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Joyce Compton

Actor
Born January 27, 1907Died October 13, 1997 (90 years)
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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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Best Years of Our Lives
  • You and Me
  • Scared to Death
  • The Abbott and Costello Show
  • Turnabout
  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie
  • Silver Spurs
  • Country Gentlemen

Known For

  • The Awful Truth
  • Christmas in Connecticut
  • Scared to Death
  • Dark Alibi
  • Manpower
  • Danger Signal
  • Turnabout
  • Trade Winds
  • Trapped by Television
  • The Villain Still Pursued Her
  • I Take This Oath
  • Suicide Squad
  • Murder with Pictures
  • Country Gentlemen
  • Balalaika
  • Going Places

Filmography

1960
Pete and Gladys (TV Series)
1958
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Tina
1957
Jet Pilot · as Mary Lou Simpson
1956
Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series) · as Waitress
1956
1953
The Life of Riley (1953) (TV Series) · as Louella
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show (TV Series) · as Girl At Drivers License Bureau
1949
Mighty Joe Young · as Alice (uncredited)
1949
Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast
1948
Luxury Liner · as Cast
1948
Incident · as Joan Manning
1948
Sorry, Wrong Number · as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
1948
A Southern Yankee · as Hortense Dobson
1947
Exposed · as Emmy
1946
Scared to Death · as Jane Cornell
1946
The Best Years of Our Lives · as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
1946
Night and Day · as Chorine
1946
Rendezvous with Annie · as Louise Grapa (uncredited)
1946
Dark Alibi · as Emily Evans
1946
Behind the Mask · as Lulu
1945
Danger Signal · as Kate
1945
Mildred Pierce · as Waitress (uncredited)
1945
Christmas in Connecticut · as Nurse Mary Lee
1945
Hitchhike to Happiness · as Joan Randall
1945
Pillow to Post · as Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
1945
Roughly Speaking · as Prissy Girl
1943
Silver Spurs · as Millie Love
1943
Let's Face It · as Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)
1943
Silver Skates · as Lucille
1942
1942
Too Many Women · as Barbara Cartwright
1941
Bedtime Story · as Beulah
1941
Blues in the Night · as Blonde
1941
Manpower · as Scarlett
1941
Ziegfeld Girl · as Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited)
1940
Let's Make Music · as Betty
1940
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? · as Cynthia Lou
1940
1940
Sky Murder · as Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
1940
City for Conquest · as Lilly
1940
They Drive by Night · as Sue Carter (uncredited)
1940
I Take This Oath · as Betty Casey
1940
Turnabout · as Irene Clare
1940
Honeymoon Deferred · as Kitty Kerry
1939
Balalaika · as Masha
1939
Escape to Paradise · as Penelope Carter
1939
Reno · as Bonnie Newcomb
1939
Hotel for Women · as Emeline Thomas
1939
1939
1938
Going Places · as Joan
1938
Trade Winds · as Mrs. Johnson
1938
1938
The Last Warning · as Dawn Day Aka Minnie Schultz
1938
Spring Madness · as Sally
1938
You and Me · as Curly Blonde
1938
Women Are Like That · as Miss Hall
1938
Love on a Budget · as Millie Brown
1938
Man-Proof · as Guest
1937
The Awful Truth · as Dixie Belle Lee
1937
Sea Racketeers · as Blondie
1937
The Toast of New York · as Mary Lou (uncredited)
1937
Born Reckless · as Dora
1937
Rhythm in the Clouds · as Receptionist
1937
Kid Galahad · as (uncredited)
1937
Pick a Star · as Newlywed
1937
Wings Over Honolulu · as Caroline
1937
Top of the Town · as Beulah
1937
We Have Our Moments · as Carrie
1937
China Passage · as Elaine Gentry
1936
Three Smart Girls · as Evans' Secretary
1936
1936
Under Your Spell · as Secretary (uncredited)
1936
Ellis Island · as Adele
1936
Murder with Pictures · as Hester Boone
1936
Sitting on the Moon · as Blossom
1936
Trapped by Television · as Mae Collins
1936
Love Before Breakfast · as Mary Lee
1936
Valley of the Lawless · as Joan Jenkins
1935
1935
Suicide Squad · as Mary O'connor
1935
Let 'em Have It · as Barbara
1935
Mister Dynamite · as Check Room Girl
1935
Go Into Your Dance · as Café Showgirl
1935
Rustlers of Red Dog · as Mary Lee
1934
Imitation of Life · as Young Woman At Party (uncredited)
1934
The White Parade · as Una Mellon
1934
King Kelly of the U.S.A. · as Maxine Latour
1934
Affairs of a Gentleman · as Foxey Dennison
1934
The Trumpet Blows · as Blonde On Train
1934
Caravan · as Party Girl At Beer Garden (uncredited)
1933
Only Yesterday · as Margot (uncredited)
1933
Sing Sinner Sing · as Gwen
1933
Luxury Liner · as Girl Overboard (uncredited)
1932
Afraid to Talk · as Alice - Party Girl
1932
If I Had a Million · as Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
1932
False Faces · as Dottie Nation
1932
Hat Check Girl · as A Party Guest
1932
A Parisian Romance · as Marcelle
1932
Lena Rivers · as Caroline Nichols
1932
Lady and Gent · as Betty
1932
Beauty Parlor · as Joan Perry
1932
Unholy Love · as Sheilla Bailey Gregory
1932
Westward Passage · as Lillie, The Model (uncredited)
1931
Good Sport · as Fay
1931
The Spider · as Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
1931
1931
Up Pops the Devil · as Luella May Carroll
1931
Three Girls Lost · as Edna Best
1931
Under Eighteen · as Sybil
1930
Lightnin' · as Betty - Larry's Wife
1930
Wild Company · as Anita Grayson
1930
Cheer Up and Smile · as College Co-Ed
1929
Salute · as Marian Wilson
1929
Dangerous Curves · as Jennie Silver
1929
The Wild Party · as Eva 'evie' Tutt
1928
Thunder Riders · as Madge Lawton
1927
The Border Cavalier · as Madge Lawton
1925
The Golden Bed · as Minor Role

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