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Joyce Compton
Actor
Died 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.
Filmography
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Tina |
| 1957 | Jet Pilot · as Mary Lou Simpson |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 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) |
| 1948 | Sorry, Wrong Number · as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Luxury Liner · as actor |
| 1948 | A Southern Yankee · as Hortense Dobson |
| 1947 | Linda, Be Good · as Mrs. LaVitte |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives · as Hat Check Girl |
| 1946 | Scared to Death · as Jane Cornell |
| 1946 | Dark Alibi · as Emily Evans |
| 1946 | Night and Day · as Chorine |
| 1946 | Behind the Mask · as Lulu |
| 1945 | Mildred Pierce · as Waitress (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Christmas in Connecticut · as Nurse Mary Lee |
| 1943 | Silver Spurs · as Millie Love |
| 1941 | Blues in the Night · as Blonde |
| 1941 | Ziegfeld Girl · as Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (Uncredited) |
| 1941 | Bedtime Story · as Beulah |
| 1940 | City for Conquest · as Lilly |
| 1940 | The Villain Still Pursued Her · as Hazel Dalton |
| 1940 | Turnabout · as Irene Clare |
| 1940 | I Take This Oath · as Betty Casey |
| 1940 | They Drive by Night · as Sue Carter (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Balalaika · as Masha |
| 1939 | Reno · as Bonnie Newcomb |
| 1939 | Escape to Paradise · as Penelope Carter |
| 1938 | Going Places · as Joan |
| 1938 | You and Me · as Curly Blonde |
| 1938 | Trade Winds · as Mrs. Johnson |
| 1938 | Women Are Like That · as Miss Hall |
| 1937 | Kid Galahad · as (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York · as Mary Lou |
| 1937 | Pick a Star · as Newlywed |
| 1937 | Rhythm in the Clouds · as Receptionist |
| 1937 | Sea Racketeers · as Blondie |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth · as Dixie Belle Lee |
| 1936 | Three Smart Girls · as Evans' Secretary |
| 1936 | Trapped by Television · as Mae Collins |
| 1936 | Love Before Breakfast · as Mary Lee |
| 1936 | Sitting on the Moon · as Blossom |
| 1936 | Murder with Pictures · as Hester Boone |
| 1936 | Ellis Island · as Adele |
| 1936 | Country Gentlemen · as Gertie |
| 1936 | Valley of the Lawless · as Joan Jenkins |
| 1935 | Suicide Squad · as Mary O'Connor |
| 1934 | King Kelly of the U.S.A. · as Maxine LaTour |
| 1934 | Imitation of Life · as Young Woman at Party (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Sing Sinner Sing · as Gwen |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million · as Marie (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Lena Rivers · as Caroline Nichols |
| 1932 | Lady and Gent · as Betty |
| 1932 | Unholy Love · as Sheilla Bailey Gregory |
| 1932 | A Parisian Romance · as Marcelle |
| 1927 | The Border Cavalier · as Madge Lawton |