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