Joyce Compton
Acting • Born 1907-01-27 – Died 1997-10-13
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.
Filmography
143 credits
The Persuader
Movie • 1957
Julie
Manpower
Movie • 1941
Scarlett
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Movie • 1934
Maxine LaTour
City for Conquest
Movie • 1940
Lilly
Scared to Death
Movie • 1947
Jane Cornell
Hitchhike to Happiness
Movie • 1945
Joan Randall
Christmas in Connecticut
Movie • 1945
Nurse Mary Lee
Danger Signal
Movie • 1945
Kate
The Awful Truth
Movie • 1937
Dixie Belle Lee
Rose of Washington Square
Movie • 1939
Peggy
Dark Alibi
Movie • 1946
Emily Evans
Sky Murder
Movie • 1940
Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
Incident
Movie • 1948
Joan Manning
Mighty Joe Young
Movie • 1949
Alice (uncredited)
The Wild Party
Movie • 1929
Eva 'Evie' Tutt
Bedtime Story
Movie • 1941
Beulah
The Wrestler's Bride
Movie • 1933
Mrs. Scissors Jackson
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Movie • 1940
Hazel Dalton
The Three Sisters
Movie • 1930
Carlotta
The Plumber and the Lady
Movie • 1933
Louise
The White Parade
Movie • 1934
Una Mellon
Under Eighteen
Movie • 1932
Sybil
If I Had a Million
Movie • 1932
Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
Exposed
Movie • 1947
Emmy
The Toast of New York
Movie • 1937
Mary Lou (uncredited)
Under Your Spell
Movie • 1936
Secretary (uncredited)
Pick a Star
Movie • 1937
Newlywed
Turnabout
Movie • 1940
Irene Clare
Kid Galahad
Movie • 1937
Party Guest on Phone (uncredited)
Balalaika
Movie • 1939
Masha
Trapped by Television
Movie • 1936
Mae Collins
Salute
Movie • 1929
Marian Wilson
Behind the Mask
Movie • 1946
Lulu
You and Me
Movie • 1938
Curly Blonde
Lena Rivers
Movie • 1932
Caroline Nichols
Sing, Sinner, Sing
Movie • 1933
Gwen
Rhythm in the Clouds
Movie • 1937
Receptionist
Caliente Love
Movie • 1933
Betty
Soft Living
Movie • 1928
Billie Wilson
Let's Make Music
Movie • 1941
Betty
Suicide Squad
Movie • 1935
Mary O'Connor
Dream Stuff
Movie • 1933
Betty
The Best Years of Our Lives
Movie • 1946
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Trade Winds
Movie • 1938
Mrs. Johnson
Murder with Pictures
Movie • 1936
Hester Boone
Hotel for Women
Movie • 1939
Emeline Thomas
A Parisian Romance
Movie • 1932
Marcelle
Ellis Island
Movie • 1936
Adele
The Sky Hawk
Movie • 1929
Peggy
Country Gentlemen
Movie • 1936
Gertie
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Movie • 1940
Cynthia Lou
I Take This Oath
Movie • 1940
Betty Casey
The Harvester
Movie • 1936
Thelma Biddle
Unholy Love
Movie • 1932
Sheilla Bailey Gregory
Roadhouse Queen
Movie • 1933
Dorothy
Sea Racketeers
Movie • 1937
Blondie
Small Town Boy
Movie • 1937
Molly Summers
Love on a Budget
Movie • 1938
Millie Brown
Artists and Models Abroad
Movie • 1938
Chickie
College Scandal
Movie • 1935
Toby Carpenter
We Have Our Moments
Movie • 1937
Carrie
Reno
Movie • 1939
Bonnie Newcomb
Women Are Like That
Movie • 1938
Miss Hall
The Flying Irishman
Movie • 1939
Sally
Hollywood Hobbies
Movie • 1939
Tourist
Ankles Preferred
Movie • 1927
Virginia
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Movie • 1941
Cecilia
Silver Spurs
Movie • 1943
Millie Love
The Spider
Movie • 1931
Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
Let 'em Have It
Movie • 1935
Barbara
Beauty Parlor
Movie • 1932
Joan Perry
Good Sport
Movie • 1931
Fay
False Faces
Movie • 1932
Dottie Nation
Madison Square Garden
Movie • 1932
Joyce
Too Many Women
Movie • 1942
Barbara Cartwright
Westward Passage
Movie • 1932
Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
Three Rogues
Movie • 1931
Ace's girl
Girl in the Woods
Movie • 1958
Aunt Martha
Silver Skates
Movie • 1943
Lucille
Going Places
Movie • 1938
Joan
High Society Blues
Movie • 1930
Pearl Granger
Ziegfeld Girl
Movie • 1941
Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited)
Thunder Birds
Movie • 1942
Saleswoman
Wild Company
Movie • 1930
Anita Grayson
Annabelle's Affairs
Movie • 1931
Mabel
Up Pops the Devil
Movie • 1931
Luella May Carroll
Affairs of a Gentleman
Movie • 1934
Foxey Dennison
Spring Madness
Movie • 1938
Sally
Luxury Liner
Movie • 1933
Girl Overboard (uncredited)
Caravan
Movie • 1934
Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
Escape to Paradise
Movie • 1939
Penelope Carter
Three Smart Girls
Movie • 1936
Evans' Secretary
Lady and Gent
Movie • 1932
Betty
Valley of the Lawless
Movie • 1936
Joan Jenkins
Wings Over Honolulu
Movie • 1937
Caroline
Rendezvous with Annie
Movie • 1946
Louise Grapa (uncredited)
Linda, Be Good
Movie • 1947
Mrs. LaVitte
I Was a Burlesque Queen
Movie • 1953
Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
Mildred Pierce
Movie • 1945
Waitress (uncredited)
Swing Out the Blues
Movie • 1943
Kitty Grogan
Sitting on the Moon
Movie • 1936
Blossom
The Last Warning
Movie • 1938
Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
Scattergood Meets Broadway
Movie • 1941
Diana Deane
Lightnin'
Movie • 1930
Betty - Larry's Wife
A Southern Yankee
Movie • 1948
Hortense Dobson
Women of All Nations
Movie • 1931
Kiki
Everything's Ducky
Movie • 1934
Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
They Drive by Night
Movie • 1940
Sue Carter (uncredited)
Let's Face It
Movie • 1943
Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)
Afraid to Talk
Movie • 1932
Alice - Party Girl
Jet Pilot
Movie • 1957
Mary Lou Simpson
Top of the Town
Movie • 1937
Beulah
Born Reckless
Movie • 1937
Dora
Rustlers of Red Dog
Movie • 1935
Mary Lee
Blues in the Night
Movie • 1941
Blonde
Pillow to Post
Movie • 1945
Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
Star for a Night
Movie • 1936
Ellen Romaine
How to Watch Football
Movie • 1938
Benchley's girlfriend
China Passage
Movie • 1937
Elaine Gentry
Love Before Breakfast
Movie • 1936
Mary Lee
Sorry, Wrong Number
Movie • 1948
Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
Honeymoon Deferred
Movie • 1940
Kitty Kerry
Dangerous Curves
Movie • 1929
Jennie Silver
Syncopating Sue
Movie • 1926
Marge Adams
A Broadway Lady
Movie • 1925
Phyllis Westbrook
Million Dollar Ransom
Movie • 1934
Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
Public Ghost # 1
Movie • 1935
Miss Compton
Only Yesterday
Movie • 1933
Margot (Uncredited)
Thunder Riders
Movie • 1928
Madge Lawton
The Border Cavalier
Movie • 1927
Madge Lawton
Imitation of Life
Movie • 1934
Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
What Fools Men
Movie • 1925
Dorothy
Go Into Your Dance
Movie • 1935
Café Showgirl
Fighting for Justice
Movie • 1932
Amy Tracy
Three Girls Lost
Movie • 1931
Edna Best
Grand Canyon
Movie • 1949
Mabel
Life Hesitates at 40
Movie • 1935
Joyce
Manhattan Monkey Business
Movie • 1935
Joyce
Let's Face It
Movie • 1943
Wiggin's Girl
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV • 1957
Waitress
Pete and Gladys
TV • 1960
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV • 1956
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV • 1952
Girl at Drivers License Bureau