Fay Compton
Acting • Born 1894-09-18 – Died 1978-12-12
Biography
From Wikipedia Fay Compton CBE (18 September 1894 – 12 December 1978) was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her elder sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century theatrical luminary Henry Compton. Author Compton Mackenzie was her elder brother. Compton's film work is not as well known as her stage appearances. She appeared in more than forty films between 1914 and 1970. Her most popular performances in films are Odd Man Out (1947), Laughter in Paradise (1951), Orson Welles' Othello (1952), The Haunting (1963) and I Start Counting (1969). Among her television performances, she appeared in 1965 with Michael Hordern in the television play, Land of My Dreams by Clive Exton. One of her last major roles was as Aunt Ann in the BBC's 1967 television adaptation of The Forsyte Saga. She had a successful career in the radio, television and gramophone recordings.
Filmography
48 credits
A Woman of No Importance
Movie • 1921
Rachel Arbuthnot
The Haunting
Movie • 1963
Mrs. Sanderson
Odd Man Out
Movie • 1947
Rosie
Othello
Movie • 1951
Emilia
Laughter in Paradise
Movie • 1951
Agnes Russell
The Happy Ending
Movie • 1925
Mildred Craddock
The Vanquished
Movie • 1953
Mrs. Pinkerton
Town on Trial
Movie • 1957
Mrs. Crowley
London Belongs to Me
Movie • 1948
Mrs. Josser
The Forbidden Street
Movie • 1949
Mrs. Culver
Esther Waters
Movie • 1948
Mrs. Barfield
Blackmailed
Movie • 1951
Mrs. Christopher
The Story of Esther Costello
Movie • 1957
Mother Superior
Autumn Crocus
Movie • 1934
Jenny Grey
The Old Wives' Tale
Movie • 1921
Sophie Barnes
Lady Possessed
Movie • 1952
Mme. Brune
Doublecross
Movie • 1956
Alice Pascoe
Waltzes from Vienna
Movie • 1934
Countess Helga von Stahl
Cape Forlorn
Movie • 1931
Eileen Kell
The Prime Minister
Movie • 1941
Queen Victoria
The Mill on the Floss
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Tulliver
Tell England
Movie • 1931
Mrs. Doe
Aunt Clara
Movie • 1954
Gladys Smith
The Eleventh Commandment
Movie • 1924
Ruth Barchester
So This Is London
Movie • 1939
Lady Worthing
The Virgin and the Gypsy
Movie • 1970
Grandma
Fashions in Love
Movie • 1929
Marie de Remy
A Bill of Divorcement
Movie • 1922
Margaret Fairfield
Diana of the Crossways
Movie • 1922
Diana
Settled Out of Court
Movie • 1925
The Woman
I Start Counting
Movie • 1970
Mrs. Bennett
Uneasy Virtue
Movie • 1931
Dorothy Rendell
Uncle Vanya
Movie • 1963
Marya, the mother
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
Movie • 1924
Mary Stuart
Somehow Good
Movie • 1927
Rosalind Nightingale
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Movie • 1947
Mme. Mantalini
The House of Peril
Movie • 1922
Sylvia Bailey
London Love
Movie • 1927
Sally Hope
Claude Duval
Movie • 1924
Duchess Frances
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
Sanctuary
TV • 1967
Maigret
TV • 1960
Nicholas Nickleby
TV • 1957
The Forsyte Saga
TV • 1967
'Aunt Ann' Forsyte
Cold Comfort Farm
TV • 1968
Aunt Ada Doom (Starkadder)
Journey to the Unknown
TV • 1968
Queen Victoria
Dombey and Son
TV • 1969
Mrs. Brown
Story Parade
TV • 1964
Miss Babbage