Joyce Compton: movies and TV shows
Joyce Compton has 143 credits in the archive: 139 films and 4 TV series, from 1925 to 1960. Highest rated: The Best Years of Our Lives (7.7/10).
Career timeline
1925 – 1960 · busiest year: 1932 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys | TV | 6.3 | 53 | |
| 1958 | Girl in the Woods | Aunt Martha | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Waitress | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1957 | Jet Pilot | Mary Lou Simpson | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1957 | The Persuader | Julie | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | TV | 5.3 | 49 | |
| 1953 | I Was a Burlesque Queen | Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte | Film | 3.0 | 46 |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Girl at Drivers License Bureau | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young | Alice (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1949 | Grand Canyon | Mabel | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1948 | Sorry, Wrong Number | Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1948 | A Southern Yankee | Hortense Dobson | Film | 5.5 | 41 |
| 1948 | Incident | Joan Manning | Film | 5.4 | 41 |
| 1947 | Exposed | Emmy | Film | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1947 | Scared to Death | Jane Cornell | Film | 4.3 | 40 |
| 1947 | Linda, Be Good | Mrs. LaVitte | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1946 | The Best Years of Our Lives | Hat Check Girl (uncredited) | Film | 7.7 | 39 |
| 1946 | Rendezvous with Annie | Louise Grapa (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1946 | Dark Alibi | Emily Evans | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1946 | Behind the Mask | Lulu | Film | 5.5 | 39 |
| 1945 | Mildred Pierce | Waitress (uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 38 |
| 1945 | Christmas in Connecticut | Nurse Mary Lee | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1945 | Pillow to Post | Gertrude Wilson (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1945 | Hitchhike to Happiness | Joan Randall | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1945 | Danger Signal | Kate | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1943 | Silver Spurs | Millie Love | Film | 4.8 | 36 |
| 1943 | Let's Face It | Wiggin's Girl (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1943 | Let's Face It | Wiggin's Girl | Film | 5.4 | 36 |
| 1943 | Silver Skates | Lucille | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1943 | Swing Out the Blues | Kitty Grogan | Film | 4.8 | 36 |
| 1942 | Thunder Birds | Saleswoman | Film | 6.0 | 35 |
| 1942 | Too Many Women | Barbara Cartwright | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1941 | Ziegfeld Girl | Miss Sawyer (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1941 | Manpower | Scarlett | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1941 | Blues in the Night | Blonde | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1941 | Bedtime Story | Beulah | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1941 | Let's Make Music | Betty | Film | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1941 | Moon Over Her Shoulder | Cecilia | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1941 | Scattergood Meets Broadway | Diana Deane | Film | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Lilly | Film | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1940 | They Drive by Night | Sue Carter (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1940 | The Villain Still Pursued Her | Hazel Dalton | Film | 5.2 | 33 |
| 1940 | I Take This Oath | Betty Casey | Film | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1940 | Turnabout | Irene Clare | Film | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1940 | Sky Murder | Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister | Film | 6.8 | 33 |
| 1940 | Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Cynthia Lou | Film | 5.5 | 33 |
| 1940 | Honeymoon Deferred | Kitty Kerry | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1939 | The Flying Irishman | Sally | Film | 5.0 | 32 |
| 1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Peggy | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1939 | Balalaika | Masha | Film | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1939 | Hollywood Hobbies | Tourist | Film | 5.6 | 32 |
| 1939 | Reno | Bonnie Newcomb | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1939 | Hotel for Women | Emeline Thomas | Film | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1939 | Escape to Paradise | Penelope Carter | Film | 5.4 | 32 |
| 1938 | Going Places | Joan | Film | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1938 | You and Me | Curly Blonde | Film | 6.6 | 31 |
| 1938 | Spring Madness | Sally | Film | 4.9 | 31 |
| 1938 | Love on a Budget | Millie Brown | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1938 | The Last Warning | Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz | Film | 8.5 | 31 |
| 1938 | Trade Winds | Mrs. Johnson | Film | 6.4 | 31 |
| 1938 | Women Are Like That | Miss Hall | Film | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1938 | Artists and Models Abroad | Chickie | Film | 4.8 | 31 |
| 1938 | How to Watch Football | Benchley's girlfriend | Film | 5.7 | 31 |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth | Dixie Belle Lee | Film | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1937 | Pick a Star | Newlywed | Film | 4.8 | 30 |
| 1937 | Kid Galahad | Party Guest on Phone (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 30 |
| 1937 | We Have Our Moments | Carrie | Film | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York | Mary Lou (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1937 | Wings Over Honolulu | Caroline | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1937 | Sea Racketeers | Blondie | Film | 4.7 | 30 |
| 1937 | Born Reckless | Dora | Film | 5.4 | 30 |
| 1937 | Rhythm in the Clouds | Receptionist | Film | 7.5 | 30 |
| 1937 | Small Town Boy | Molly Summers | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | Top of the Town | Beulah | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1937 | China Passage | Elaine Gentry | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1936 | Three Smart Girls | Evans' Secretary | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1936 | Ellis Island | Adele | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1936 | Valley of the Lawless | Joan Jenkins | Film | 7.5 | 29 |
| 1936 | Love Before Breakfast | Mary Lee | Film | 6.1 | 29 |
| 1936 | Under Your Spell | Secretary (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1936 | Murder with Pictures | Hester Boone | Film | 5.4 | 29 |
| 1936 | Star for a Night | Ellen Romaine | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1936 | Trapped by Television | Mae Collins | Film | 6.9 | 29 |
| 1936 | Sitting on the Moon | Blossom | Film | 5.3 | 29 |
| 1936 | Country Gentlemen | Gertie | Film | 5.5 | 29 |
| 1936 | The Harvester | Thelma Biddle | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1935 | College Scandal | Toby Carpenter | Film | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1935 | Go Into Your Dance | Café Showgirl | Film | 7.2 | 28 |
| 1935 | Life Hesitates at 40 | Joyce | Film | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1935 | Let 'em Have It | Barbara | Film | 7.6 | 28 |
| 1935 | Rustlers of Red Dog | Mary Lee | Film | 8.5 | 28 |
| 1935 | Manhattan Monkey Business | Joyce | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1935 | Suicide Squad | Mary O'Connor | Film | 7.7 | 28 |
| 1935 | Public Ghost # 1 | Miss Compton | Film | 5.5 | 28 |
| 1934 | King Kelly of the U.S.A. | Maxine LaTour | Film | 5.2 | 27 |
| 1934 | Imitation of Life | Young Woman at Party (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1934 | Million Dollar Ransom | Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited) | Film | 5.0 | 27 |
| 1934 | Affairs of a Gentleman | Foxey Dennison | Film | 4.0 | 27 |
| 1934 | The White Parade | Una Mellon | Film | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1934 | Caravan | Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1934 | Everything's Ducky | Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife | Film | 4.0 | 27 |
| 1933 | Roadhouse Queen | Dorothy | Film | 3.7 | 26 |
| 1933 | Luxury Liner | Girl Overboard (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 26 |
| 1933 | Sing, Sinner, Sing | Gwen | Film | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1933 | Only Yesterday | Margot (Uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 26 |
| 1933 | The Wrestler's Bride | Mrs. Scissors Jackson | Film | — | 26 |
| 1933 | Dream Stuff | Betty | Film | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1933 | Caliente Love | Betty | Film | 8.0 | 26 |
| 1933 | The Plumber and the Lady | Louise | Film | — | 26 |
| 1932 | Beauty Parlor | Joan Perry | Film | 7.5 | 25 |
| 1932 | Westward Passage | Lillie, the Model (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 25 |
| 1932 | Under Eighteen | Sybil | Film | 6.3 | 25 |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Marie - Waitress (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1932 | A Parisian Romance | Marcelle | Film | 4.6 | 25 |
| 1932 | Afraid to Talk | Alice - Party Girl | Film | 6.5 | 25 |
| 1932 | Lady and Gent | Betty | Film | 5.8 | 25 |
| 1932 | Unholy Love | Sheilla Bailey Gregory | Film | 4.0 | 25 |
| 1932 | Lena Rivers | Caroline Nichols | Film | 7.0 | 25 |
| 1932 | Madison Square Garden | Joyce | Film | 6.8 | 25 |
| 1932 | False Faces | Dottie Nation | Film | 4.4 | 25 |
| 1932 | Fighting for Justice | Amy Tracy | Film | 8.0 | 25 |
| 1931 | Three Girls Lost | Edna Best | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1931 | Up Pops the Devil | Luella May Carroll | Film | 5.0 | 24 |
| 1931 | The Spider | Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1931 | Women of All Nations | Kiki | Film | 3.3 | 24 |
| 1931 | Annabelle's Affairs | Mabel | Film | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1931 | Three Rogues | Ace's girl | Film | 10.0 | 24 |
| 1931 | Good Sport | Fay | Film | 5.5 | 24 |
| 1930 | Lightnin' | Betty - Larry's Wife | Film | 5.3 | 23 |
| 1930 | Wild Company | Anita Grayson | Film | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1930 | High Society Blues | Pearl Granger | Film | 8.0 | 23 |
| 1930 | The Three Sisters | Carlotta | Film | 10.0 | 23 |
| 1929 | Salute | Marian Wilson | Film | 6.0 | 22 |
| 1929 | The Wild Party | Eva 'Evie' Tutt | Film | 6.9 | 22 |
| 1929 | Dangerous Curves | Jennie Silver | Film | 6.6 | 22 |
| 1929 | The Sky Hawk | Peggy | Film | 7.0 | 22 |
| 1928 | Thunder Riders | Madge Lawton | Film | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1928 | Soft Living | Billie Wilson | Film | 9.0 | 21 |
| 1927 | Ankles Preferred | Virginia | Film | 8.0 | 20 |
| 1927 | The Border Cavalier | Madge Lawton | Film | 9.0 | 20 |
| 1926 | Syncopating Sue | Marge Adams | Film | 9.0 | 19 |
| 1925 | What Fools Men | Dorothy | Film | 3.7 | 18 |
| 1925 | A Broadway Lady | Phyllis Westbrook | Film | 9.0 | 18 |