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