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