Joyce Compton

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

Born: Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 1907-01-27

Died: 1997-10-13

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1925	What Fools Men	Dorothy	10
2	1925	A Broadway Lady	Phyllis Westbrook	0
3	1926	Syncopating Sue	Marge Adams	0
4	1927	Ankles Preferred	Virginia	0
5	1927	The Border Cavalier	Madge Lawton	0
6	1928	Soft Living	Billie Wilson	0
7	1928	Thunder Riders	Madge Lawton	0
8	1929	The Sky Hawk	Peggy	60
9	1929	The Wild Party	Eva 'Evie' Tutt	67
10	1929	Dangerous Curves	Jennie Silver	60
11	1929	Salute	Marian Wilson	47
12	1930	High Society Blues	Pearl Granger	0
13	1930	The Three Sisters	Carlotta	0
14	1930	Wild Company	Anita Grayson	50
15	1930	Lightnin'	Betty - Larry's Wife	37
16	1931	Three Rogues	Ace's girl	0
17	1931	Three Girls Lost	Edna Best	0
18	1931	Up Pops the Devil	Luella May Carroll	42
19	1931	Women of All Nations	Kiki	26
20	1931	Annabelle's Affairs	Mabel	0
21	1931	The Spider	Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)	60
22	1931	Good Sport	Fay	45
23	1932	Under Eighteen	Sybil	66
24	1932	Lena Rivers	Caroline Nichols	55
25	1932	Westward Passage	Lillie, the Model (uncredited)	58
26	1932	Unholy Love	Sheilla Bailey Gregory	30
27	1932	Beauty Parlor	Joan Perry	50
28	1932	Lady and Gent	Betty	58
29	1932	Fighting for Justice	Amy Tracy	0
30	1932	A Parisian Romance	Marcelle	43
31	1932	False Faces	Dottie Nation	43
32	1932	Madison Square Garden	Joyce	62
33	1932	Afraid to Talk	Alice - Party Girl	60
34	1932	If I Had a Million	Marie - Waitress (uncredited)	65
35	1933	The Wrestler's Bride	Mrs. Scissors Jackson	0
36	1933	Luxury Liner	Girl Overboard (uncredited)	63
37	1933	Caliente Love	Betty	0
38	1933	The Plumber and the Lady	Louise	0
39	1933	Dream Stuff	Betty	55
40	1933	Roadhouse Queen	Dorothy	0
41	1933	Sing, Sinner, Sing	Gwen	40
42	1933	Only Yesterday	Margot (Uncredited)	68
43	1934	Affairs of a Gentleman	Foxey Dennison	20
44	1934	Million Dollar Ransom	Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)	0
45	1934	King Kelly of the U.S.A.	Maxine LaTour	35
46	1934	Everything's Ducky	Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife	10
47	1934	The White Parade	Una Mellon	60
48	1934	Imitation of Life	Young Woman at Party (uncredited)	70
49	1934	Caravan	Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)	50
50	1935	Rustlers of Red Dog	Mary Lee	80
51	1935	Go Into Your Dance	Café Showgirl	70
52	1935	Let 'em Have It	Barbara	70
53	1935	College Scandal	Toby Carpenter	52
54	1935	Manhattan Monkey Business	Joyce	0
55	1935	Life Hesitates at 40	Joyce	0
56	1935	Suicide Squad	Mary O'Connor	79
57	1935	Public Ghost # 1	Miss Compton	40
58	1936	Valley of the Lawless	Joan Jenkins	0
59	1936	Love Before Breakfast	Mary Lee	58
60	1936	The Harvester	Thelma Biddle	0
61	1936	Trapped by Television	Mae Collins	64
62	1936	Star for a Night	Ellen Romaine	60
63	1936	Sitting on the Moon	Blossom	60
64	1936	Murder with Pictures	Hester Boone	51
65	1936	Ellis Island	Adele	50
66	1936	Under Your Spell	Secretary (uncredited)	70
67	1936	Country Gentlemen	Gertie	65
68	1936	Three Smart Girls	Evans' Secretary	64
69	1937	China Passage	Elaine Gentry	55
70	1937	We Have Our Moments	Carrie	58
71	1937	Top of the Town	Beulah	52
72	1937	Wings Over Honolulu	Caroline	53
73	1937	Pick a Star	Newlywed	48
74	1937	Kid Galahad	(uncredited)	69
75	1937	Rhythm in the Clouds	Receptionist	50
76	1937	Born Reckless	Dora	55
77	1937	The Toast of New York	Mary Lou (uncredited)	58
78	1937	Sea Racketeers	Blondie	0
79	1937	Small Town Boy	Molly Summers	0
80	1937	The Awful Truth	Dixie Belle Lee	72
81	1938	Love on a Budget	Millie Brown	0
82	1938	Women Are Like That	Miss Hall	57
83	1938	You and Me	Curly Blonde	67
84	1938	How to Watch Football	Benchley's girlfriend	48
85	1938	Spring Madness	Sally	39
86	1938	The Last Warning	Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz	70
87	1938	Artists and Models Abroad	Chickie	40
88	1938	Trade Winds	Mrs. Johnson	63
89	1938	Going Places	Joan	62
90	1939	The Flying Irishman	Sally	46
91	1939	Hollywood Hobbies	Tourist	56
92	1939	Rose of Washington Square	Peggy	57
93	1939	Hotel for Women	Emeline Thomas	60
94	1939	Reno	Bonnie Newcomb	60
95	1939	Balalaika	Masha	42
96	1939	Escape to Paradise	Penelope Carter	42
97	1940	Honeymoon Deferred	Kitty Kerry	60
98	1940	Turnabout	Irene Clare	60
99	1940	I Take This Oath	Betty Casey	43
100	1940	They Drive by Night	Sue Carter (uncredited)	69
101	1940	City for Conquest	Lilly	68
102	1940	Sky Murder	Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister	63
103	1940	The Villain Still Pursued Her	Hazel Dalton	51
104	1940	Who Killed Aunt Maggie?	Cynthia Lou	43
105	1941	Let's Make Music	Betty	56
106	1941	Ziegfeld Girl	Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited)	65
107	1941	Manpower	Scarlett	67
108	1941	Scattergood Meets Broadway	Diana Deane	0
109	1941	Moon Over Her Shoulder	Cecilia	0
110	1941	Blues in the Night	Blonde	62
111	1941	Bedtime Story	Beulah	59
112	1942	Too Many Women	Barbara Cartwright	48
113	1942	Thunder Birds	Saleswoman	54
114	1943	Silver Skates	Lucille	50
115	1943	Let's Face It	Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)	45
116	1943	Silver Spurs	Millie Love	35
117	1943	Swing Out the Blues	Kitty Grogan	45
118	1945	Pillow to Post	Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)	55
119	1945	Hitchhike to Happiness	Joan Randall	50
120	1945	Christmas in Connecticut	Nurse Mary Lee	70
121	1945	Mildred Pierce	Waitress (uncredited)	76
122	1945	Danger Signal	Kate	58
123	1946	Dark Alibi	Emily Evans	61
124	1946	Behind the Mask	Lulu	46
125	1946	Rendezvous with Annie	Louise Grapa (uncredited)	60
126	1946	The Best Years of Our Lives	Hat Check Girl (uncredited)	78
127	1947	Scared to Death	Jane Cornell	42
128	1947	Exposed	Emmy	58
129	1947	Linda, Be Good	Mrs. LaVitte	0
130	1948	A Southern Yankee	Hortense Dobson	52
131	1948	Sorry, Wrong Number	Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)	67
132	1948	Incident	Joan	49
133	1949	Grand Canyon	Mabel	0
134	1949	Mighty Joe Young	Alice (uncredited)	63
135	1953	I Was a Burlesque Queen	Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte	10
136	1957	The Persuader	Julie	60
137	1957	Jet Pilot	Mary Lou Simpson	55
138	1958	Girl in the Woods	Aunt Martha	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie		37
2	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Waitress	62
3	1960	Pete and Gladys		65