Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 27, 1907
Died
Oct 13, 1997
Place of Birth
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Credits
142 titles
Joyce Compton
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Pete and Gladys
Girl in the Woods
Aunt Martha
Jet Pilot
Mary Lou Simpson
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Waitress
The Persuader
Julie
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
I Was a Burlesque Queen
Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
The Abbott and Costello Show
Girl at Drivers License Bureau
Mighty Joe Young
Alice (uncredited)
Grand Canyon
Mabel
Incident
Joan Manning
Sorry, Wrong Number
Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
A Southern Yankee
Hortense Dobson
Linda, Be Good
Mrs. LaVitte
Exposed
Emmy
Scared to Death
Jane Cornell
The Best Years of Our Lives
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Rendezvous with Annie
Louise Grapa (uncredited)
Behind the Mask
Lulu
Dark Alibi
Emily Evans
Danger Signal
Kate
Mildred Pierce
Waitress (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut
Nurse Mary Lee
Hitchhike to Happiness
Joan Randall
Pillow to Post
Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
Swing Out the Blues
Kitty Grogan
Silver Spurs
Millie Love
Let's Face It
Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)
Silver Skates
Lucille
Thunder Birds
Saleswoman
Too Many Women
Barbara Cartwright
Bedtime Story
Beulah
Blues in the Night
Blonde
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Cecilia
Scattergood Meets Broadway
Diana Deane
Manpower
Scarlett
Ziegfeld Girl
Miss Sawyer (uncredited)
Let's Make Music
Betty
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Cynthia Lou
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Hazel Dalton
Sky Murder
Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
City for Conquest
Lilly
They Drive by Night
Sue Carter (uncredited)
I Take This Oath
Betty Casey
Turnabout
Irene Clare
Honeymoon Deferred
Kitty Kerry
Escape to Paradise
Penelope Carter
Balalaika
Masha
Reno
Bonnie Newcomb
Hotel for Women
Emeline Thomas