Joyce Compton
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Olivia Joyce Compton (January 27, 1907 – October 13, 1997) was an American actress. Compton was born in Lexington, Kentucky. (Despite frequent reports to the contrary, her name was not originally "Eleanor Hunt"; she had appeared in the film Good Sport (1931) with Hunt and this confusion in an early press article followed Compton throughout her career.) After graduating high school she spent two years studying at the University of Tulsa, studying dramatics, art, music and dancing. She won a personality and beauty contest and spent two months in a film studio as an extra. Compton first made a name for herself when she was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926, alongside Mary Brian, Dolores Costello, Joan Crawford, Dolores del Río, Janet Gaynor and Fay Wray. Compton appeared in a long string of mostly B-movies from the 1920s through the 1950s. She was a comedy actress and protested at being stereotyped as a "dumb blonde". Among her over two hundred films were Imitation of Life, Magnificent Obsession, The Awful Truth, Mildred Pierce, and The Best Years of Our Lives. A devout Christian, on her gravestone, just beneath her dates of birth and death, is written "Christian Actress". She died from natural causes, aged 90, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.
Known for
Credits
Exposed (1947)
as Emmy
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
as Alice (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
as Miss Sawyer (uncredited)
They Drive by Night (1940)
as Sue Carter (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
as Waitress (uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
Westward Passage (1932)
as Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
Thunder Birds (1942)
as Saleswoman
Luxury Liner (1933)
as Girl Overboard (uncredited)
Beauty Parlor (1932)
as Joan Perry
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
as Peggy
Three Smart Girls (1936)
as Evans' Secretary
The Awful Truth (1937)
as Dixie Belle Lee
The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
as Hazel Dalton
Up Pops the Devil (1931)
as Luella May Carroll
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
as Nurse Mary Lee
Salute (1929)
as Marian Wilson
Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
as Chickie
We Have Our Moments (1937)
as Carrie
You and Me (1938)
as Curly Blonde
Jet Pilot (1957)
as Mary Lou Simpson
I Was a Burlesque Queen (1953)
as Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
Girl in the Woods (1958)
as Aunt Martha
Three Girls Lost (1931)
as Edna Best
I Take This Oath (1940)
as Betty Casey
King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934)
as Maxine LaTour
Valley of the Lawless (1936)
as Joan Jenkins
Imitation of Life (1934)
as Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
Too Many Women (1942)
as Barbara Cartwright
A Southern Yankee (1948)
as Hortense Dobson
Sing, Sinner, Sing (1933)
as Gwen
Pick a Star (1937)
as Newlywed
Kid Galahad (1937)
as Party Guest on Phone (uncredited)
Sky Murder (1940)
as Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
If I Had a Million (1932)
as Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
City for Conquest (1940)
as Lilly
The Toast of New York (1937)
as Mary Lou (uncredited)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940)
as Cynthia Lou
Manpower (1941)
as Scarlett
College Scandal (1935)
as Toby Carpenter
Ankles Preferred (1927)
as Virginia
Caravan (1934)
as Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
Ellis Island (1936)
as Adele
Bedtime Story (1941)
as Beulah
Life Hesitates at 40 (1935)
as Joyce
The Wrestler's Bride (1933)
as Mrs. Scissors Jackson
Swing Out the Blues (1943)
as Kitty Grogan
Sitting on the Moon (1936)
as Blossom
Pillow to Post (1945)
as Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
Going Places (1938)
as Joan
Love Before Breakfast (1936)
as Mary Lee
Rhythm in the Clouds (1937)
as Receptionist
Dark Alibi (1946)
as Emily Evans
Small Town Boy (1937)
as Molly Summers
The Wild Party (1929)
as Eva 'Evie' Tutt
Madison Square Garden (1932)
as Joyce
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
as Café Showgirl
Star for a Night (1936)
as Ellen Romaine
Only Yesterday (1933)
as Margot (Uncredited)
The Spider (1931)
as Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
A Parisian Romance (1932)
as Marcelle
Blues in the Night (1941)
as Blonde
Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)
as Mary Lee
The Flying Irishman (1939)
as Sally
How to Watch Football (1938)
as Benchley's girlfriend
Women of All Nations (1931)
as Kiki
Hitchhike to Happiness (1945)
as Joan Randall
Let 'em Have It (1935)
as Barbara
Scattergood Meets Broadway (1941)
as Diana Deane
Let's Face It (1943)
as Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)
Women Are Like That (1938)
as Miss Hall
Danger Signal (1945)
as Kate
Murder with Pictures (1936)
as Hester Boone
Under Eighteen (1932)
as Sybil
Afraid to Talk (1932)
as Alice - Party Girl
Love on a Budget (1938)
as Millie Brown
The White Parade (1934)
as Una Mellon
Trade Winds (1938)
as Mrs. Johnson
Top of the Town (1937)
as Beulah
Country Gentlemen (1936)
as Gertie
Turnabout (1940)
as Irene Clare
Silver Spurs (1943)
as Millie Love
Balalaika (1939)
as Masha
The Last Warning (1938)
as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
Spring Madness (1938)
as Sally
Lightnin' (1930)
as Betty - Larry's Wife
Soft Living (1928)
as Billie Wilson
What Fools Men (1925)
as Dorothy
Manhattan Monkey Business (1935)
as Joyce
Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941)
as Cecilia
Wild Company (1930)
as Anita Grayson
Affairs of a Gentleman (1934)
as Foxey Dennison
Lena Rivers (1932)
as Caroline Nichols
The Sky Hawk (1929)
as Peggy
Wings Over Honolulu (1937)
as Caroline
Dangerous Curves (1929)
as Jennie Silver
Let's Make Music (1941)
as Betty
Three Rogues (1931)
as Ace's girl
The Harvester (1936)
as Thelma Biddle
Scared to Death (1947)
as Jane Cornell
The Persuader (1957)
as Julie
Lady and Gent (1932)
as Betty
Hollywood Hobbies (1939)
as Tourist
Caliente Love (1933)
as Betty
Silver Skates (1943)
as Lucille
Hotel for Women (1939)
as Emeline Thomas
The Three Sisters (1930)
as Carlotta
Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
as Louise Grapa (uncredited)
Incident (1948)
as Joan Manning
Born Reckless (1937)
as Dora
Grand Canyon (1949)
as Mabel
Honeymoon Deferred (1940)
as Kitty Kerry
Fighting for Justice (1932)
as Amy Tracy
Escape to Paradise (1939)
as Penelope Carter
Suicide Squad (1935)
as Mary O'Connor
Under Your Spell (1936)
as Secretary (uncredited)
Linda, Be Good (1947)
as Mrs. LaVitte
Annabelle's Affairs (1931)
as Mabel
Syncopating Sue (1926)
as Marge Adams
Reno (1939)
as Bonnie Newcomb
Sea Racketeers (1937)
as Blondie
The Plumber and the Lady (1933)
as Louise
China Passage (1937)
as Elaine Gentry
Trapped by Television (1936)
as Mae Collins
Dream Stuff (1933)
as Betty
A Broadway Lady (1925)
as Phyllis Westbrook
Good Sport (1931)
as Fay
Behind the Mask (1946)
as Lulu
High Society Blues (1930)
as Pearl Granger
The Border Cavalier (1927)
as Madge Lawton
False Faces (1932)
as Dottie Nation
Million Dollar Ransom (1934)
as Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
Roadhouse Queen (1933)
as Dorothy
Unholy Love (1932)
as Sheilla Bailey Gregory
Everything's Ducky (1934)
as Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
Public Ghost # 1 (1935)
as Miss Compton