Acting
Betty Compson
1897 · Beaver, Utah, USA
30 films
Bio
Betty Compson (March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer. Most famous in silent films and early talkies, she is best known in her performances in The Docks of New York and The Barker, the latter earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Filmography
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Gertie
Strange Cargo
Suzanne (uncredited)
A Slight Case of Murder
Loretta
Scarlet Seas
Rose
False Pretenses
Clarissa Stanhope
Skin Deep
Sadie Rogers
The Docks of New York
Mae
Midnight Mystery
Sally Wayne
Here Comes Trouble
Martha Blake
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Herself (archive footage)
The Terror of the Range
Thelma Grant
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)