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