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