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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 27, 1907
Died
October 13, 1997
Place of Birth
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Also Known As
- Olivia Joyce Compton
Joyce Compton
0.3 Popularity
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
6.5
Pete and Gladys
1960
0.0
Aunt Martha
Girl in the Woods
1958
5.4
Mary Lou Simpson
Jet Pilot
1957
6.2
Waitress
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
6.0
Julie
The Persuader
1957
3.7
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
1.0
Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953
7.1
Girl at Drivers License Bureau
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
6.3
Alice (uncredited)
Mighty Joe Young
1949
0.0
Mabel
Grand Canyon
1949
Credits
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.5
Girl in the Woods
as Aunt Martha
1958
0.0
Jet Pilot
as Mary Lou Simpson
1957
5.4
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Waitress
1957
6.2
The Persuader
as Julie
1957
6.0
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
3.7
I Was a Burlesque Queen
as Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
1953
1.0
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Girl at Drivers License Bureau
1952
7.1
Mighty Joe Young
as Alice (uncredited)
1949
6.3
Grand Canyon
as Mabel
1949
0.0
Incident
as Joan Manning
1948
5.1
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
1948
6.7
A Southern Yankee
as Hortense Dobson
1948
5.2
Linda, Be Good
as Mrs. LaVitte
1947
0.0
Exposed
as Emmy
1947
5.8
Scared to Death
as Jane Cornell
1947
4.2
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
1946
7.8
Rendezvous with Annie
as Louise Grapa (uncredited)
1946
6.0
Dark Alibi
as Emily Evans
1946
6.1
Behind the Mask
as Lulu
1946
4.6
Danger Signal
as Kate
1945
5.8
Mildred Pierce
as Waitress (uncredited)
1945
7.6
Christmas in Connecticut
as Nurse Mary Lee
1945
6.9
Hitchhike to Happiness
as Joan Randall
1945
5.0
Pillow to Post
as Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
1945
5.5
Swing Out the Blues
as Kitty Grogan
1943
4.5
Silver Spurs
as Millie Love
1943
3.8
Let's Face It
as Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)
1943
4.5
Let's Face It
as Wiggin's Girl
1943
4.5
Silver Skates
as Lucille
1943
5.0
Thunder Birds
as Saleswoman
1942
5.4
Too Many Women
as Barbara Cartwright
1942
4.8
Bedtime Story
as Beulah
1941
5.9
Blues in the Night
as Blonde
1941
6.3
Moon Over Her Shoulder
as Cecilia
1941
0.0
Scattergood Meets Broadway
as Diana Deane
1941
0.0
Manpower
as Scarlett
1941
6.7
Ziegfeld Girl
as Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited)
1941
6.5
Let's Make Music
as Betty
1941
5.6
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Cynthia Lou
1940
4.3
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Hazel Dalton
1940
5.1
Sky Murder
as Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
1940
6.3
City for Conquest
as Lilly
1940
6.8
They Drive by Night
as Sue Carter (uncredited)
1940
6.9
I Take This Oath
as Betty Casey
1940
4.3
Turnabout
as Irene Clare
1940
6.0
Honeymoon Deferred
as Kitty Kerry
1940
6.0
Escape to Paradise
as Penelope Carter
1939
4.2
Balalaika
as Masha
1939
4.4
Reno
as Bonnie Newcomb
1939
6.0
Hotel for Women
as Emeline Thomas
1939
6.0
Rose of Washington Square
as Peggy
1939
5.8
Hollywood Hobbies
as Tourist
1939
5.6
The Flying Irishman
as Sally
1939
4.6
Going Places
as Joan
1938
6.3
Trade Winds
as Mrs. Johnson
1938
6.3
Artists and Models Abroad
as Chickie
1938
4.5
The Last Warning
as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
1938
7.0
Spring Madness
as Sally
1938
3.9
How to Watch Football
as Benchley's girlfriend
1938
4.8
You and Me
as Curly Blonde
1938
6.7
Women Are Like That
as Miss Hall
1938
5.7
Love on a Budget
as Millie Brown
1938
0.0
The Awful Truth
as Dixie Belle Lee
1937
7.2
🎬
Small Town Boy
as Molly Summers
1937
0.0
🎬
Sea Racketeers
as Blondie
1937
1.0
The Toast of New York
as Mary Lou (uncredited)
1937
5.8
Born Reckless
as Dora
1937
5.5
Rhythm in the Clouds
as Receptionist
1937
5.0
Kid Galahad
as (uncredited)
1937
7.0
Pick a Star
as Newlywed
1937
4.8
Wings Over Honolulu
as Caroline
1937
5.5
Top of the Town
as Beulah
1937
5.2
We Have Our Moments
as Carrie
1937
5.8
China Passage
as Elaine Gentry
1937
5.5
Three Smart Girls
as Evans' Secretary
1936
6.3
Country Gentlemen
as Gertie
1936
4.7
Under Your Spell
as Secretary (uncredited)
1936
7.0
🎬
Ellis Island
as Adele
1936
5.0
Murder with Pictures
as Hester Boone
1936
5.1
Sitting on the Moon
as Blossom
1936
4.3
Star for a Night
as Ellen Romaine
1936
6.0
Trapped by Television
as Mae Collins
1936
6.4
🎬
The Harvester
as Thelma Biddle
1936
0.0
Love Before Breakfast
as Mary Lee
1936
5.8
Valley of the Lawless
as Joan Jenkins
1936
0.0
Public Ghost # 1
as Miss Compton
1935
4.0
Suicide Squad
as Mary O'Connor
1935
7.9
🎬
Life Hesitates at 40
as Joyce
1935
0.0
Manhattan Monkey Business
as Joyce
1935
0.0
College Scandal
as Toby Carpenter
1935
5.2
Let 'em Have It
as Barbara
1935
7.0
Go Into Your Dance
as Café Showgirl
1935
6.8
Rustlers of Red Dog
as Mary Lee
1935
8.0
Caravan
as Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
1934
5.0
Imitation of Life
as Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
1934
7.0
The White Parade
as Una Mellon
1934
6.0
Everything's Ducky
as Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
1934
1.0
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
as Maxine LaTour
1934
4.3
Million Dollar Ransom
as Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
1934
0.0
Affairs of a Gentleman
as Foxey Dennison
1934
2.0
Only Yesterday
as Margot (Uncredited)
1933
6.8
🎬
Sing, Sinner, Sing
as Gwen
1933
4.0
Roadhouse Queen
as Dorothy
1933
0.0
🎬
Dream Stuff
as Betty
1933
5.5
🎬
The Plumber and the Lady
as Louise
1933
0.0
🎬
Caliente Love
as Betty
1933
0.0
Luxury Liner
as Girl Overboard (uncredited)
1933
6.3
The Wrestler's Bride
as Mrs. Scissors Jackson
1933
0.0
If I Had a Million
as Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
1932
6.7
Afraid to Talk
as Alice - Party Girl
1932
6.0
Madison Square Garden
as Joyce
1932
6.2
False Faces
as Dottie Nation
1932
4.3
🎬
A Parisian Romance
as Marcelle
1932
4.3
Fighting for Justice
as Amy Tracy
1932
0.0
Lady and Gent
as Betty
1932
5.6
Beauty Parlor
as Joan Perry
1932
5.0
Unholy Love
as Sheilla Bailey Gregory
1932
3.0
Westward Passage
as Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
1932
5.8
Lena Rivers
as Caroline Nichols
1932
5.5
Under Eighteen
as Sybil
1932
6.6
Good Sport
as Fay
1931
4.5
The Spider
as Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
1931
6.0
Annabelle's Affairs
as Mabel
1931
0.0
Women of All Nations
as Kiki
1931
2.6
Up Pops the Devil
as Luella May Carroll
1931
4.2
Three Girls Lost
as Edna Best
1931
0.0
Three Rogues
as Ace's girl
1931
0.0
Lightnin'
as Betty - Larry's Wife
1930
3.7
Wild Company
as Anita Grayson
1930
5.0
The Three Sisters
as Carlotta
1930
0.0
High Society Blues
as Pearl Granger
1930
0.0
Salute
as Marian Wilson
1929
4.7
Dangerous Curves
as Jennie Silver
1929
6.0
The Wild Party
as Eva 'Evie' Tutt
1929
6.7
The Sky Hawk
as Peggy
1929
6.0
Thunder Riders
as Madge Lawton
1928
0.0
Soft Living
as Billie Wilson
1928
0.0
The Border Cavalier
as Madge Lawton
1927
0.0
Ankles Preferred
as Virginia
1927
0.0
Syncopating Sue
as Marge Adams
1926
0.0
A Broadway Lady
as Phyllis Westbrook
1925
0.0
What Fools Men
as Dorothy
1925
1.0