Joyce Compton
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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.
Acting
Movie
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
1946
Movie
Mildred Pierce
as Waitress (uncredited)
1945
Movie
The Awful Truth
as Dixie Belle Lee
1937
Movie
Sorry, Wrong Number
as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
1948
Movie
Christmas in Connecticut
as Nurse Mary Lee
1945
Movie
They Drive by Night
as Sue Carter (uncredited)
1940
Movie
Mighty Joe Young
as Alice (uncredited)
1949
Movie
Imitation of Life
as Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
1934
Movie
Kid Galahad
as Party Guest on Phone (uncredited)
1937
Movie
Jet Pilot
as Mary Lou Simpson
1957
Movie
If I Had a Million
as Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
1932
Movie
You and Me
as Curly Blonde
1938
Movie
Ziegfeld Girl
as Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited)
1941
Movie
City for Conquest
as Lilly
1940
Movie
Scared to Death
as Jane Cornell
1947
Movie
Blues in the Night
as Blonde
1941
Movie
Three Smart Girls
as Evans' Secretary
1936
Movie
Dark Alibi
as Emily Evans
1946
TV
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Girl at Drivers License Bureau
1952
Movie
Manpower
as Scarlett
1941
Movie
Danger Signal
as Kate
1945
Movie
Love Before Breakfast
as Mary Lee
1936
Movie
The Wild Party
as Eva 'Evie' Tutt
1929
Movie
Under Eighteen
as Sybil
1932