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