Joyce Compton
Known For: Acting
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: January 27, 1907
Day of Death: October 13, 1997 (91 years old)
Place of Birth: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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.
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Actor Lilly
City for Conquest
Actor Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
Sky Murder
Actor Hazel Dalton
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Actor Irene Clare
Turnabout
Actor Cynthia Lou
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Actor Betty Casey
I Take This Oath
Actor Sue Carter (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
Actor Kitty Kerry
Honeymoon Deferred
1939
1938
Actor Curly Blonde
You and Me
Actor Mrs. Johnson
Trade Winds
Actor Millie Brown
Love on a Budget
Actor Chickie
Artists and Models Abroad
Actor Miss Hall
Women Are Like That
Actor Joan
Going Places
Actor Sally
Spring Madness
Actor Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
The Last Warning
Actor Benchley's girlfriend
How to Watch Football
1937
Actor Dixie Belle Lee
The Awful Truth
Actor Mary Lou (uncredited)
The Toast of New York
Actor Newlywed
Pick a Star
Actor (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
Actor Receptionist
Rhythm in the Clouds
Actor Blondie
Sea Racketeers
Actor Molly Summers
Small Town Boy
Actor Carrie
We Have Our Moments
Actor Caroline
Wings Over Honolulu
Actor Beulah
Top of the Town
Actor Dora
Born Reckless
Actor Elaine Gentry
China Passage
1936
Actor Secretary (uncredited)
Under Your Spell
Actor Mae Collins
Trapped by Television
Actor Hester Boone
Murder with Pictures
Actor Adele
Ellis Island
Actor Gertie
Country Gentlemen
Actor Thelma Biddle
The Harvester
Actor Evans' Secretary
Three Smart Girls
Actor Joan Jenkins
Valley of the Lawless
Actor Blossom
Sitting on the Moon
Actor Ellen Romaine
Star for a Night
Actor Mary Lee
Love Before Breakfast
1935
1934
Actor Maxine LaTour
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Actor Una Mellon
The White Parade
Actor Foxey Dennison
Affairs of a Gentleman
Actor Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
Caravan
Actor Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
Everything's Ducky
Actor Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
Million Dollar Ransom
Actor Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
Imitation of Life
1933
1932
Actor Sybil
Under Eighteen
Actor Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
If I Had a Million
Actor Caroline Nichols
Lena Rivers
Actor Marcelle
A Parisian Romance
Actor Sheilla Bailey Gregory
Unholy Love
Actor Joan Perry
Beauty Parlor
Actor Dottie Nation
False Faces
Actor Joyce
Madison Square Garden
Actor Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
Westward Passage
Actor Betty
Lady and Gent
Actor Alice - Party Girl
Afraid to Talk
Actor Amy Tracy
Fighting for Justice
