Joyce Compton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 27, 1907
- Died
- Oct 13, 1997 (aged 90)
- Place of birth
- Lexington, Kentucky, USA
- Credits
- 141
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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
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946Movie
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
1945Movie
Waitress (uncredited)
The Awful Truth
1937Movie
Dixie Belle Lee
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948Movie
Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut
1945Movie
Nurse Mary Lee
They Drive by Night
1940Movie
Sue Carter (uncredited)
Filmography
Pete and Gladys
1960TV
Girl in the Woods
1958Movie
Aunt Martha
Jet Pilot
1957Movie
Mary Lou Simpson
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957TV
Waitress
The Persuader
1957Movie
Julie
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956TV
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953Movie
Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952TV
Girl at Drivers License Bureau
Mighty Joe Young
1949Movie
Alice (uncredited)
Grand Canyon
1949Movie
Mabel
Incident
1948Movie
Joan Manning
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948Movie
Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
A Southern Yankee
1948Movie
Hortense Dobson
Linda, Be Good
1947Movie
Mrs. LaVitte
Exposed
1947Movie
Emmy
Scared to Death
1947Movie
Jane Cornell
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946Movie
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Rendezvous with Annie
1946Movie
Louise Grapa (uncredited)
Dark Alibi
1946Movie
Emily Evans
Behind the Mask
1946Movie
Lulu
Danger Signal
1945Movie
Kate
Mildred Pierce
1945Movie
Waitress (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut
1945Movie
Nurse Mary Lee
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945Movie
Joan Randall
Pillow to Post
1945Movie
Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
Swing Out the Blues
1943Movie
Kitty Grogan
Silver Spurs
1943Movie
Millie Love
Let's Face It
1943Movie
Wiggin's Girl (uncredited), Wiggin's Girl
Silver Skates
1943Movie
Lucille
Thunder Birds
1942Movie
Saleswoman
Too Many Women
1942Movie
Barbara Cartwright
Bedtime Story
1941Movie
Beulah
Blues in the Night
1941Movie
Blonde
Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941Movie
Cecilia
Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941Movie
Diana Deane
Manpower
1941Movie
Scarlett
Ziegfeld Girl
1941Movie
Miss Sawyer (uncredited)
Let's Make Music
1941Movie
Betty
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940Movie
Cynthia Lou
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940Movie
Hazel Dalton
Sky Murder
1940Movie
Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
City for Conquest
1940Movie
Lilly
They Drive by Night
1940Movie
Sue Carter (uncredited)
I Take This Oath
1940Movie
Betty Casey
Turnabout
1940Movie
Irene Clare
Honeymoon Deferred
1940Movie
Kitty Kerry
Escape to Paradise
1939Movie
Penelope Carter
Balalaika
1939Movie
Masha
Reno
1939Movie
Bonnie Newcomb
Hotel for Women
1939Movie
Emeline Thomas
Rose of Washington Square
1939Movie
Peggy
Hollywood Hobbies
1939Movie
Tourist
The Flying Irishman
1939Movie
Sally
Going Places
1938Movie
Joan
Trade Winds
1938Movie
Mrs. Johnson
Artists and Models Abroad
1938Movie
Chickie
The Last Warning
1938Movie
Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
Spring Madness
1938Movie
Sally
How to Watch Football
1938Movie
Benchley's girlfriend
You and Me
1938Movie
Curly Blonde
Women Are Like That
1938Movie
Miss Hall
Love on a Budget
1938Movie
Millie Brown
The Awful Truth
1937Movie
Dixie Belle Lee
Small Town Boy
1937Movie
Molly Summers
Sea Racketeers
1937Movie
Blondie
The Toast of New York
1937Movie
Mary Lou (uncredited)
Born Reckless
1937Movie
Dora
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937Movie
Receptionist
Kid Galahad
1937Movie
Party Guest on Phone (uncredited)
Pick a Star
1937Movie
Newlywed
Wings Over Honolulu
1937Movie
Caroline
Top of the Town
1937Movie
Beulah
We Have Our Moments
1937Movie
Carrie
China Passage
1937Movie
Elaine Gentry
Three Smart Girls
1936Movie
Evans' Secretary
Country Gentlemen
1936Movie
Gertie
Under Your Spell
1936Movie
Secretary (uncredited)
Ellis Island
1936Movie
Adele
Murder with Pictures
1936Movie
Hester Boone
Sitting on the Moon
1936Movie
Blossom
Star for a Night
1936Movie
Ellen Romaine
Trapped by Television
1936Movie
Mae Collins
The Harvester
1936Movie
Thelma Biddle
Love Before Breakfast
1936Movie
Mary Lee
Valley of the Lawless
1936Movie
Joan Jenkins
Public Ghost # 1
1935Movie
Miss Compton
Suicide Squad
1935Movie
Mary O'Connor
Life Hesitates at 40
1935Movie
Joyce
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935Movie
Joyce
College Scandal
1935Movie
Toby Carpenter
Let 'em Have It
1935Movie
Barbara
Go Into Your Dance
1935Movie
Café Showgirl
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935Movie
Mary Lee
Caravan
1934Movie
Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
Imitation of Life
1934Movie
Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
The White Parade
1934Movie
Una Mellon
Everything's Ducky
1934Movie
Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934Movie
Maxine LaTour
Million Dollar Ransom
1934Movie
Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934Movie
Foxey Dennison
Only Yesterday
1933Movie
Margot (Uncredited)
Sing, Sinner, Sing
1933Movie
Gwen
Roadhouse Queen
1933Movie
Dorothy
Dream Stuff
1933Movie
Betty
The Plumber and the Lady
1933Movie
Louise
Caliente Love
1933Movie
Betty
Luxury Liner
1933Movie
Girl Overboard (uncredited)
The Wrestler's Bride
1933Movie
Mrs. Scissors Jackson
If I Had a Million
1932Movie
Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
Afraid to Talk
1932Movie
Alice - Party Girl
Madison Square Garden
1932Movie
Joyce
False Faces
1932Movie
Dottie Nation
A Parisian Romance
1932Movie
Marcelle
Fighting for Justice
1932Movie
Amy Tracy
Lady and Gent
1932Movie
Betty
Beauty Parlor
1932Movie
Joan Perry
Unholy Love
1932Movie
Sheilla Bailey Gregory
Westward Passage
1932Movie
Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
Lena Rivers
1932Movie
Caroline Nichols
Under Eighteen
1932Movie
Sybil
Good Sport
1931Movie
Fay
The Spider
1931Movie
Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
Annabelle's Affairs
1931Movie
Mabel
Women of All Nations
1931Movie
Kiki
Up Pops the Devil
1931Movie
Luella May Carroll
Three Girls Lost
1931Movie
Edna Best
Three Rogues
1931Movie
Ace's girl
Lightnin'
1930Movie
Betty - Larry's Wife
Wild Company
1930Movie
Anita Grayson
The Three Sisters
1930Movie
Carlotta
High Society Blues
1930Movie
Pearl Granger
Salute
1929Movie
Marian Wilson
Dangerous Curves
1929Movie
Jennie Silver
The Wild Party
1929Movie
Eva 'Evie' Tutt
The Sky Hawk
1929Movie
Peggy
Soft Living
1928Movie
Billie Wilson
The Border Cavalier
1927Movie
Madge Lawton
Ankles Preferred
1927Movie
Virginia
Syncopating Sue
1926Movie
Marge Adams
A Broadway Lady
1925Movie
Phyllis Westbrook
What Fools Men
1925Movie
Dorothy