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