)

1943 Swing Out the Blues
Kitty Grogan

1943 Silver Spurs
Millie Love

1943 Let's Face It
Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)

1943 A Gentle Gangster
Kitty Parker

1943 Silver Skates
Lucille

1942 Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air
Saleswoman

1942 Too Many Women
Barbara Cartwright

1941 Bedtime Story
Beulah

1941 Blues in the Night
Blonde

1941 Moon Over Her Shoulder
Cecilia

1941 Scattergood Meets Broadway
Diana Deane

1941 Manpower
Scarlett

1941 Ziegfeld Girl
Miss Sawyer - Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited)

1941 Let's Make Music
Betty

1940 Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Cynthia Lou

1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her
Hazel Dalton

1940 Sky Murder
Christine Cross

1940 City for Conquest
Lilly

1940 They Drive by Night
Sue Carter (uncredited)

1940 I Take This Oath
Betty Casey

1940 Turnabout
Irene Clare

1940 Honeymoon Deferred
Kitty Kerry

1939 Escape to Paradise
Penelope Carter

1939 Balalaika
Masha (Lydia's maid)

1939 Reno
Bonnie Newcomb

1939 Hotel for Women
Emeline Thomas

1939 Rose of Washington Square
Peggy

1939 Hollywood Hobbies (Short)
Tourist

1939 The Flying Irishman
Sally - a Waitress (uncredited)

1938 Going Places
Joan

1938 Trade Winds
Mrs. Johnson

1938 Artists and Models Abroad
'Chickie'

1938 The Last Warning
Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz

1938 Spring Madness
Sally Prescott

1938 How to Watch Football (Short)
Benchley's Girlfriend (uncredited)

1938 You and Me
Curly Blonde

1938 Women Are Like That
Miss Hall

1938 Love on a Budget
Millie Brown

1938 Man-Proof
Guest (uncredited)

1937 The Awful Truth
Dixie Belle Lee

1937 Small Town Boy
Molly Summers

1937 She Asked for It
Miss Hurley (uncredited)

1937 Sea Racketeers
Blondie

1937 The Toast of New York
Mary Lou (uncredited)

1937 Born Reckless
Dora - at the Race Track (uncredited)

1937 Rhythm in the Clouds
Amy Lou

1937 Kid Galahad
Party Guest on Phone (uncredited)

1937 Pick a Star
Newlywed

1937 Wings Over Honolulu
Caroline

1937 We Have Our Moments
Carrie

1937 Top of the Town
Beulah (uncredited)

1937 China Passage
Elaine Gentry - Customs Agent aka Mrs. Katharine 'Kate' Collins

1936 Three Smart Girls
Judson's Secretary (uncredited)

1936 Country Gentlemen
Gertie

1936 Under Your Spell
Secretary (uncredited)

1936 Ellis Island
Adele

1936 Murder with Pictures
Hester Boone

1936 Sitting on the Moon
Blossom

1936 Star for a Night
Ellen Romaine

1936 Trapped by Television
Mae Collins

1936 The Harvester
Thelma Biddle

1936 Love Before Breakfast
Mary Lee

1936 Valley of the Lawless
Joan Jenkins

1935 Magnificent Obsession
Nurse (uncredited)

1935 Public Ghost #1 (Short)
Miss Compton

1935 Suicide Squad
Mary O'Connor

1935 Life Hesitates at 40 (Short)
Joyce

1935 Manhattan Monkey Business (Short)
Joyce

1935 College Scandal
Toby Carpenter

1935 Let 'em Have It
Barbara

1935 Mister Dynamite
Check Room Girl (uncredited)

1935 Go Into Your Dance
Café Showgirl

1935 Rustlers of Red Dog
Mary Lee

1934 The White Parade
Una Mellon

1934 Imitation of Life
Young Woman at Party (uncredited)

1934 Everything's Ducky (Short)
Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife

1934 King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Maxine Latour

1934 Million Dollar Ransom
Millie - Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

1934 Affairs of a Gentleman
Foxey Dennison

1934 The Trumpet Blows
Blonde on Train (uncredited)

1934 Caravan
Party Girl at Beer Garden (uncredited)

1933 Only Yesterday
Margot (uncredited)

1933 Sing Sinner Sing
Gwen

1933 The Big Fibber (Short)
Mary Moore

1933 Knockout Kisses (Short)
Joyce McNeil

1933 Daddy Knows Best (Short)
Peggy Boyce

1933 Roadhouse Queen (Short)
Dorothy

1933 Dream Stuff (Short)
Betty

1933 The Plumber and the Lady (Short)
Louise

1933 Caliente Love (Short)
Betty

1933 Luxury Liner
Girl Overboard (uncredited)

1933 A Wrestler's Bride (Short)
Mrs. Scissors Jackson

1932 If I Had a Million
Marie - Waitress (uncredited)

1932 Afraid to Talk
Alice - Party Girl

1932 Madison Square Garden
Joyce

1932 False Faces
Dottie Nation

1932 Hat Check Girl
A Party Guest (uncredited)

1932 A Parisian Romance
Marcelle

1932 Fighting for Justice
Amy Tracy

1932 Lady and Gent
Betty

1932 Beauty Parlor
Joan Perry

1932 Unholy Love
Sheilla Bailey Gregory

1932 Westward Passage
Lillie (uncredited)

1932 Lena Rivers
Caroline Nichols

1931 Under Eighteen
Sybil

1931 Good Sport
Fay

1931 The Spider
Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)

1931 Annabelle's Affairs
Mabel

1931 Women of All Nations
Kiki (uncredited)

1931 Up Pops the Devil
Luella May Carroll

1931 Three Girls Lost
Edna Best

1931 Not Exactly Gentlemen
Ace's Girl

1930 Lightnin'
Betty - Larry's Wife

1930 Wild Company
Anita Grayson

1930 Cheer Up and Smile
College Co-Ed (uncredited)

1930 The Three Sisters
Carlotta

1930 High Society Blues
Pearl Granger

1929 The Sky Hawk
Peggy

1929 Salute
Marian Wilson

1929 Dangerous Curves
Jennie Silver

1929 The Wild Party
Eva Tutt

1928 Soft Living
Billie Wilson

1927 The Border Cavalier
Madge Lawton

1927 Ankles Preferred
Virginia

1926 Syncopating Sue
Marge Adams

1925 Broadway Lady
Phyllis Westbrook

1925 What Fools Men
Dorothy

1925 Sally
Minor Role (uncredited)

1925 The Golden Bed
Minor Role (uncredited)

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Soundtrack (4 credits)

1940 The Villain Still Pursued Her (performer: "She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain", "Our House Is Happy Again, Tra-La")

1939 The Flying Irishman (performer: "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain When She Comes" - uncredited)

1938 Artists and Models Abroad (performer: "What Have You Got That Gets Me")

1937 The Awful Truth (performer: "My Dreams Are Gone With the Wind" (1937) - uncredited)

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Self (1 credit)

1926 WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1926 (Short)
Herself

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Archive footage (1 credit)

1953 I Was a Burlesque Queen
Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte

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Personal Details

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography | 6 Articles | 2 Pictorials | See more »

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[as to why Fox Films dropped her contract] Here they had tried to change me to a more sophisticated type in appearance and otherwise by cutting and dyeing my hair. I thought they took me away from my natural appearance and comedy flair. Isn't that the way it goes? Sign you for what you have to offer, mess around and ruin it all, then give up and toss you out.

Trivia:

A beauty contest winner, she appeared in films from 1925. Apart from a three-months spell of married bliss in 1956, she lived with her parents. She eventually quit acting to become a part-time nurse. See more »