Acting
Joyce Compton
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Movies with Joyce Compton
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
Mildred Pierce
1945
Mighty Joe Young
1949
The Awful Truth
1937
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
Going Places
1938
Westward Passage
1932
Thunder Birds
1942
They Drive by Night
1940
Imitation of Life
1934
Exposed
1947
Blues in the Night
1941
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
Beauty Parlor
1932
Jet Pilot
1957
Kid Galahad
1937
Luxury Liner
1933
Silver Spurs
1943
Ellis Island
1936
Salute
1929
College Scandal
1935
City for Conquest
1940
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
I Take This Oath
1940
Ankles Preferred
1927
You and Me
1938
Three Smart Girls
1936
Spring Madness
1938
If I Had a Million
1932
A Southern Yankee
1948
Only Yesterday
1933
Too Many Women
1942
We Have Our Moments
1937
The Toast of New York
1937
Pick a Star
1937
Let's Face It
1943
Manpower
1941
Trade Winds
1938
The Spider
1931
Wild Company
1930
Scared to Death
1947
Danger Signal
1945
Behind the Mask
1946
Let's Make Music
1941
Three Girls Lost
1931
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934
Turnabout
1940
Artists and Models Abroad
1938
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953
Sky Murder
1940
Reno
1939
Go Into Your Dance
1935
Top of the Town
1937
Born Reckless
1937
Under Eighteen
1932
Pillow to Post
1945
Valley of the Lawless
1936
Up Pops the Devil
1931
Dark Alibi
1946
Dangerous Curves
1929
Caravan
1934
The Wild Party
1929
Three Rogues
1931
Balalaika
1939
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
Grand Canyon
1949
Silver Skates
1943
Life Hesitates at 40
1935
Girl in the Woods
1958
Bedtime Story
1941
The Harvester
1936
Sea Racketeers
1937
China Passage
1937
Sing, Sinner, Sing
1933
Rose of Washington Square
1939
Afraid to Talk
1932
Hollywood Hobbies
1939
Let 'em Have It
1935
Love on a Budget
1938
The White Parade
1934
How to Watch Football
1938
Lightnin'
1930
Hotel for Women
1939
Murder with Pictures
1936
Lady and Gent
1932
The Last Warning
1938
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945
The Wrestler's Bride
1933
Good Sport
1931
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937
A Parisian Romance
1932
What Fools Men
1925
Rendezvous with Annie
1946
Under Your Spell
1936
Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941
Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941
Star for a Night
1936
Linda, Be Good
1947
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934
Women Are Like That
1938
The Sky Hawk
1929
Million Dollar Ransom
1934
Love Before Breakfast
1936
The Plumber and the Lady
1933
The Three Sisters
1930
Country Gentlemen
1936
Madison Square Garden
1932
Trapped by Television
1936
Women of All Nations
1931
Small Town Boy
1937
The Flying Irishman
1939
Suicide Squad
1935
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935
Caliente Love
1933
Lena Rivers
1932
Incident
1948
Roadhouse Queen
1933
Sitting on the Moon
1936
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940
Swing Out the Blues
1943
Public Ghost # 1
1935
The Persuader
1957
A Broadway Lady
1925
Thunder Riders
1928
Annabelle's Affairs
1931
Fighting for Justice
1932
Unholy Love
1932
Soft Living
1928
Honeymoon Deferred
1940
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935
Escape to Paradise
1939
False Faces
1932
The Border Cavalier
1927
High Society Blues
1930
Dream Stuff
1933
Everything's Ducky
1934
Syncopating Sue
1926
