Joyce Compton
Biography
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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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1907-01-27
Place of birth
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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Cast
The Persuader
1957
6.00
Manpower
1941
6.70
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934
4.33
City for Conquest
1940
6.83
Scared to Death
1947
4.20
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945
5.00
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
6.94
Danger Signal
1945
5.80
The Awful Truth
1937
7.20
Rose of Washington Square
1939
5.75
Dark Alibi
1946
6.10
Sky Murder
1940
6.30
Incident
1948
5.10
Mighty Joe Young
1949
6.40
The Wild Party
1929
6.70
Bedtime Story
1941
5.90
The Wrestler's Bride
1933
0.00
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
5.18
The Three Sisters
1930
0.00
The Plumber and the Lady
1933
0.00
The White Parade
1934
6.00
Under Eighteen
1932
6.60
If I Had a Million
1932
6.70
Exposed
1947
5.80
The Toast of New York
1937
5.80
Under Your Spell
1936
7.00
Pick a Star
1937
4.80
Turnabout
1940
6.00
Kid Galahad
1937
7.00
Balalaika
1939
4.40
Trapped by Television
1936
6.40
Salute
1929
4.70
Behind the Mask
1946
4.60
You and Me
1938
6.60
Lena Rivers
1932
5.50
Sing, Sinner, Sing
1933
4.00
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937
5.00
Caliente Love
1933
0.00
Soft Living
1928
0.00
Let's Make Music
1941
5.60
Suicide Squad
1935
7.90
Dream Stuff
1933
5.50
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
7.79
Trade Winds
1938
6.30
Murder with Pictures
1936
5.10
Hotel for Women
1939
6.00
A Parisian Romance
1932
4.30
Ellis Island
1936
5.00
The Sky Hawk
1929
6.00
Country Gentlemen
1936
4.67
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940
4.30
I Take This Oath
1940
4.30
The Harvester
1936
0.00
Unholy Love
1932
3.00
Roadhouse Queen
1933
0.00
Sea Racketeers
1937
1.00
Small Town Boy
1937
0.00
Love on a Budget
1938
0.00
Artists and Models Abroad
1938
4.50
College Scandal
1935
5.20
We Have Our Moments
1937
5.80
Reno
1939
6.00
Women Are Like That
1938
5.70
The Flying Irishman
1939
4.60
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
5.60
Ankles Preferred
1927
0.00
Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941
0.00
Silver Spurs
1943
3.80
The Spider
1931
6.00
Let 'em Have It
1935
7.00
Beauty Parlor
1932
5.00
Good Sport
1931
4.50
False Faces
1932
4.30
Madison Square Garden
1932
6.20
Too Many Women
1942
4.80
Westward Passage
1932
5.80
Three Rogues
1931
0.00
Girl in the Woods
1958
0.00
Silver Skates
1943
5.00
High Society Blues
1930
0.00
Going Places
1938
6.30
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
6.50
Thunder Birds
1942
5.43
Wild Company
1930
5.00
Annabelle's Affairs
1931
0.00
Up Pops the Devil
1931
4.20
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934
3.33
Spring Madness
1938
3.90
Luxury Liner
1933
6.30
Caravan
1934
5.00
Escape to Paradise
1939
4.20
Three Smart Girls
1936
6.30
Lady and Gent
1932
5.67
Valley of the Lawless
1936
0.00
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
5.50
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
6.00
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953
1.00
Linda, Be Good
1947
0.00
Mildred Pierce
1945
7.62
Swing Out the Blues
1943
4.50
Sitting on the Moon
1936
4.33
The Last Warning
1938
7.00
Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941
0.00
Lightnin'
1930
3.70
A Southern Yankee
1948
5.20
Women of All Nations
1931
2.60
Everything's Ducky
1934
1.00
They Drive by Night
1940
6.90
Let's Face It
1943
4.50
Afraid to Talk
1932
6.00
Jet Pilot
1957
5.40
Top of the Town
1937
5.20
Born Reckless
1937
5.50
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
8.00
Blues in the Night
1941
6.34
Pillow to Post
1945
5.50
Star for a Night
1936
6.00
How to Watch Football
1938
4.80
China Passage
1937
5.50
Love Before Breakfast
1936
5.80
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
6.76
Honeymoon Deferred
1940
6.00
Dangerous Curves
1929
6.00
Syncopating Sue
1926
0.00
A Broadway Lady
1925
0.00
Million Dollar Ransom
1934
0.00
Public Ghost # 1
1935
4.00
Only Yesterday
1933
6.80
Thunder Riders
1928
0.00
The Border Cavalier
1927
0.00
Imitation of Life
1934
7.00
What Fools Men
1925
1.00
Go Into Your Dance
1935
6.75
Fighting for Justice
1932
0.00
Three Girls Lost
1931
0.00
Grand Canyon
1949
0.00
Life Hesitates at 40
1935
0.00
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
0.00
Let's Face It
1943
4.50