Joyce Compton
Acting
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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
Pete and Gladys
1960
Girl in the Woods
1958
Jet Pilot
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
The Persuader
1957
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Mighty Joe Young
1949
Grand Canyon
1949
Incident
1948
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
A Southern Yankee
1948
Linda, Be Good
1947
Exposed
1947
Scared to Death
1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
Dark Alibi
1946
Behind the Mask
1946
Danger Signal
1945
Mildred Pierce
1945
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945
Pillow to Post
1945
Swing Out the Blues
1943
Silver Spurs
1943
Let's Face It
1943
Silver Skates
1943
Thunder Birds
1942
Too Many Women
1942
Bedtime Story
1941
Blues in the Night
1941
Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941
Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941
Manpower
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
Let's Make Music
1941
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
Sky Murder
1940
City for Conquest
1940
They Drive by Night
1940
I Take This Oath
1940
Turnabout
1940
Honeymoon Deferred
1940
Escape to Paradise
1939
Balalaika
1939
Reno
1939
Hotel for Women
1939
Rose of Washington Square
1939
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
The Flying Irishman
1939
Going Places
1938
Trade Winds
1938
Artists and Models Abroad
1938
The Last Warning
1938
Spring Madness
1938
How to Watch Football
1938
You and Me
1938
Women Are Like That
1938
Love on a Budget
1938
The Awful Truth
1937
Small Town Boy
1937
Sea Racketeers
1937
The Toast of New York
1937
Born Reckless
1937
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937
Kid Galahad
1937
Pick a Star
1937
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
Top of the Town
1937
We Have Our Moments
1937
China Passage
1937
Three Smart Girls
1936
Country Gentlemen
1936
Under Your Spell
1936
Ellis Island
1936
Murder with Pictures
1936
Sitting on the Moon
1936
Star for a Night
1936
Trapped by Television
1936
The Harvester
1936
Love Before Breakfast
1936
Valley of the Lawless
1936
Public Ghost # 1
1935
Suicide Squad
1935
Life Hesitates at 40
1935
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
College Scandal
1935
Let 'em Have It
1935
Go Into Your Dance
1935
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
Caravan
1934
Imitation of Life
1934
The White Parade
1934
Everything's Ducky
1934
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934
Million Dollar Ransom
1934
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934
Only Yesterday
1933
Sing, Sinner, Sing
1933
Roadhouse Queen
1933
Dream Stuff
1933
The Plumber and the Lady
1933
Caliente Love
1933
Luxury Liner
1933
The Wrestler's Bride
1933
If I Had a Million
1932
Afraid to Talk
1932
Madison Square Garden
1932
False Faces
1932
A Parisian Romance
1932
Fighting for Justice
1932
Lady and Gent
1932
Beauty Parlor
1932
Unholy Love
1932
Westward Passage
1932
Lena Rivers
1932
Under Eighteen
1932
Good Sport
1931
The Spider
1931
Annabelle's Affairs
1931
Women of All Nations
1931
Up Pops the Devil
1931
Three Girls Lost
1931
Three Rogues
1931
Lightnin'
1930
Wild Company
1930
The Three Sisters
1930
High Society Blues
1930
Salute
1929
Dangerous Curves
1929
The Wild Party
1929
The Sky Hawk
1929
Thunder Riders
1928
Soft Living
1928
The Border Cavalier
1927
Ankles Preferred
1927
Syncopating Sue
1926
A Broadway Lady
1925
What Fools Men
1925