Joyce Compton
Acting
1907-01-27 · 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.
Filmography
Pete and Gladys
1960 · Series
Girl in the Woods
1958 · Movie
Jet Pilot
1957 · Movie
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957 · Series
The Persuader
1957 · Movie
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956 · Series
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953 · Movie
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · Series
Mighty Joe Young
1949 · Movie
Grand Canyon
1949 · Movie
Incident
1948 · Movie
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948 · Movie
A Southern Yankee
1948 · Movie
Linda, Be Good
1947 · Movie
Exposed
1947 · Movie
Scared to Death
1947 · Movie
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946 · Movie
Rendezvous with Annie
1946 · Movie
Behind the Mask
1946 · Movie
Dark Alibi
1946 · Movie
Danger Signal
1945 · Movie
Mildred Pierce
1945 · Movie
Christmas in Connecticut
1945 · Movie
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945 · Movie
Pillow to Post
1945 · Movie
Swing Out the Blues
1943 · Movie
Silver Spurs
1943 · Movie
Let's Face It
1943 · Movie
Silver Skates
1943 · Movie
Thunder Birds
1942 · Movie
Too Many Women
1942 · Movie
Bedtime Story
1941 · Movie
Blues in the Night
1941 · Movie
Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941 · Movie
Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941 · Movie
Manpower
1941 · Movie
Ziegfeld Girl
1941 · Movie
Let's Make Music
1941 · Movie
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940 · Movie
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940 · Movie
Sky Murder
1940 · Movie
City for Conquest
1940 · Movie
They Drive by Night
1940 · Movie
I Take This Oath
1940 · Movie
Turnabout
1940 · Movie
Honeymoon Deferred
1940 · Movie
Escape to Paradise
1939 · Movie
Balalaika
1939 · Movie
Reno
1939 · Movie
Hotel for Women
1939 · Movie
Rose of Washington Square
1939 · Movie
Hollywood Hobbies
1939 · Movie
The Flying Irishman
1939 · Movie
Going Places
1938 · Movie
Trade Winds
1938 · Movie
Artists and Models Abroad
1938 · Movie
The Last Warning
1938 · Movie
Spring Madness
1938 · Movie
How to Watch Football
1938 · Movie
You and Me
1938 · Movie
Women Are Like That
1938 · Movie
Love on a Budget
1938 · Movie
The Awful Truth
1937 · Movie
Small Town Boy
1937 · Movie
Sea Racketeers
1937 · Movie
The Toast of New York
1937 · Movie
Born Reckless
1937 · Movie
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937 · Movie
Kid Galahad
1937 · Movie
Pick a Star
1937 · Movie
Wings Over Honolulu
1937 · Movie
Top of the Town
1937 · Movie
We Have Our Moments
1937 · Movie
China Passage
1937 · Movie
Three Smart Girls
1936 · Movie
Country Gentlemen
1936 · Movie
Under Your Spell
1936 · Movie
Ellis Island
1936 · Movie
Murder with Pictures
1936 · Movie
Sitting on the Moon
1936 · Movie
Star for a Night
1936 · Movie
Trapped by Television
1936 · Movie
The Harvester
1936 · Movie
Love Before Breakfast
1936 · Movie
Valley of the Lawless
1936 · Movie
Public Ghost # 1
1935 · Movie
Suicide Squad
1935 · Movie
Life Hesitates at 40
1935 · Movie
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935 · Movie
College Scandal
1935 · Movie
Let 'em Have It
1935 · Movie
Go Into Your Dance
1935 · Movie
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935 · Movie
Caravan
1934 · Movie
Imitation of Life
1934 · Movie
The White Parade
1934 · Movie
Everything's Ducky
1934 · Movie
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934 · Movie
Million Dollar Ransom
1934 · Movie
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934 · Movie
Only Yesterday
1933 · Movie
Sing, Sinner, Sing
1933 · Movie
Roadhouse Queen
1933 · Movie
Dream Stuff
1933 · Movie
The Plumber and the Lady
1933 · Movie
Caliente Love
1933 · Movie
Luxury Liner
1933 · Movie
The Wrestler's Bride
1933 · Movie
If I Had a Million
1932 · Movie
Afraid to Talk
1932 · Movie
Madison Square Garden
1932 · Movie
False Faces
1932 · Movie
A Parisian Romance
1932 · Movie
Fighting for Justice
1932 · Movie
Lady and Gent
1932 · Movie
Beauty Parlor
1932 · Movie
Unholy Love
1932 · Movie
Westward Passage
1932 · Movie
Lena Rivers
1932 · Movie
Under Eighteen
1932 · Movie
Good Sport
1931 · Movie
The Spider
1931 · Movie
Annabelle's Affairs
1931 · Movie
Women of All Nations
1931 · Movie
Up Pops the Devil
1931 · Movie
Three Girls Lost
1931 · Movie
Three Rogues
1931 · Movie
Lightnin'
1930 · Movie
Wild Company
1930 · Movie
The Three Sisters
1930 · Movie
High Society Blues
1930 · Movie
Salute
1929 · Movie
Dangerous Curves
1929 · Movie
The Wild Party
1929 · Movie
The Sky Hawk
1929 · Movie
Thunder Riders
1928 · Movie
Soft Living
1928 · Movie
The Border Cavalier
1927 · Movie
Ankles Preferred
1927 · Movie
Syncopating Sue
1926 · Movie
A Broadway Lady
1925 · Movie
What Fools Men
1925 · Movie