Joyce Compton

Olivia Joyce Compton was an American actress.

Biography

Compton was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the daughter of Henry and Golden Compton. After graduating high school she spent two years 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 with 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".
File:Joyce Compton-Robert Benchley in Bedtime Story.jpg|thumb|right|Compton and Robert Benchley in Bedtime Story
Among her over 200 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.

Awards

For her contributions to the motion picture industry, Compton was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on the south side of the 7000 block of Hollywood Boulevard.

Selected filmography

The Golden Bed as Minor Role
Sally as Minor Role
What Fools Men as Dorothy
Broadway Lady as Phyllis Westbrook
Syncopating Sue as Marge Adams
Ankles Preferred as Virginia
The Border Cavalier as Madge Lawton
Soft Living as Billie Wilson
The Wild Party as Eva Tutt
Dangerous Curves as Jennie Silver
Salute as Marian Wilson
The Sky Hawk as Peggy
High Society Blues as Pearl Granger
The Three Sisters as Carlotta
Cheer Up and Smile as College Co-Ed
Wild Company as Anita Grayson
Lightnin' as Betty - Larry's Wife
Not Exactly Gentlemen as Ace's Girl
Three Girls Lost as Edna Best
Up Pops the Devil as Luella May Carroll
Women of All Nations as Kiki
Annabelle's Affairs as Mabel
The Spider as Butch's Girl Friend
Good Sport as Fay
Under Eighteen as Sybil
Lena Rivers as Caroline Nichols
Westward Passage as Lillie
Unholy Love as Sheilla Bailey Gregory
Beauty Parlor as Joan Perry
Lady and Gent as Betty
Fighting for Justice as Amy Tracy
A Parisian Romance as Marcelle
Hat Check Girl as A Party Guest
False Faces as Dottie Nation
Madison Square Garden as Joyce
Afraid to Talk as Alice - Party Girl
If I Had a Million as Marie - Waitress
Luxury Liner as Girl Overboard
Sing, Sinner, Sing as Gwen
Only Yesterday as Margot
Dream Stuff
Caravan as Party Girl at Beer Garden
The Trumpet Blows as Blonde on Train
Affairs of a Gentleman as Foxey Dennison
Million Dollar Ransom as Millie - Hat Check Girl
King Kelly of the U.S.A. as Maxine Latour
Imitation of Life as Young Woman at Party
The White Parade as Una Mellon
Rustlers of Red Dog as Mary Lee
Go into Your Dance as Café Showgirl
Mister Dynamite as Check Room Girl
Let 'Em Have It as Barbara
College Scandal as Toby Carpenter
Suicide Squad as Mary
Magnificent Obsession as Nurse
Valley of the Lawless as Joan Jenkins
Love Before Breakfast as Mary Lee
The Harvester as Thelma Biddle
Trapped by Television as Mae Collins
Star for a Night as Ellen Romaine
Sitting on the Moon as Blossom
Murder with Pictures as Hester Boone
Ellis Island as Adele
Under Your Spell as Secretary
Country Gentlemen as Gertie
Three Smart Girls as Judson's Secretary
The Awful Truth as Dixie Belle Lee
China Passage as Elaine Gentry - Customs Agent aka Mrs. Katharine 'Kate' Collins
Top of the Town as Beulah
We Have Our Moments as Carrie
Wings Over Honolulu as Caroline
Pick a Star as Newlywed
Kid Galahad as Party Guest on Phone
Rhythm in the Clouds as Amy Lou
Born Reckless as Dora - at the Race Track
The Toast of New York as Mary Lou
Sea Racketeers as Blondie
She Asked for It as Miss Hurley
Small Town Boy as Molly Summers
Wings Over Honolulu as Dixie Belle Lee
Man-Proof as Guest
Love on a Budget as Millie Brown
Women Are Like That as Miss Hall
You and Me as Curly Blonde
Spring Madness as Sally Prescott
The Last Warning as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
Artists and Models Abroad as 'Chickie'
Trade Winds as Mrs. Johnson
Going Places as Joan
The Flying Irishman as Sally - a Waitress
Rose of Washington Square as Peggy
Hotel for Women as Emeline Thomas
Reno as Bonnie Newcomb
Balalaika as Masha
Escape to Paradise as Penelope Carter
Honeymoon Deferred as Kitty Kerry
Turnabout as Irene Clare
I Take This Oath as Betty Casey
They Drive by Night as Sue Carter
City for Conquest as Lilly
Sky Murder as Christine Cross
The Villain Still Pursued Her as Hazel Dalton
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? as Cynthia Lou
Let's Make Music as Betty
Ziegfeld Girl as Miss Sawyer - Auditioning Showgirl
Manpower as Scarlett
Scattergood Meets Broadway as Diana Deane
Moon Over Her Shoulder as Cecilia
Blues in the Night as Blonde
Bedtime Story as Beulah
Too Many Women as Barbara Cartwright
Thunder Birds as Saleswoman
Silver Skates as Lucille
A Gentle Gangster as Kitty Parker
Let's Face It as Wiggin's Girl
Silver Spurs as Millie Love
Swing Out the Blues as Kitty Grogan
Roughly Speaking as Prissy Girl
Pillow to Post as Gertrude Wilson
Hitchhike to Happiness as Joan Randall
Christmas in Connecticut as Mary Lee
Mildred Pierce as Waitress
Danger Signal as Kate
Dark Alibi as Emily Evans
Behind the Mask as Lulu
Night and Day as Chorine
Rendezvous with Annie as Louise Grapa
The Best Years of Our Lives as Hat Check Girl
Scared to Death as Jane Cornell
Exposed as Emmy
Linda, Be Good as Mrs. LaVitte
A Southern Yankee as Hortense Dobson
Sorry, Wrong Number as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend
Luxury Liner
Incident as Joan Manning
Grand Canyon as Mabel
Mighty Joe Young as Alice
The Persuader as Julie
Jet Pilot as Mrs. Simpson
Girl in the Woods as Aunt Martha
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