Joyce Compton
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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.
Known for
The Best Years of Our Lives
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
Waitress (uncredited)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Waitress
Wings Over Honolulu
Caroline
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Abbott and Costello Show
Girl at Drivers License Bureau
Scattergood Meets Broadway
Diana Deane
If I Had a Million
Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
Born Reckless
Dora
High Society Blues
Pearl Granger
Love Before Breakfast
Mary Lee
Pillow to Post
Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
Three Rogues
Ace's girl
Pete and Gladys
Incident
Joan Manning
Affairs of a Gentleman
Foxey Dennison
Silver Spurs
Millie Love
Go Into Your Dance
Café Showgirl
Hotel for Women
Emeline Thomas
The Sky Hawk
Peggy
Suicide Squad
Mary O'Connor
The Spider
Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
Lena Rivers
Caroline Nichols
Escape to Paradise
Penelope Carter
Trapped by Television
Mae Collins
Lightnin'
Betty - Larry's Wife
China Passage
Elaine Gentry
Public Ghost # 1
Miss Compton
Sing, Sinner, Sing
Gwen
Million Dollar Ransom
Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
Jet Pilot
Mary Lou Simpson
Everything's Ducky
Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
The Border Cavalier
Madge Lawton
Rose of Washington Square
Peggy
Linda, Be Good
Mrs. LaVitte
Swing Out the Blues
Kitty Grogan
The Awful Truth
Dixie Belle Lee
The Three Sisters
Carlotta
You and Me
Curly Blonde
Dream Stuff
Betty
Christmas in Connecticut
Nurse Mary Lee
Lady and Gent
Betty
Sorry, Wrong Number
Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
The Wild Party
Eva 'Evie' Tutt
False Faces
Dottie Nation
Turnabout
Irene Clare
Manhattan Monkey Business
Joyce
Thunder Riders
Madge Lawton
Star for a Night
Ellen Romaine
Afraid to Talk
Alice - Party Girl
The White Parade
Una Mellon
The Toast of New York
Mary Lou (uncredited)
Manpower
Scarlett
Blues in the Night
Blonde
Spring Madness
Sally
Syncopating Sue
Marge Adams
Going Places
Joan
Danger Signal
Kate
Murder with Pictures
Hester Boone
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Hazel Dalton
Scared to Death
Jane Cornell
Sky Murder
Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
Unholy Love
Sheilla Bailey Gregory
Good Sport
Fay
Mighty Joe Young
Alice (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
(uncredited)
Dark Alibi
Emily Evans
Let's Face It
Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)
Let's Face It
Wiggin's Girl
Love on a Budget
Millie Brown
Sitting on the Moon
Blossom
Under Your Spell
Secretary (uncredited)
Dangerous Curves
Jennie Silver
Madison Square Garden
Joyce
Small Town Boy
Molly Summers
The Persuader
Julie
Imitation of Life
Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
Silver Skates
Lucille
Three Girls Lost
Edna Best
Too Many Women
Barbara Cartwright
Reno
Bonnie Newcomb
They Drive by Night
Sue Carter (uncredited)
A Parisian Romance
Marcelle
The Last Warning
Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
Rendezvous with Annie
Louise Grapa (uncredited)
Let's Make Music
Betty
The Harvester
Thelma Biddle
Only Yesterday
Margot (Uncredited)
Caravan
Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
Grand Canyon
Mabel
Soft Living
Billie Wilson
Roadhouse Queen
Dorothy
Sea Racketeers
Blondie
Hollywood Hobbies
Tourist
Rhythm in the Clouds
Receptionist
Women of All Nations
Kiki
I Take This Oath
Betty Casey
Fighting for Justice
Amy Tracy
Up Pops the Devil
Luella May Carroll
College Scandal
Toby Carpenter
Wild Company
Anita Grayson
Under Eighteen
Sybil
A Broadway Lady
Phyllis Westbrook
Trade Winds
Mrs. Johnson
Country Gentlemen
Gertie
Top of the Town
Beulah
Caliente Love
Betty
Ziegfeld Girl
Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited)
Ankles Preferred
Virginia
Exposed
Emmy
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Cynthia Lou
Salute
Marian Wilson
Behind the Mask
Lulu
Girl in the Woods
Aunt Martha
A Southern Yankee
Hortense Dobson
Women Are Like That
Miss Hall
City for Conquest
Lilly
Three Smart Girls
Evans' Secretary
Ellis Island
Adele
Westward Passage
Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
We Have Our Moments
Carrie
I Was a Burlesque Queen
Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
Balalaika
Masha
How to Watch Football
Benchley's girlfriend
Thunder Birds
Saleswoman
Rustlers of Red Dog
Mary Lee
The Flying Irishman
Sally
Beauty Parlor
Joan Perry
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Maxine LaTour
Luxury Liner
Girl Overboard (uncredited)
Pick a Star
Newlywed
Hitchhike to Happiness
Joan Randall
Artists and Models Abroad
Chickie
The Plumber and the Lady
Louise
What Fools Men
Dorothy
Let 'em Have It
Barbara
Valley of the Lawless
Joan Jenkins
Bedtime Story
Beulah
Annabelle's Affairs
Mabel
Life Hesitates at 40
Joyce
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Cecilia
The Wrestler's Bride
Mrs. Scissors Jackson
Honeymoon Deferred
Kitty Kerry