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)
Dark Alibi
as Emily Evans
(1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
(1946)
Rendezvous with Annie
as Louise Grapa (uncredited)
(1946)
Behind the Mask
as Lulu
(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)
Let's Face It
as Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)
(1943)
Let's Face It
as Wiggin's Girl
(1943)
Silver Spurs
as Millie Love
(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)
Bedtime Story
as Beulah
(1941)
Let's Make Music
as Betty
(1941)
Blues in the Night
as Blonde
(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)
Sky Murder
as Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
(1940)
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Hazel Dalton
(1940)
Honeymoon Deferred
as Kitty Kerry
(1940)
Turnabout
as Irene Clare
(1940)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Cynthia Lou
(1940)
I Take This Oath
as Betty Casey
(1939)
The Flying Irishman
as Sally
(1939)
Balalaika
as Masha
(1939)
Rose of Washington Square
as Peggy
(1939)
Hotel for Women
as Emeline Thomas
(1939)
Escape to Paradise
as Penelope Carter
(1939)
Reno
as Bonnie Newcomb
(1939)
Hollywood Hobbies
as Tourist
(1938)
You and Me
as Curly Blonde
(1938)
Women Are Like That
as Miss Hall
(1938)
Artists and Models Abroad
as Chickie
(1938)
Trade Winds
as Mrs. Johnson
(1938)
The Last Warning
as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
(1938)
Going Places
as Joan
(1938)
Spring Madness
as Sally
(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)
Wings Over Honolulu
as Caroline
(1937)
Pick a Star
as Newlywed
(1937)
Small Town Boy
as Molly Summers
(1937)
Top of the Town
as Beulah
(1937)
We Have Our Moments
as Carrie
(1937)
China Passage
as Elaine Gentry
(1937)
Born Reckless
as Dora
(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)
Sitting on the Moon
as Blossom
(1936)
Country Gentlemen
as Gertie
(1936)
The Harvester
as Thelma Biddle
(1936)
Murder with Pictures
as Hester Boone
(1936)
Under Your Spell
as Secretary (uncredited)
(1936)
Ellis Island
as Adele
(1936)
Star for a Night
as Ellen Romaine
(1936)
Trapped by Television
as Mae Collins
(1936)
Valley of the Lawless
as Joan Jenkins
(1935)
College Scandal
as Toby Carpenter
(1935)
Suicide Squad
as Mary O'Connor
(1935)
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Mary Lee
(1935)
Let 'em Have It
as Barbara
(1935)
Go Into Your Dance
as Café Showgirl
(1935)
Public Ghost # 1
as Miss Compton
(1935)
Manhattan Monkey Business
as Joyce
(1935)
Life Hesitates at 40
as Joyce
(1934)
Imitation of Life
as Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
(1934)
Affairs of a Gentleman
as Foxey Dennison
(1934)
The White Parade
as Una Mellon
(1934)
Million Dollar Ransom
as Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
(1934)
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
as Maxine LaTour
(1934)
Caravan
as Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
(1934)
Everything's Ducky
as Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
(1933)
Only Yesterday
as Margot (Uncredited)
(1933)
Dream Stuff
as Betty
(1933)
Roadhouse Queen
as Dorothy
(1933)
Luxury Liner
as Girl Overboard (uncredited)
(1933)
The Plumber and the Lady
as Louise
(1933)
Caliente Love
as Betty
(1933)
The Wrestler's Bride
as Mrs. Scissors Jackson
(1933)
Sing, Sinner, Sing
as Gwen
(1932)
If I Had a Million
as Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
(1932)
Lena Rivers
as Caroline Nichols
(1932)
A Parisian Romance
as Marcelle
(1932)
False Faces
as Dottie Nation
(1932)
Lady and Gent
as Betty
(1932)
Afraid to Talk
as Alice - Party Girl
(1932)
Under Eighteen
as Sybil
(1932)
Westward Passage
as Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
(1932)
Madison Square Garden
as Joyce
(1932)
Unholy Love
as Sheilla Bailey Gregory
(1932)
Fighting for Justice
as Amy Tracy
(1932)
Beauty Parlor
as Joan Perry
(1931)
Up Pops the Devil
as Luella May Carroll
(1931)
Three Rogues
as Ace's girl
(1931)
Women of All Nations
as Kiki
(1931)
The Spider
as Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
(1931)
Three Girls Lost
as Edna Best
(1931)
Annabelle's Affairs
as Mabel
(1931)
Good Sport
as Fay
(1930)
Lightnin'
as Betty - Larry's Wife
(1930)
Wild Company
as Anita Grayson
(1930)
The Three Sisters
as Carlotta
(1930)
High Society Blues
as Pearl Granger
(1929)
The Wild Party
as Eva 'Evie' Tutt
(1929)
Dangerous Curves
as Jennie Silver
(1929)
The Sky Hawk
as Peggy
(1929)
Salute
as Marian Wilson
(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