Betty Compson: movies and TV shows
Betty Compson has 135 credits in the archive: 135 films and 0 TV series, from 1916 to 2011. Highest rated: Invisible Ghost (5.3/10).
Career timeline
1916 – 2011 · busiest year: 1922 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films | Herself (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 114 |
| 1991 | Halloween Monster Bash | Mrs. Kessler (archive footage) | Film | — | 94 |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 78 |
| 1948 | Here Comes Trouble | Martha Blake | Film | 5.2 | 51 |
| 1947 | Hard Boiled Mahoney | Selena Webster | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1947 | Second Chance | Mrs. Davenport | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1946 | Her Adventurous Night | Miss Spencer | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1943 | Danger! Women at Work | Madame Sappho | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1943 | Confessions of a Vice Baron | Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 4.7 | 46 |
| 1941 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Gertie | Film | 5.9 | 44 |
| 1941 | Roar of the Press | Mrs. Thelma Tate | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1941 | Invisible Ghost | Mrs. Kessler | Film | 5.3 | 44 |
| 1941 | Escort Girl | Ruth Ashley | Film | 3.3 | 44 |
| 1940 | Strange Cargo | Suzanne (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1940 | Cafe Hostess | Cafe Hostess | Film | 5.4 | 43 |
| 1940 | Mad Youth | Lucy Morgan | Film | 4.9 | 43 |
| 1940 | Laughing at Danger | Mrs. Van Horn | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1939 | Hotel Imperial | Soubrette (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1939 | News Is Made at Night | Kitty Truman | Film | 4.8 | 42 |
| 1939 | Cowboys from Texas | Belle Starkey | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 1938 | A Slight Case of Murder | Loretta | Film | 6.4 | 41 |
| 1938 | Torchy Blane in Panama | Kitty, Gomez's Moll | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1938 | Under the Big Top | Marie | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1938 | The Beloved Brat | Eleanor Sparks | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1938 | Religious Racketeers | Ada Bernard | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1938 | Blondes at Work | Blanche Revelle | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1938 | Port of Missing Girls | Chicago | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1938 | Two Gun Justice | Kate | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1937 | Circus Girl | Carlotta | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1937 | God's Country and the Man | Roxey Moore | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1937 | Federal Bullets | Sue, Gang Moll | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1936 | Two Minutes to Play | 'Fluff' Harding | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1936 | Bulldog Edition | Billie Blake | Film | 4.2 | 39 |
| 1936 | Hollywood Boulevard | Betty | Film | 4.5 | 39 |
| 1936 | The Millionaire Kid | Gloria Neville | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1936 | August Week End | Ethel Ames | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1936 | Killer at Large | Kate | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1936 | Laughing Irish Eyes | Molly | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1936 | The Drag Net | Mollie Cole | Film | 5.4 | 39 |
| 1935 | False Pretenses | Clarissa Stanhope | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1934 | No Sleep on the Deep | Mrs. Eldridge | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1933 | West of Singapore | Lou | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1933 | Notorious But Nice | Millie Sprague | Film | 6.7 | 36 |
| 1933 | Destination Unknown | Ruby Smith | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1932 | Guilty or Not Guilty | Maizie | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1932 | The Silver Lining | Kate Flynn | Film | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1931 | Virtuous Husband | Inez Wakefield | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1931 | Hollywood Halfbacks | Film | 9.0 | 34 | |
| 1931 | The House That Shadows Built | (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 34 |
| 1931 | The Gay Diplomat | Baroness Corri | Film | 4.8 | 34 |
| 1931 | Three Who Loved | Helga Larson Hanson | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1931 | The Lady Refuses | June | Film | 5.3 | 34 |
| 1930 | The Case of Sergeant Grischa | Babka | Film | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1930 | Midnight Mystery | Sally Wayne | Film | 5.9 | 33 |
| 1930 | Inside the Lines | Jane Gershon | Film | 5.5 | 33 |
| 1930 | She Got What She Wanted | Film | 10.0 | 33 | |
| 1930 | The Czar of Broadway | Connie Colton | Film | 9.0 | 33 |
| 1930 | Those Who Dance | Kitty | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1930 | The Spoilers | Cherry Malotte | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1930 | Isle of Escape | Stella | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1930 | The Boudoir Diplomat | Helene | Film | 3.0 | 33 |
| 1929 | The Show of Shows | Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1929 | On With the Show! | Nita | Film | 6.2 | 32 |
| 1929 | Skin Deep | Sadie Rogers | Film | 3.3 | 32 |
| 1929 | The Time, the Place and the Girl | Doris Ward | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1929 | The Great Gabbo | Mary | Film | 5.7 | 32 |
| 1929 | Woman to Woman | Deloryce / Lola | Film | 4.9 | 32 |
| 1929 | Weary River | Alice Gray | Film | 5.8 | 32 |
| 1929 | Street Girl | Frederika Joyzelle | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1929 | Blaze o' Glory | Helen Williams | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1928 | The Docks of New York | Mae | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1928 | Scarlet Seas | Rose | Film | 4.0 | 31 |
| 1928 | The Barker | Carrie | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1928 | The Desert Bride | Diane Duval | Film | 5.5 | 31 |
| 1928 | The Masked Angel | Betty | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1928 | Life's Mockery | Kit Miller/Isabelle Fullerton | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1928 | Court Martial | Belle Starr | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1928 | The Big City | Helen | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1927 | Love Me and the World Is Mine | Mitzel | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1927 | Cheating Cheaters | Nan Carey | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1927 | Temptations of a Shop Girl | Ruth Harrington | Film | 9.0 | 30 |
| 1927 | Say It with Diamonds | Betty Howard | Film | 9.0 | 30 |
| 1926 | The Palace of Pleasure | Lola Montez | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1926 | The Wise Guy | Hula Kate | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1926 | The Belle of Broadway | Marie Duval / The Young Adele | Film | 6.4 | 29 |
| 1925 | Counsel for the Defense | Katherine West | Film | 9.0 | 28 |
| 1925 | The Pony Express | Molly Jones | Film | 6.4 | 28 |
| 1925 | New Lives for Old | Olympe | Film | 9.0 | 28 |
| 1925 | Beggar on Horseback | Princess in Pantomime | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1925 | Paths to Paradise | Molly | Film | 6.2 | 28 |
| 1925 | Eve's Secret | Eve | Film | 9.0 | 28 |
| 1925 | Locked Doors | Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter | Film | 3.3 | 28 |
| 1924 | The Garden of Weeds | Dorothy Delbridge | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1924 | The Enemy Sex | Dodo Baxter | Film | 8.5 | 27 |
| 1924 | The Stranger | Peggy Bowlin | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1924 | The Fast Set | Margaret Sones | Film | 10.0 | 27 |
| 1924 | The White Shadow | Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent | Film | 7.5 | 27 |
| 1924 | Miami | Joan Bruce | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1924 | The Female | Dalla | Film | 9.0 | 27 |
| 1924 | Ramshackle House | Pen Broome | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1923 | Hollywood | Betty Compson | Film | 9.0 | 26 |
| 1923 | The Rustle of Silk | Lala De Breeze | Film | 10.0 | 26 |
| 1923 | Woman to Woman | Louise Boucher / Deloryse | Film | 5.8 | 26 |
| 1923 | The Woman with Four Faces | Elizabeth West | Film | 8.0 | 26 |
| 1923 | The Royal Oak | Lady Mildred Cholmondeley | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1923 | The White Flower | Konia Markham | Film | 10.0 | 26 |
| 1922 | A Trip to Paramountown | Self | Film | 7.8 | 25 |
| 1922 | Law and the Woman | Margaret Rolfe | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1922 | To Have and to Hold | Lady Jocelyn Leigh | Film | 8.0 | 25 |
| 1922 | Kick In | Molly Brandon | Film | 9.0 | 25 |
| 1922 | Over the Border | Jen Galbraith | Film | 10.0 | 25 |
| 1922 | The Green Temptation | Genelle / Coralyn / Joan Parker | Film | 10.0 | 25 |
| 1922 | Always the Woman | Celia Thaxter / Queen Neco Tokris | Film | 9.0 | 25 |
| 1922 | Always the Woman | Film | 9.0 | 25 | |
| 1922 | The Bonded Woman | Angela Gaskell | Film | 4.8 | 25 |
| 1921 | For Those We Love | Bernice Arnold | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1921 | For Those We Love | Film | 7.0 | 24 | |
| 1921 | At the End of the World | Cherry O'Day | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1921 | Ladies Must Live | Christine Bleeker | Film | 9.0 | 24 |
| 1921 | Prisoners of Love | Blanche Davis | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1921 | Prisoners of Love | Film | 8.0 | 24 | |
| 1921 | The Little Minister | Lady Babbie | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1919 | The Terror of the Range | Thelma Grant | Film | 10.0 | 22 |
| 1919 | The Light of Victory | Jane Ravenslee | Film | 10.0 | 22 |
| 1919 | The Miracle Man | Rose | Film | 6.0 | 22 |
| 1919 | The Devil's Trail | Rose | Film | 9.0 | 22 |
| 1918 | Border Raiders | Rose Hardy | Film | — | 21 |
| 1918 | The Sheriff | School Teacher | Film | 10.0 | 21 |
| 1917 | Out for the Coin | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1917 | Hubby's Night Out | Wifey | Film | 6.5 | 20 |
| 1917 | As Luck Would Have It | Film | 9.0 | 20 | |
| 1917 | Crazy by Proxy | Film | 10.0 | 20 | |
| 1916 | Inoculating Hubby | Film | — | 19 | |
| 1916 | That Doggone Baby | Wifie Parker | Film | 9.0 | 19 |
| 1916 | The Making Over of Mother | Mrs. Newlywed | Film | 5.0 | 19 |