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
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
as Waitress (uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
as Alice (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
as Miss Sawyer (uncredited)
The Awful Truth (1937)
as Dixie Belle Lee
Jet Pilot (1957)
as Mary Lou Simpson
They Drive by Night (1940)
as Sue Carter (uncredited)
Westward Passage (1932)
as Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
as Nurse Mary Lee
Imitation of Life (1934)
as Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
Kid Galahad (1937)
as Party Guest on Phone (uncredited)
You and Me (1938)
as Curly Blonde
Beauty Parlor (1932)
as Joan Perry
Salute (1929)
as Marian Wilson
If I Had a Million (1932)
as Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
Thunder Birds (1942)
as Saleswoman
Exposed (1947)
as Emmy
City for Conquest (1940)
as Lilly
Ankles Preferred (1927)
as Virginia
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
as Peggy
Luxury Liner (1933)
as Girl Overboard (uncredited)
Only Yesterday (1933)
as Margot (Uncredited)
A Southern Yankee (1948)
as Hortense Dobson
Manpower (1941)
as Scarlett
The Toast of New York (1937)
as Mary Lou (uncredited)
The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
as Hazel Dalton
Ellis Island (1936)
as Adele
We Have Our Moments (1937)
as Carrie
Going Places (1938)
as Joan
Pick a Star (1937)
as Newlywed
Behind the Mask (1946)
as Lulu
Three Smart Girls (1936)
as Evans' Secretary
Scared to Death (1947)
as Jane Cornell
Murder with Pictures (1936)
as Hester Boone
Up Pops the Devil (1931)
as Luella May Carroll
Silver Spurs (1943)
as Millie Love
Love Before Breakfast (1936)
as Mary Lee
Hollywood Hobbies (1939)
as Tourist
Blues in the Night (1941)
as Blonde
Balalaika (1939)
as Masha
Danger Signal (1945)
as Kate
I Was a Burlesque Queen (1953)
as Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
Trapped by Television (1936)
as Mae Collins
College Scandal (1935)
as Toby Carpenter
Girl in the Woods (1958)
as Aunt Martha
Caravan (1934)
as Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
Sky Murder (1940)
as Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
Too Many Women (1942)
as Barbara Cartwright
Trade Winds (1938)
as Mrs. Johnson
Let's Face It (1943)
as Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)
Bedtime Story (1941)
as Beulah
I Take This Oath (1940)
as Betty Casey
Wild Company (1930)
as Anita Grayson
Million Dollar Ransom (1934)
as Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
Top of the Town (1937)
as Beulah
Three Girls Lost (1931)
as Edna Best
Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
as Louise Grapa (uncredited)
Dark Alibi (1946)
as Emily Evans
Under Your Spell (1936)
as Secretary (uncredited)
A Parisian Romance (1932)
as Marcelle
The Wild Party (1929)
as Eva 'Evie' Tutt
Afraid to Talk (1932)
as Alice - Party Girl
King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934)
as Maxine LaTour
Rhythm in the Clouds (1937)
as Receptionist
The Spider (1931)
as Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
Turnabout (1940)
as Irene Clare
Spring Madness (1938)
as Sally
The Wrestler's Bride (1933)
as Mrs. Scissors Jackson
Born Reckless (1937)
as Dora
China Passage (1937)
as Elaine Gentry
Dangerous Curves (1929)
as Jennie Silver
Grand Canyon (1949)
as Mabel
Valley of the Lawless (1936)
as Joan Jenkins
Suicide Squad (1935)
as Mary O'Connor
Lightnin' (1930)
as Betty - Larry's Wife
Pillow to Post (1945)
as Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
Unholy Love (1932)
as Sheilla Bailey Gregory
Let's Make Music (1941)
as Betty
Scattergood Meets Broadway (1941)
as Diana Deane
Under Eighteen (1932)
as Sybil
Hitchhike to Happiness (1945)
as Joan Randall
Star for a Night (1936)
as Ellen Romaine
Sitting on the Moon (1936)
as Blossom
Madison Square Garden (1932)
as Joyce
The Flying Irishman (1939)
as Sally
The White Parade (1934)
as Una Mellon
Women Are Like That (1938)
as Miss Hall
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940)
as Cynthia Lou
Wings Over Honolulu (1937)
as Caroline
Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
as Chickie
Incident (1948)
as Joan Manning
Hotel for Women (1939)
as Emeline Thomas
Three Rogues (1931)
as Ace's girl
Affairs of a Gentleman (1934)
as Foxey Dennison
Lena Rivers (1932)
as Caroline Nichols
Reno (1939)
as Bonnie Newcomb
Country Gentlemen (1936)
as Gertie
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
as Café Showgirl
What Fools Men (1925)
as Dorothy
Annabelle's Affairs (1931)
as Mabel
Lady and Gent (1932)
as Betty
The Border Cavalier (1927)
as Madge Lawton
The Last Warning (1938)
as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
Good Sport (1931)
as Fay
Rustlers of Red Dog (1935)
as Mary Lee
Sea Racketeers (1937)
as Blondie
Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941)
as Cecilia
Swing Out the Blues (1943)
as Kitty Grogan
Love on a Budget (1938)
as Millie Brown
Syncopating Sue (1926)
as Marge Adams
Silver Skates (1943)
as Lucille
Sing, Sinner, Sing (1933)
as Gwen
Women of All Nations (1931)
as Kiki
The Harvester (1936)
as Thelma Biddle
The Three Sisters (1930)
as Carlotta
Let 'em Have It (1935)
as Barbara
Escape to Paradise (1939)
as Penelope Carter
High Society Blues (1930)
as Pearl Granger
Thunder Riders (1928)
as Madge Lawton
Caliente Love (1933)
as Betty
Soft Living (1928)
as Billie Wilson
Manhattan Monkey Business (1935)
as Joyce
Linda, Be Good (1947)
as Mrs. LaVitte
Life Hesitates at 40 (1935)
as Joyce
False Faces (1932)
as Dottie Nation
The Persuader (1957)
as Julie
Small Town Boy (1937)
as Molly Summers
The Plumber and the Lady (1933)
as Louise
Dream Stuff (1933)
as Betty
Fighting for Justice (1932)
as Amy Tracy
The Sky Hawk (1929)
as Peggy
A Broadway Lady (1925)
as Phyllis Westbrook
How to Watch Football (1938)
as Benchley's girlfriend
Honeymoon Deferred (1940)
as Kitty Kerry
Everything's Ducky (1934)
as Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
Public Ghost # 1 (1935)
as Miss Compton
Roadhouse Queen (1933)
as Dorothy