Joyce Compton
Acting
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.
TV Shows(4)
Movies(138)
Girl in the Woods
Aunt Martha
1958
Jet Pilot
Mary Lou Simpson
1957
The Persuader
Julie
1957
I Was a Burlesque Queen
Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
1953
Mighty Joe Young
Alice (uncredited)
1949
Grand Canyon
Mabel
1949
Incident
Joan Manning
1948
Sorry, Wrong Number
Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
1948
A Southern Yankee
Hortense Dobson
1948
Linda, Be Good
Mrs. LaVitte
1947
Exposed
Emmy
1947
Scared to Death
Jane Cornell
1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
1946
Rendezvous with Annie
Louise Grapa (uncredited)
1946
Dark Alibi
Emily Evans
1946
Behind the Mask
Lulu
1946
Danger Signal
Kate
1945
Mildred Pierce
Waitress (uncredited)
1945
Christmas in Connecticut
Nurse Mary Lee
1945
Hitchhike to Happiness
Joan Randall
1945
Pillow to Post
Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
1945
Swing Out the Blues
Kitty Grogan
1943
Silver Spurs
Millie Love
1943
Let's Face It
Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)
1943
Silver Skates
Lucille
1943
Thunder Birds
Saleswoman
1942
Too Many Women
Barbara Cartwright
1942
Bedtime Story
Beulah
1941
Blues in the Night
Blonde
1941
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Cecilia
1941
Scattergood Meets Broadway
Diana Deane
1941
Manpower
Scarlett
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited)
1941
Let's Make Music
Betty
1941
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Cynthia Lou
1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Hazel Dalton
1940
Sky Murder
Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
1940
City for Conquest
Lilly
1940
They Drive by Night
Sue Carter (uncredited)
1940
I Take This Oath
Betty Casey
1940
Turnabout
Irene Clare
1940
Honeymoon Deferred
Kitty Kerry
1940
Escape to Paradise
Penelope Carter
1939
Balalaika
Masha
1939
Reno
Bonnie Newcomb
1939
Hotel for Women
Emeline Thomas
1939
Rose of Washington Square
Peggy
1939
Hollywood Hobbies
Tourist
1939
The Flying Irishman
Sally
1939
Going Places
Joan
1938
Trade Winds
Mrs. Johnson
1938
Artists and Models Abroad
Chickie
1938
The Last Warning
Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
1938
Spring Madness
Sally
1938
How to Watch Football
Benchley's girlfriend
1938
You and Me
Curly Blonde
1938
Women Are Like That
Miss Hall
1938
Love on a Budget
Millie Brown
1938
The Awful Truth
Dixie Belle Lee
1937
Small Town Boy
Molly Summers
1937
Sea Racketeers
Blondie
1937
The Toast of New York
Mary Lou (uncredited)
1937
Born Reckless
Dora
1937
Rhythm in the Clouds
Receptionist
1937
Kid Galahad
Party Guest on Phone (uncredited)
1937
Pick a Star
Newlywed
1937
Wings Over Honolulu
Caroline
1937
Top of the Town
Beulah
1937
We Have Our Moments
Carrie
1937
China Passage
Elaine Gentry
1937
Three Smart Girls
Evans' Secretary
1936
Country Gentlemen
Gertie
1936
Under Your Spell
Secretary (uncredited)
1936
Ellis Island
Adele
1936
Murder with Pictures
Hester Boone
1936
Sitting on the Moon
Blossom
1936
Star for a Night
Ellen Romaine
1936
Trapped by Television
Mae Collins
1936
The Harvester
Thelma Biddle
1936
Love Before Breakfast
Mary Lee
1936
Valley of the Lawless
Joan Jenkins
1936
Public Ghost # 1
Miss Compton
1935
Suicide Squad
Mary O'Connor
1935
Life Hesitates at 40
Joyce
1935
Manhattan Monkey Business
Joyce
1935
College Scandal
Toby Carpenter
1935
Let 'em Have It
Barbara
1935
Go Into Your Dance
Café Showgirl
1935
Rustlers of Red Dog
Mary Lee
1935
Caravan
Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
1934
Imitation of Life
Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
1934
The White Parade
Una Mellon
1934
Everything's Ducky
Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
1934
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Maxine LaTour
1934
Million Dollar Ransom
Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
1934
Affairs of a Gentleman
Foxey Dennison
1934
Only Yesterday
Margot (Uncredited)
1933
Sing, Sinner, Sing
Gwen
1933
Roadhouse Queen
Dorothy
1933
Dream Stuff
Betty
1933
The Plumber and the Lady
Louise
1933
Caliente Love
Betty
1933
Luxury Liner
Girl Overboard (uncredited)
1933
The Wrestler's Bride
Mrs. Scissors Jackson
1933
If I Had a Million
Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
1932
Afraid to Talk
Alice - Party Girl
1932
Madison Square Garden
Joyce
1932
False Faces
Dottie Nation
1932
A Parisian Romance
Marcelle
1932
Fighting for Justice
Amy Tracy
1932
Lady and Gent
Betty
1932
Beauty Parlor
Joan Perry
1932
Unholy Love
Sheilla Bailey Gregory
1932
Westward Passage
Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
1932
Lena Rivers
Caroline Nichols
1932
Under Eighteen
Sybil
1932
Good Sport
Fay
1931
The Spider
Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
1931
Annabelle's Affairs
Mabel
1931
Women of All Nations
Kiki
1931
Up Pops the Devil
Luella May Carroll
1931
Three Girls Lost
Edna Best
1931
Three Rogues
Ace's girl
1931
Lightnin'
Betty - Larry's Wife
1930
Wild Company
Anita Grayson
1930
The Three Sisters
Carlotta
1930
High Society Blues
Pearl Granger
1930
Salute
Marian Wilson
1929
Dangerous Curves
Jennie Silver
1929
The Wild Party
Eva 'Evie' Tutt
1929
The Sky Hawk
Peggy
1929
Thunder Riders
Madge Lawton
1928
Soft Living
Billie Wilson
1928
The Border Cavalier
Madge Lawton
1927
Ankles Preferred
Virginia
1927
Syncopating Sue
Marge Adams
1926
A Broadway Lady
Phyllis Westbrook
1925
What Fools Men
Dorothy
1925