
Fay Compton
Biography
From Wikipedia
Fay Compton CBE (18 September 1894 – 12 December 1978) was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her elder sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century theatrical luminary Henry Compton. Author Compton Mackenzie was her elder brother.
Compton's film work is not as well known as her stage appearances. She appeared in more than forty films between 1914 and 1970. Her most popular performances in films are Odd Man Out (1947), Laughter in Paradise (1951), Orson Welles' Othello (1952), The Haunting (1963) and I Start Counting (1969).
Among her television performances, she appeared in 1965 with Michael Hordern in the television play, Land of My Dreams by Clive Exton. One of her last major roles was as Aunt Ann in the BBC's 1967 television adaptation of The Forsyte Saga. She had a successful career in the radio, television and gramophone recordings.
Acting (31 movies)

A Woman of No Importance
1921

The Haunting
1963

Odd Man Out
1947

Othello
1951

Laughter in Paradise
1951

The Vanquished
1953

Town on Trial
1957

London Belongs to Me
1948

The Forbidden Street
1949

Esther Waters
1948

Blackmailed
1951

The Story of Esther Costello
1957

Autumn Crocus
1934

Lady Possessed
1952

Waltzes from Vienna
1934

Cape Forlorn
1931

The Prime Minister
1941

The Mill on the Floss
1937

Tell England
1931

Aunt Clara
1954

So This Is London
1939

The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970

Fashions in Love
1929

A Bill of Divorcement
1922

I Start Counting
1970

Uneasy Virtue
1931

Uncle Vanya
1963

The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
1924

Somehow Good
1927

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947

Claude Duval
1924
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