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Jet Pilot

as Mary Lou Simpson

1957
Incident

as Joan

1948
A Southern Yankee

as Hortense Dobson

1948
Scared to Death

as Jane Cornell

1947
Exposed

as Emmy

1947
Dark Alibi

as Emily Evans

1946
Christmas in Connecticut

as Nurse Mary Lee

1945
Danger Signal

as Kate

1945
Silver Spurs

as Millie Love

1943
Silver Skates

as Lucille

1943
Swing Out the Blues

as Kitty Grogan

1943
Manpower

as Scarlett

1941
Blues in the Night

as Blonde

1941
Bedtime Story

as Beulah

1941
Let's Make Music

as Betty

1941
Sky Murder

as Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister

1940
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

as Cynthia Lou

1940
Balalaika

as Masha

1939
Hollywood Hobbies

as Tourist

1939
The Last Warning

as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz

1938
Trade Winds

as Mrs. Johnson

1938
Spring Madness

as Sally

1938
The Awful Truth

as Dixie Belle Lee

1937
China Passage

as Elaine Gentry

1937
Rhythm in the Clouds

as Receptionist

1937
Born Reckless

as Dora

1937
We Have Our Moments

as Carrie

1937
Trapped by Television

as Mae Collins

1936
Joyce Compton Joyce Compton

Birthday

1907-01-27

Place of Birth

Lexington, Kentucky, USA

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.
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