Betty Compson - Actor Profile

Betty Compson

20Movies
9.0 Best Rating

Biography

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.

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Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2011 Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films Herself (archive footage) ★ 9.0 HIT
1924 The Enemy Sex Dodo Baxter ★ 9.0 HIT
1923 Hollywood Betty Compson ★ 8.5 HIT
1922 A Trip to Paramountown Self ★ 7.3 HIT
1924 The White Shadow Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent ★ 7.2 HIT
1940 Strange Cargo Suzanne (uncredited) ★ 7.0 HIT
1928 The Barker Carrie ★ 7.0 HIT
1921 The Little Minister Lady Babbie ★ 7.0 HIT
1931 The House That Shadows Built (archive footage) ★ 7.0 HIT
1946 Her Adventurous Night Miss Spencer ★ 7.0 HIT
1928 The Docks of New York Mae ★ 6.9 HIT
1930 The Case of Sergeant Grischa Babka ★ 6.7 HIT
1923 Woman to Woman Louise Boucher / Deloryse ★ 6.5 HIT
1947 Hard Boiled Mahoney Selena Webster ★ 6.4 FLOP
1938 The Beloved Brat Eleanor Sparks ★ 6.4 FLOP
1938 A Slight Case of Murder Loretta ★ 6.3 FLOP
1938 Blondes at Work Blanche Revelle ★ 6.1 FLOP
1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Self (archive footage) ★ 6.1 FLOP
1941 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Gertie ★ 6.0 FLOP
1939 Hotel Imperial Soubrette (uncredited) ★ 6.0 FLOP