Joyce Compton
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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.
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Películas (137)
Girl in the Woods
1958 · Aunt Martha
Jet Pilot
1957 · Mary Lou Simpson
The Persuader
1957 · Julie
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953 · Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
Mighty Joe Young
1949 · Alice (uncredited)
Grand Canyon
1949 · Mabel
Incident
1948 · Joan Manning
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948 · Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
A Southern Yankee
1948 · Hortense Dobson
Linda, Be Good
1947 · Mrs. LaVitte
Exposed
1947 · Emmy
Scared to Death
1947 · Jane Cornell
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Rendezvous with Annie
1946 · Louise Grapa (uncredited)
Dark Alibi
1946 · Emily Evans
Behind the Mask
1946 · Lulu
Danger Signal
1945 · Kate
Mildred Pierce
1945 · Waitress (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut
1945 · Nurse Mary Lee
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945 · Joan Randall
Pillow to Post
1945 · Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
Swing Out the Blues
1943 · Kitty Grogan
Silver Spurs
1943 · Millie Love
Let's Face It
1943 · Wiggin's Girl (uncredited), Wiggin's Girl
Silver Skates
1943 · Lucille
Thunder Birds
1942 · Saleswoman
Too Many Women
1942 · Barbara Cartwright
Bedtime Story
1941 · Beulah
Blues in the Night
1941 · Blonde
Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941 · Cecilia
Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941 · Diana Deane
Manpower
1941 · Scarlett
Ziegfeld Girl
1941 · Miss Sawyer (uncredited)
Let's Make Music
1941 · Betty
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940 · Cynthia Lou
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940 · Hazel Dalton
Sky Murder
1940 · Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
City for Conquest
1940 · Lilly
They Drive by Night
1940 · Sue Carter (uncredited)
I Take This Oath
1940 · Betty Casey
Turnabout
1940 · Irene Clare
Honeymoon Deferred
1940 · Kitty Kerry
Escape to Paradise
1939 · Penelope Carter
Balalaika
1939 · Masha
Reno
1939 · Bonnie Newcomb
Hotel for Women
1939 · Emeline Thomas
Rose of Washington Square
1939 · Peggy
Hollywood Hobbies
1939 · Tourist
The Flying Irishman
1939 · Sally
Going Places
1938 · Joan
Trade Winds
1938 · Mrs. Johnson
Artists and Models Abroad
1938 · Chickie
The Last Warning
1938 · Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
Spring Madness
1938 · Sally
How to Watch Football
1938 · Benchley's girlfriend
You and Me
1938 · Curly Blonde
Women Are Like That
1938 · Miss Hall
Love on a Budget
1938 · Millie Brown
The Awful Truth
1937 · Dixie Belle Lee
Small Town Boy
1937 · Molly Summers
Sea Racketeers
1937 · Blondie
The Toast of New York
1937 · Mary Lou (uncredited)
Born Reckless
1937 · Dora
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937 · Receptionist
Kid Galahad
1937 · Party Guest on Phone (uncredited)
Pick a Star
1937 · Newlywed
Wings Over Honolulu
1937 · Caroline
Top of the Town
1937 · Beulah
We Have Our Moments
1937 · Carrie
China Passage
1937 · Elaine Gentry
Three Smart Girls
1936 · Evans' Secretary
Country Gentlemen
1936 · Gertie
Under Your Spell
1936 · Secretary (uncredited)
Ellis Island
1936 · Adele
Murder with Pictures
1936 · Hester Boone
Sitting on the Moon
1936 · Blossom
Star for a Night
1936 · Ellen Romaine
Trapped by Television
1936 · Mae Collins
The Harvester
1936 · Thelma Biddle
Love Before Breakfast
1936 · Mary Lee
Valley of the Lawless
1936 · Joan Jenkins
Public Ghost # 1
1935 · Miss Compton
Suicide Squad
1935 · Mary O'Connor
Life Hesitates at 40
1935 · Joyce
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935 · Joyce
College Scandal
1935 · Toby Carpenter
Let 'em Have It
1935 · Barbara
Go Into Your Dance
1935 · Café Showgirl
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935 · Mary Lee
Caravan
1934 · Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
Imitation of Life
1934 · Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
The White Parade
1934 · Una Mellon
Everything's Ducky
1934 · Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934 · Maxine LaTour
Million Dollar Ransom
1934 · Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934 · Foxey Dennison
Only Yesterday
1933 · Margot (Uncredited)
Sing, Sinner, Sing
1933 · Gwen
Roadhouse Queen
1933 · Dorothy
Dream Stuff
1933 · Betty
The Plumber and the Lady
1933 · Louise
Caliente Love
1933 · Betty
Luxury Liner
1933 · Girl Overboard (uncredited)
The Wrestler's Bride
1933 · Mrs. Scissors Jackson
If I Had a Million
1932 · Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
Afraid to Talk
1932 · Alice - Party Girl
Madison Square Garden
1932 · Joyce
False Faces
1932 · Dottie Nation
A Parisian Romance
1932 · Marcelle
Fighting for Justice
1932 · Amy Tracy
Lady and Gent
1932 · Betty
Beauty Parlor
1932 · Joan Perry
Unholy Love
1932 · Sheilla Bailey Gregory
Westward Passage
1932 · Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
Lena Rivers
1932 · Caroline Nichols
Under Eighteen
1932 · Sybil
Good Sport
1931 · Fay
The Spider
1931 · Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
Annabelle's Affairs
1931 · Mabel
Women of All Nations
1931 · Kiki
Up Pops the Devil
1931 · Luella May Carroll
Three Girls Lost
1931 · Edna Best
Three Rogues
1931 · Ace's girl
Lightnin'
1930 · Betty - Larry's Wife
Wild Company
1930 · Anita Grayson
The Three Sisters
1930 · Carlotta
High Society Blues
1930 · Pearl Granger
Salute
1929 · Marian Wilson
Dangerous Curves
1929 · Jennie Silver
The Wild Party
1929 · Eva 'Evie' Tutt
The Sky Hawk
1929 · Peggy
Soft Living
1928 · Billie Wilson
The Border Cavalier
1927 · Madge Lawton
Ankles Preferred
1927 · Virginia
Syncopating Sue
1926 · Marge Adams
A Broadway Lady
1925 · Phyllis Westbrook
What Fools Men
1925 · Dorothy
