Joyce Compton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1907-01-27 (90 years old)

Deathday

1997-10-13

Place of Birth

Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Joyce Compton

Biography

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 he...

Acting

1957

1941

Manpower

as Scarlett

1934

King Kelly of the U.S.A.

as Maxine LaTour

1940

1947

Scared to Death

as Jane Cornell

1945

Hitchhike to Happiness

as Joan Randall

1945

Christmas in Connecticut

as Nurse Mary Lee

1945

1937

The Awful Truth

as Dixie Belle Lee

1946

Dark Alibi

as Emily Evans

1940

Sky Murder

as Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister

1948

Incident

as Joan Manning

1949

Mighty Joe Young

as Alice (uncredited)

1929

The Wild Party

as Eva 'Evie' Tutt

1941

Bedtime Story

as Beulah

1933

The Wrestler's Bride

as Mrs. Scissors Jackson

1930

1934

The White Parade

as Una Mellon

1932

1932

If I Had a Million

as Marie - Waitress (uncredited)

1947

Exposed

as Emmy

1937

The Toast of New York

as Mary Lou (uncredited)

1936

Under Your Spell

as Secretary (uncredited)

1937

Pick a Star

as Newlywed

1940

Turnabout

as Irene Clare

1937

Kid Galahad

as (uncredited)

1939

Balalaika

as Masha

1936

Trapped by Television

as Mae Collins

1929

Salute

as Marian Wilson

1946

1938

You and Me

as Curly Blonde

1932

Lena Rivers

as Caroline Nichols

1937

Rhythm in the Clouds

as Receptionist

1933

1928

Soft Living

as Billie Wilson

1941

1935

Suicide Squad

as Mary O'Connor

1933

Dream Stuff

as Betty

1946

The Best Years of Our Lives

as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

1938

Trade Winds

as Mrs. Johnson

1936

Murder with Pictures

as Hester Boone

1939

Hotel for Women

as Emeline Thomas

1932

1936

Ellis Island

as Adele

1929

The Sky Hawk

as Peggy

1936

1940

1940

I Take This Oath

as Betty Casey

1936

The Harvester

as Thelma Biddle

1932

Unholy Love

as Sheilla Bailey Gregory

1933

Roadhouse Queen

as Dorothy

1937

Sea Racketeers

as Blondie

1937

Small Town Boy

as Molly Summers

1938

Love on a Budget

as Millie Brown

1935

College Scandal

as Toby Carpenter

1937

1939

Reno

as Bonnie Newcomb

1938

1939

1927

Ankles Preferred

as Virginia

1943

Silver Spurs

as Millie Love

1931

The Spider

as Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)

1935

Let 'em Have It

as Barbara

1932

Beauty Parlor

as Joan Perry

1931

1932

False Faces

as Dottie Nation

1942

Too Many Women

as Barbara Cartwright

1932

Westward Passage

as Lillie, the Model (uncredited)

1931

Three Rogues

as Ace's girl

1958

Girl in the Woods

as Aunt Martha

1943

Silver Skates

as Lucille

1938

1930

High Society Blues

as Pearl Granger

1941

Ziegfeld Girl

as Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited)

1942

Thunder Birds

as Saleswoman

1930

Wild Company

as Anita Grayson

1931

Up Pops the Devil

as Luella May Carroll

1934

Affairs of a Gentleman

as Foxey Dennison

1938

1933

Luxury Liner

as Girl Overboard (uncredited)

1934

Caravan

as Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)

1939

Escape to Paradise

as Penelope Carter

1936

Three Smart Girls

as Evans' Secretary

1932

1936

Valley of the Lawless

as Joan Jenkins

1937

1946

Rendezvous with Annie

as Louise Grapa (uncredited)

1953

I Was a Burlesque Queen

as Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte

1947

Linda, Be Good

as Mrs. LaVitte

1945

Mildred Pierce

as Waitress (uncredited)

1943

Swing Out the Blues

as Kitty Grogan

1936

1938

The Last Warning

as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz

1930

Lightnin'

as Betty - Larry's Wife

1941

1948

A Southern Yankee

as Hortense Dobson

1934

Everything's Ducky

as Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife

1940

They Drive by Night

as Sue Carter (uncredited)

1943

Let's Face It

as Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)

1932

Afraid to Talk

as Alice - Party Girl

1957

Jet Pilot

as Mary Lou Simpson

1937

1937

1935

1941

1945

Pillow to Post

as Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)

1936

Star for a Night

as Ellen Romaine

1938

How to Watch Football

as Benchley's girlfriend

1937

China Passage

as Elaine Gentry

1936

1948

Sorry, Wrong Number

as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)

1940

Honeymoon Deferred

as Kitty Kerry

1929

Dangerous Curves

as Jennie Silver

1926

Syncopating Sue

as Marge Adams

1925

A Broadway Lady

as Phyllis Westbrook

1934

Million Dollar Ransom

as Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)

1935

Public Ghost # 1

as Miss Compton

1933

Only Yesterday

as Margot (Uncredited)

1928

Thunder Riders

as Madge Lawton

1927

The Border Cavalier

as Madge Lawton

1934

Imitation of Life

as Young Woman at Party (uncredited)

1925

What Fools Men

as Dorothy

1935

Go Into Your Dance

as Café Showgirl

1932

1931

Three Girls Lost

as Edna Best

1949

Grand Canyon

as Mabel

1943

Let's Face It

as Wiggin's Girl

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