Joyce Compton
Acting
Born 1907-01-27
Died 1997-10-13
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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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.
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Filmography
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective
The Abbott and Costello Show
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Pete and Gladys
The Best Years of Our Lives
Mighty Joe Young
Mildred Pierce
Three Smart Girls
The Awful Truth
Sorry, Wrong Number
Beauty Parlor
Ziegfeld Girl
Jet Pilot
Christmas in Connecticut
Kid Galahad
Three Girls Lost
Westward Passage
Manpower
City for Conquest
Thunder Birds
If I Had a Million
They Drive by Night
Imitation of Life
You and Me
The Toast of New York
Rose of Washington Square
Going Places
Artists and Models Abroad
Only Yesterday
The Villain Still Pursued Her
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
A Southern Yankee
Pick a Star
Turnabout
Luxury Liner
Sing, Sinner, Sing
Exposed
Up Pops the Devil
Blues in the Night
Wings Over Honolulu
I Take This Oath
Sky Murder
Salute
Silver Spurs
Balalaika
We Have Our Moments
Love Before Breakfast
Ankles Preferred
Under Eighteen
Trade Winds
Let 'em Have It
The Wild Party
Lightnin'
College Scandal
Caravan
The Flying Irishman
I Was a Burlesque Queen
Go Into Your Dance
Let's Face It
Ellis Island
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