Actor
· Acting
Joyce Compton
Born 1907-01-27
Died 1997-10-13
📍 Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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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.
Filmography 135
Pete and Gladys
1960
Girl in the Woods
as Aunt Martha
1958
Jet Pilot
as Mary Lou Simpson
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Waitress
1957
The Persuader
as Julie
1957
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
I Was a Burlesque Queen
as Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
1953
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Girl at Drivers License Bureau
1952
Mighty Joe Young
as Alice (uncredited)
1949
Grand Canyon
as Mabel
1949
Incident
as Joan Manning
1948
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
1948
A Southern Yankee
as Hortense Dobson
1948
Linda, Be Good
as Mrs. LaVitte
1947
Exposed
as Emmy
1947
Scared to Death
as Jane Cornell
1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
1946
Rendezvous with Annie
as Louise Grapa (uncredited)
1946
Dark Alibi
as Emily Evans
1946
Behind the Mask
as Lulu
1946
Danger Signal
as Kate
1945
Mildred Pierce
as Waitress (uncredited)
1945
Christmas in Connecticut
as Nurse Mary Lee
1945
Hitchhike to Happiness
as Joan Randall
1945
Pillow to Post
as Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
1945
Swing Out the Blues
as Kitty Grogan
1943
Silver Spurs
as Millie Love
1943
Let's Face It
as Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)
1943
Let's Face It
as Wiggin's Girl
1943
Silver Skates
as Lucille
1943
Thunder Birds
as Saleswoman
1942
Too Many Women
as Barbara Cartwright
1942
Bedtime Story
as Beulah
1941
Blues in the Night
as Blonde
1941
Moon Over Her Shoulder
as Cecilia
1941
Scattergood Meets Broadway
as Diana Deane
1941
Manpower
as Scarlett
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
as Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited)
1941
Let's Make Music
as Betty
1941
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Cynthia Lou
1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Hazel Dalton
1940
Sky Murder
as Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
1940
City for Conquest
as Lilly
1940
They Drive by Night
as Sue Carter (uncredited)
1940
I Take This Oath
as Betty Casey
1940
Turnabout
as Irene Clare
1940
Honeymoon Deferred
as Kitty Kerry
1940
Escape to Paradise
as Penelope Carter
1939
Balalaika
as Masha
1939
Reno
as Bonnie Newcomb
1939
Hotel for Women
as Emeline Thomas
1939
Rose of Washington Square
as Peggy
1939
Hollywood Hobbies
as Tourist
1939
The Flying Irishman
as Sally
1939
Going Places
as Joan
1938
Trade Winds
as Mrs. Johnson
1938
Artists and Models Abroad
as Chickie
1938
The Last Warning
as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
1938
Spring Madness
as Sally
1938
How to Watch Football
as Benchley's girlfriend
1938
You and Me
as Curly Blonde
1938
Women Are Like That
as Miss Hall
1938
Love on a Budget
as Millie Brown
1938
The Awful Truth
as Dixie Belle Lee
1937
Small Town Boy
as Molly Summers
1937
Sea Racketeers
as Blondie
1937
The Toast of New York
as Mary Lou (uncredited)
1937
Born Reckless
as Dora
1937
Rhythm in the Clouds
as Receptionist
1937
Kid Galahad
as Party Guest on Phone (uncredited)
1937
Pick a Star
as Newlywed
1937
Wings Over Honolulu
as Caroline
1937
Top of the Town
as Beulah
1937
We Have Our Moments
as Carrie
1937
China Passage
as Elaine Gentry
1937
Three Smart Girls
as Evans' Secretary
1936
Country Gentlemen
as Gertie
1936
Under Your Spell
as Secretary (uncredited)
1936
Murder with Pictures
as Hester Boone
1936
Sitting on the Moon
as Blossom
1936
Star for a Night
as Ellen Romaine
1936
Trapped by Television
as Mae Collins
1936
Love Before Breakfast
as Mary Lee
1936
Valley of the Lawless
as Joan Jenkins
1936
Public Ghost # 1
as Miss Compton
1935
Suicide Squad
as Mary O'Connor
1935
Manhattan Monkey Business
as Joyce
1935
College Scandal
as Toby Carpenter
1935
Let 'em Have It
as Barbara
1935
Go Into Your Dance
as Café Showgirl
1935
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Mary Lee
1935
Caravan
as Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
1934
Imitation of Life
as Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
1934
The White Parade
as Una Mellon
1934
Everything's Ducky
as Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
1934
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
as Maxine LaTour
1934
Million Dollar Ransom
as Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
1934
Affairs of a Gentleman
as Foxey Dennison
1934
Only Yesterday
as Margot (Uncredited)
1933
Roadhouse Queen
as Dorothy
1933
Luxury Liner
as Girl Overboard (uncredited)
1933
The Wrestler's Bride
as Mrs. Scissors Jackson
1933
If I Had a Million
as Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
1932
Afraid to Talk
as Alice - Party Girl
1932
Madison Square Garden
as Joyce
1932
False Faces
as Dottie Nation
1932
Fighting for Justice
as Amy Tracy
1932
Lady and Gent
as Betty
1932
Beauty Parlor
as Joan Perry
1932
Unholy Love
as Sheilla Bailey Gregory
1932
Westward Passage
as Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
1932
Lena Rivers
as Caroline Nichols
1932
Under Eighteen
as Sybil
1932
Good Sport
as Fay
1931
The Spider
as Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
1931
Annabelle's Affairs
as Mabel
1931
Women of All Nations
as Kiki
1931
Up Pops the Devil
as Luella May Carroll
1931
Three Girls Lost
as Edna Best
1931
Three Rogues
as Ace's girl
1931
Lightnin'
as Betty - Larry's Wife
1930
Wild Company
as Anita Grayson
1930
The Three Sisters
as Carlotta
1930
High Society Blues
as Pearl Granger
1930
Salute
as Marian Wilson
1929
Dangerous Curves
as Jennie Silver
1929
The Wild Party
as Eva 'Evie' Tutt
1929
The Sky Hawk
as Peggy
1929
Thunder Riders
as Madge Lawton
1928
Soft Living
as Billie Wilson
1928
The Border Cavalier
as Madge Lawton
1927
Ankles Preferred
as Virginia
1927
Syncopating Sue
as Marge Adams
1926
A Broadway Lady
as Phyllis Westbrook
1925
What Fools Men
as Dorothy
1925