The Best Years of Our Lives1946
As Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Joyce Compton
Born
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.
Filmography (137)
Mighty Joe Young1949
As Alice (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Ziegfeld Girl1941
As Miss Sawyer (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Mildred Pierce1945
As Waitress (uncredited)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
They Drive by Night1940
As Sue Carter (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Awful Truth1937
As Dixie Belle Lee
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Sorry, Wrong Number1948
As Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Kid Galahad1937
As Party Guest on Phone (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Thunder Birds1942
As Saleswoman
TMDb 6.0 / 10
If I Had a Million1932
As Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Rose of Washington Square1939
As Peggy
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Jet Pilot1957
As Mary Lou Simpson
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Toast of New York1937
As Mary Lou (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Imitation of Life1934
As Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
You and Me1938
As Curly Blonde
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Beauty Parlor1932
As Joan Perry
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Westward Passage1932
As Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Manpower1941
As Scarlett
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Christmas in Connecticut1945
As Nurse Mary Lee
TMDb 7.0 / 10
We Have Our Moments1937
As Carrie
TMDb 7.1 / 10
City for Conquest1940
As Lilly
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Three Smart Girls1936
As Evans' Secretary
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Blues in the Night1941
As Blonde
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Let's Face It1943
As Wiggin's Girl (uncredited), Wiggin's Girl
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Salute1929
As Marian Wilson
TMDb 5.8 / 10
A Southern Yankee1948
As Hortense Dobson
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Villain Still Pursued Her1940
As Hazel Dalton
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Go Into Your Dance1935
As Café Showgirl
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Up Pops the Devil1931
As Luella May Carroll
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Let 'em Have It1935
As Barbara
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Going Places1938
As Joan
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Top of the Town1937
As Beulah
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Artists and Models Abroad1938
As Chickie
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Pick a Star1937
As Newlywed
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Ellis Island
Ellis Island1936
As Adele
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Danger Signal1945
As Kate
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Exposed1947
As Emmy
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Moon Over Her Shoulder1941
As Cecilia
TMDb 7.0 / 10
I Take This Oath1940
As Betty Casey
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The White Parade1934
As Una Mellon
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Star for a Night1936
As Ellen Romaine
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Under Eighteen1932
As Sybil
TMDb 6.3 / 10
I Was a Burlesque Queen1953
As Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Murder with Pictures1936
As Hester Boone
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Three Rogues1931
As Ace's girl
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Luxury Liner1933
As Girl Overboard (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Women of All Nations1931
As Kiki
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Three Girls Lost1931
As Edna Best
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Spider1931
As Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Women Are Like That1938
As Miss Hall
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Sky Murder1940
As Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Affairs of a Gentleman1934
As Foxey Dennison
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Love Before Breakfast1936
As Mary Lee
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Silver Spurs1943
As Millie Love
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Flying Irishman1939
As Sally
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Madison Square Garden1932
As Joyce
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Girl in the Woods1958
As Aunt Martha
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Afraid to Talk1932
As Alice - Party Girl
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Born Reckless1937
As Dora
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Pillow to Post1945
As Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?1940
As Cynthia Lou
TMDb 5.5 / 10
China Passage1937
As Elaine Gentry
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Wild Party1929
As Eva 'Evie' Tutt
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Caravan1934
As Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Sitting on the Moon1936
As Blossom
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Trade Winds1938
As Mrs. Johnson
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Balalaika1939
As Masha
TMDb 5.3 / 10
College Scandal1935
As Toby Carpenter
TMDb 6.8 / 10
High Society Blues1930
As Pearl Granger
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Ankles Preferred1927
As Virginia
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Under Your Spell1936
As Secretary (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Spring Madness1938
As Sally
TMDb 4.9 / 10
King Kelly of the U.S.A.1934
As Maxine LaTour
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Dangerous Curves1929
As Jennie Silver
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Dark Alibi1946
As Emily Evans
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Only Yesterday1933
As Margot (Uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Turnabout1940
As Irene Clare
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Love on a Budget1938
As Millie Brown
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Hollywood Hobbies1939
As Tourist
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Hitchhike to Happiness1945
As Joan Randall
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Behind the Mask1946
As Lulu
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Grand Canyon1949
As Mabel
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Rustlers of Red Dog1935
As Mary Lee
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Wild Company1930
As Anita Grayson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
False Faces1932
As Dottie Nation
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Swing Out the Blues1943
As Kitty Grogan
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Lightnin'1930
As Betty - Larry's Wife
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Million Dollar Ransom1934
As Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Incident1948
As Joan Manning
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Rendezvous with Annie1946
As Louise Grapa (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Valley of the Lawless1936
As Joan Jenkins
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Suicide Squad1935
As Mary O'Connor
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Rhythm in the Clouds1937
As Receptionist
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Hotel for Women1939
As Emeline Thomas
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Let's Make Music1941
As Betty
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Wrestler's Bride1933
As Mrs. Scissors Jackson
Scared to Death1947
As Jane Cornell
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Bedtime Story1941
As Beulah
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Unholy Love1932
As Sheilla Bailey Gregory
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Last Warning1938
As Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Good Sport1931
As Fay
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Plumber and the Lady
The Plumber and the Lady1933
As Louise
Dream Stuff
Dream Stuff1933
As Betty
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Lady and Gent1932
As Betty
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Country Gentlemen1936
As Gertie
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Too Many Women1942
As Barbara Cartwright
TMDb 5.8 / 10
What Fools Men1925
As Dorothy
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Silver Skates1943
As Lucille
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Wings Over Honolulu1937
As Caroline
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Small Town Boy1937
As Molly Summers
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Persuader1957
As Julie
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Trapped by Television1936
As Mae Collins
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Reno1939
As Bonnie Newcomb
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Manhattan Monkey Business1935
As Joyce
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Honeymoon Deferred1940
As Kitty Kerry
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Linda, Be Good1947
As Mrs. LaVitte
TMDb 6.7 / 10
A Broadway Lady1925
As Phyllis Westbrook
TMDb 9.0 / 10
A Parisian Romance
A Parisian Romance1932
As Marcelle
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Annabelle's Affairs1931
As Mabel
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Lena Rivers1932
As Caroline Nichols
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Sky Hawk1929
As Peggy
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Soft Living1928
As Billie Wilson
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Life Hesitates at 40
Life Hesitates at 401935
As Joyce
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Scattergood Meets Broadway1941
As Diana Deane
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Fighting for Justice1932
As Amy Tracy
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Syncopating Sue1926
As Marge Adams
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Sing, Sinner, Sing
Sing, Sinner, Sing1933
As Gwen
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Harvester1936
As Thelma Biddle
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Sea Racketeers1937
As Blondie
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Escape to Paradise1939
As Penelope Carter
TMDb 5.4 / 10
How to Watch Football1938
As Benchley's girlfriend
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Caliente Love
Caliente Love1933
As Betty
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Border Cavalier1927
As Madge Lawton
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Three Sisters1930
As Carlotta
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Roadhouse Queen1933
As Dorothy
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Everything's Ducky1934
As Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Public Ghost # 11935
As Miss Compton
TMDb 5.5 / 10
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