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