Joyce Compton
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1907-01-27
Day of Death
1997-10-13 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Joyce Compton
Biography
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
Acting
(1958)
Girl in the Woods
as Aunt Martha
(1957)
Jet Pilot
as Mary Lou Simpson
(1957)
The Persuader
as Julie
(1953)
I Was a Burlesque Queen
as Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
(1949)
Mighty Joe Young
as Alice (uncredited)
(1949)
Grand Canyon
as Mabel
(1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
(1948)
A Southern Yankee
as Hortense Dobson
(1948)
Incident
as Joan Manning
(1947)
Scared to Death
as Jane Cornell
(1947)
Exposed
as Emmy
(1947)
Linda, Be Good
as Mrs. LaVitte
(1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
(1946)
Dark Alibi
as Emily Evans
(1946)
Behind the Mask
as Lulu
(1946)
Rendezvous with Annie
as Louise Grapa (uncredited)
(1945)
Mildred Pierce
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1945)
Christmas in Connecticut
as Nurse Mary Lee
(1945)
Pillow to Post
as Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
(1945)
Danger Signal
as Kate
(1945)
Hitchhike to Happiness
as Joan Randall
(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)
Swing Out the Blues
as Kitty Grogan
(1943)
Silver Skates
as Lucille
(1942)
Thunder Birds
as Saleswoman
(1942)
Too Many Women
as Barbara Cartwright
(1941)
Ziegfeld Girl
as Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited)
(1941)
Manpower
as Scarlett
(1941)
Blues in the Night
as Blonde
(1941)
Bedtime Story
as Beulah
(1941)
Let's Make Music
as Betty
(1941)
Scattergood Meets Broadway
as Diana Deane
(1941)
Moon Over Her Shoulder
as Cecilia
(1940)
They Drive by Night
as Sue Carter (uncredited)
(1940)
City for Conquest
as Lilly
(1940)
Turnabout
as Irene Clare
(1940)
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Hazel Dalton
(1940)
I Take This Oath
as Betty Casey
(1940)
Sky Murder
as Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
(1940)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Cynthia Lou
(1940)
Honeymoon Deferred
as Kitty Kerry
(1939)
Balalaika
as Masha
(1939)
The Flying Irishman
as Sally
(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)
Escape to Paradise
as Penelope Carter
(1938)
You and Me
as Curly Blonde
(1938)
Spring Madness
as Sally
(1938)
Going Places
as Joan
(1938)
Trade Winds
as Mrs. Johnson
(1938)
Women Are Like That
as Miss Hall
(1938)
Artists and Models Abroad
as Chickie
(1938)
The Last Warning
as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
(1938)
How to Watch Football
as Benchley's girlfriend
(1938)
Love on a Budget
as Millie Brown
(1937)
The Awful Truth
as Dixie Belle Lee
(1937)
Kid Galahad
as (uncredited)
(1937)
The Toast of New York
as Mary Lou (uncredited)
(1937)
Pick a Star
as Newlywed
(1937)
Small Town Boy
as Molly Summers
(1937)
China Passage
as Elaine Gentry
(1937)
Wings Over Honolulu
as Caroline
(1937)
Top of the Town
as Beulah
(1937)
Born Reckless
as Dora
(1937)
We Have Our Moments
as Carrie
(1937)
Rhythm in the Clouds
as Receptionist
(1937)
Sea Racketeers
as Blondie
(1936)
Love Before Breakfast
as Mary Lee
(1936)
Three Smart Girls
as Evans' Secretary
(1936)
Under Your Spell
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1936)
Country Gentlemen
as Gertie
(1936)
Valley of the Lawless
as Joan Jenkins
(1936)
Murder with Pictures
as Hester Boone
(1936)
Ellis Island
as Adele
(1936)
Sitting on the Moon
as Blossom
(1936)
Trapped by Television
as Mae Collins
(1936)
The Harvester
as Thelma Biddle
(1936)
Star for a Night
as Ellen Romaine
(1935)
Let 'em Have It
as Barbara
(1935)
Go Into Your Dance
as Café Showgirl
(1935)
College Scandal
as Toby Carpenter
(1935)
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Mary Lee
(1935)
Life Hesitates at 40
as Joyce
(1935)
Suicide Squad
as Mary O'Connor
(1935)
Manhattan Monkey Business
as Joyce
(1935)
Public Ghost # 1
as Miss Compton
(1934)
Imitation of Life
as Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
(1934)
The White Parade
as Una Mellon
(1934)
Affairs of a Gentleman
as Foxey Dennison
(1934)
Million Dollar Ransom
as Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
(1934)
Caravan
as Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
(1934)
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
as Maxine LaTour
(1934)
Everything's Ducky
as Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
(1933)
Only Yesterday
as Margot (Uncredited)
(1933)
Luxury Liner
as Girl Overboard (uncredited)
(1933)
Dream Stuff
as Betty
(1933)
Sing, Sinner, Sing
as Gwen
(1933)
Caliente Love
as Betty
(1933)
The Wrestler's Bride
as Mrs. Scissors Jackson
(1933)
The Plumber and the Lady
as Louise
(1933)
Roadhouse Queen
as Dorothy
(1932)
Afraid to Talk
as Alice - Party Girl
(1932)
If I Had a Million
as Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
(1932)
Under Eighteen
as Sybil
(1932)
Westward Passage
as Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
(1932)
Lena Rivers
as Caroline Nichols
(1932)
Lady and Gent
as Betty
(1932)
Fighting for Justice
as Amy Tracy
(1932)
Beauty Parlor
as Joan Perry
(1932)
Madison Square Garden
as Joyce
(1932)
False Faces
as Dottie Nation
(1932)
Unholy Love
as Sheilla Bailey Gregory
(1932)
A Parisian Romance
as Marcelle
(1931)
Women of All Nations
as Kiki
(1931)
The Spider
as Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
(1931)
Up Pops the Devil
as Luella May Carroll
(1931)
Good Sport
as Fay
(1931)
Three Girls Lost
as Edna Best
(1931)
Three Rogues
as Ace's girl
(1931)
Annabelle's Affairs
as Mabel
(1930)
Lightnin'
as Betty - Larry's Wife
(1930)
High Society Blues
as Pearl Granger
(1930)
Wild Company
as Anita Grayson
(1930)
The Three Sisters
as Carlotta
(1929)
The Wild Party
as Eva 'Evie' Tutt
(1929)
Salute
as Marian Wilson
(1929)
Dangerous Curves
as Jennie Silver
(1929)
The Sky Hawk
as Peggy
(1928)
Thunder Riders
as Madge Lawton
(1928)
Soft Living
as Billie Wilson
(1927)
Ankles Preferred
as Virginia
(1927)
The Border Cavalier
as Madge Lawton
(1926)
Syncopating Sue
as Marge Adams
(1925)
What Fools Men
as Dorothy
(1925)
A Broadway Lady
as Phyllis Westbrook