Joyce Compton

Olivia Joyce Compton (January 27, 1907 – October 13, 1997) 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".

Among her over 200 films were Imitation of Life, Magnificent Obsession, Christmas in Connecticut, 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 (1925) as Minor Role (uncredited) Sally (1925) as Minor Role (uncredited) What Fools Men (1925) as Dorothy Broadway Lady (1925) as Phyllis Westbrook Syncopating Sue (1926) as Marge Adams Ankles Preferred (1927) as Virginia The Border Cavalier (1927) as Madge Lawton Soft Living (1928) as Billie Wilson The Wild Party (1929) as Eva Tutt Dangerous Curves (1929) as Jennie Silver Salute (1929) as Marian Wilson The Sky Hawk (1929) as Peggy High Society Blues (1930) as Pearl Granger The Three Sisters (1930) as Carlotta Cheer Up and Smile (1930) as College Co-Ed (uncredited) Wild Company (1930) as Anita Grayson Lightnin' (1930) as Betty - Larry's Wife Not Exactly Gentlemen (1931) as Ace's Girl Three Girls Lost (1931) as Edna Best Up Pops the Devil (1931) as Luella May Carroll Women of All Nations (1931) as Kiki (uncredited) Annabelle's Affairs (1931) as Mabel The Spider (1931) as Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited) Good Sport (1931) as Fay Under Eighteen (1931) as Sybil Lena Rivers (1932) as Caroline Nichols Westward Passage (1932) as Lillie (uncredited) Unholy Love (1932) as Sheilla Bailey Gregory Beauty Parlor (1932) as Joan Perry Lady and Gent (1932) as Betty Fighting for Justice (1932) as Amy Tracy A Parisian Romance (1932) as Marcelle Hat Check Girl (1932) as A Party Guest (uncredited) False Faces (1932) as Dottie Nation Madison Square Garden (1932) as Joyce Afraid to Talk (1932) as Alice - Party Girl If I Had a Million (1932) as Marie - Waitress (uncredited) Luxury Liner (1933) as Girl Overboard (uncredited) Sing, Sinner, Sing (1933) as Gwen Only Yesterday (1933) as Margot (uncredited) Dream Stuff (1934, Short) Caravan (1934) as Party Girl at Beer Garden (uncredited) The Trumpet Blows (1934) as Blonde on Train (uncredited) Affairs of a Gentleman (1934) as Foxey Dennison Million Dollar Ransom (1934) as Millie - Hat Check Girl (uncredited) King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934) as Maxine Latour Imitation of Life (1934) as Young Woman at Party (uncredited) The White Parade (1934) as Una Mellon Rustlers of Red Dog (1935, Serial) as Mary Lee Go into Your Dance (1935) as Café Showgirl Mister Dynamite (1935) as Check Room Girl (uncredited) Let 'Em Have It (1935) as Barbara College Scandal (1935) as Toby Carpenter Suicide Squad (1935) as Mary Magnificent Obsession (1935, unbilled) as Nurse (uncredited) Valley of the Lawless (1936) as Joan Jenkins Love Before Breakfast (1936) as Mary Lee The Harvester (1936) as Thelma Biddle Trapped by Television (1936) as Mae Collins Star for a Night (1936) as Ellen Romaine Sitting on the Moon (1936) as Blossom Murder with Pictures (1936) as Hester Boone Ellis Island (1936) as Adele Under Your Spell (1936) as Secretary (uncredited) Country Gentlemen (1936) as Gertie Three Smart Girls (1936) as Judson's Secretary (uncredited) The Awful Truth (1937) as Dixie Belle Lee China Passage (1937) as Elaine Gentry - Customs Agent aka Mrs. Katharine 'Kate' Collins Top of the Town (1937) as Beulah (uncredited) We Have Our Moments (1937) as Carrie Wings Over Honolulu (1937) as Caroline Pick a Star (1937) as Newlywed Kid Galahad (1937) as Party Guest on Phone (uncredited) Rhythm in the Clouds (1937) as Amy Lou Born Reckless (1937) as Dora - at the Race Track (uncredited) The Toast of New York (1937) as Mary Lou (uncredited) Sea Racketeers (1937) as Blondie She Asked for It (1937) as Miss Hurley (uncredited) Small Town Boy (1937) as Molly Summers Wings Over Honolulu (1937) as Dixie Belle Lee Man-Proof (1938) as Guest (uncredited) Love on a Budget (1938) as Millie Brown Women Are Like That (1938) as Miss Hall You and Me (1938) as Curly Blonde Spring Madness (1938) as Sally Prescott The Last Warning (1938) as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz Artists and Models Abroad (1938) as 'Chickie' Trade Winds (1938) as Mrs. Johnson Going Places (1938) as Joan The Flying Irishman (1939) as Sally - a Waitress (uncredited) Rose of Washington Square (1939) as Peggy Hotel for Women (1939) as Emeline Thomas Reno (1939) as Bonnie Newcomb Balalaika (1939) as Masha (Lydia's maid) Escape to Paradise (1939) as Penelope Carter Honeymoon Deferred (1940) as Kitty Kerry Turnabout (1940) as Irene Clare I Take This Oath (1940) as Betty Casey They Drive by Night (1940) as Sue Carter (uncredited) City for Conquest (1940) as Lilly Sky Murder (1940) as Christine Cross The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940) as Hazel Dalton Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940) as Cynthia Lou Let's Make Music (1941) as Betty Ziegfeld Girl (1941) as Miss Sawyer - Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited) Manpower (1941) as Scarlett Scattergood Meets Broadway (1941, aka Blonde Menace) as Diana Deane Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941) as Cecilia Blues in the Night (1941) as Blonde Bedtime Story (1941) as Beulah Too Many Women (1942) as Barbara Cartwright Thunder Birds (1942) as Saleswoman Silver Skates (1943) as Lucille A Gentle Gangster (1943) as Kitty Parker Let's Face It (1943) as Wiggin's Girl (uncredited) Silver Spurs (1943) as Millie Love Swing Out the Blues (1943) as Kitty Grogan Roughly Speaking (1945) as Prissy Girl (uncredited) Pillow to Post (1945) as Gertrude Wilson (uncredited) Hitchhike to Happiness (1945) as Joan Randall Christmas in Connecticut (1945) as Mary Lee Mildred Pierce (1945) as Waitress (uncredited) Danger Signal (1945) as Kate Dark Alibi (1946) as Emily Evans Behind the Mask (1946) as Lulu Night and Day (1946) as Chorine (uncredited) Rendezvous with Annie (1946) as Louise Grapa The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) as Hat Check Girl (uncredited) Scared to Death (1947) as Jane Cornell Exposed (1947) as Emmy Linda, Be Good (1947) as Mrs. LaVitte A Southern Yankee (1948) as Hortense Dobson Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited) Luxury Liner (1948) (uncredited) Incident (1948) as Joan Manning Grand Canyon (1949) as Mabel Mighty Joe Young (1949) as Alice (uncredited) The Persuader (1957) as Julie Jet Pilot (1957, made in 1951) as Mrs. Simpson (uncredited) Girl in the Woods (1958) as Aunt Martha 77 Sunset Strip (1958) Television series. Season 1 episode 7 "All Our Yesterdays" (uncredited)