
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.
Acting (129 movies)

The Persuader
1957

Manpower
1941

King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934

City for Conquest
1940

Scared to Death
1947

Hitchhike to Happiness
1945

Christmas in Connecticut
1945

Danger Signal
1945

The Awful Truth
1937

Rose of Washington Square
1939

Dark Alibi
1946

Sky Murder
1940

Incident
1948

Mighty Joe Young
1949

The Wild Party
1929

Bedtime Story
1941

The Wrestler's Bride
1933

The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940

The Three Sisters
1930

The White Parade
1934

Under Eighteen
1932

If I Had a Million
1932

Exposed
1947

The Toast of New York
1937

Under Your Spell
1936

Pick a Star
1937

Turnabout
1940

Kid Galahad
1937

Balalaika
1939

Trapped by Television
1936

Salute
1929

Behind the Mask
1946

You and Me
1938

Lena Rivers
1932

Rhythm in the Clouds
1937

Soft Living
1928

Let's Make Music
1941

Suicide Squad
1935

The Best Years of Our Lives
1946

Trade Winds
1938

Murder with Pictures
1936

Hotel for Women
1939

The Sky Hawk
1929

Country Gentlemen
1936

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940

I Take This Oath
1940

Unholy Love
1932

Roadhouse Queen
1933

Love on a Budget
1938

Artists and Models Abroad
1938

College Scandal
1935

We Have Our Moments
1937

Reno
1939

Women Are Like That
1938

The Flying Irishman
1939

Hollywood Hobbies
1939

Ankles Preferred
1927

Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941

Silver Spurs
1943

The Spider
1931

Let 'em Have It
1935

Beauty Parlor
1932

Good Sport
1931

False Faces
1932

Madison Square Garden
1932

Too Many Women
1942

Westward Passage
1932

Three Rogues
1931

Girl in the Woods
1958

Silver Skates
1943

High Society Blues
1930

Going Places
1938

Ziegfeld Girl
1941

Thunder Birds
1942

Wild Company
1930

Annabelle's Affairs
1931

Up Pops the Devil
1931

Affairs of a Gentleman
1934

Spring Madness
1938

Luxury Liner
1933

Caravan
1934

Escape to Paradise
1939

Three Smart Girls
1936

Lady and Gent
1932

Valley of the Lawless
1936

Wings Over Honolulu
1937

Rendezvous with Annie
1946

I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953

Linda, Be Good
1947

Mildred Pierce
1945

Swing Out the Blues
1943

Sitting on the Moon
1936

The Last Warning
1938

Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941

Lightnin'
1930

A Southern Yankee
1948

Women of All Nations
1931

Everything's Ducky
1934

They Drive by Night
1940

Let's Face It
1943
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