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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