Joyce Compton
Not to be confused with British actress Betty Compton.
| Joyce Compton | |
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| Born |
Olivia Joyce Compton January 27, 1907 Lexington, Kentucky, US |
| Died |
October 13, 1997 (aged 90) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Years active | 1925–1961 |
| Spouse(s) | William Francis Kaliher (1955-1956) (divorced) |
Joyce Compton (January 27, 1907 – October 13, 1997) was an American actress.
Biography
She was born Olivia Joyce Compton in Lexington, Kentucky.[1] (Despite frequent erroneous statements 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".[2]
Among her over two hundred films[3] were Imitation of Life, Magnificent Obsession, The Awful Truth, Mildred Pierce, and The Best Years of Our Lives.[4]
A devout Christian, on her gravestone, just beneath her dates of birth and death, is written "Christian Actress".[5] She died from natural causes, aged 90, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.
Partial filmography
- Broadway Lady (1926)
- Dangerous Curves (1929)
- The Wild Party (1929)
- The Sky Hawk (1929)
- The Three Sisters (1930)
- Up Pops the Devil (1931)
- Annabelle's Affairs (1931)
- Under 18 (1932)
- Unholy Love (1932)
- Fighting for Justice (1932)
- Sing, Sinner, Sing (1933)
- Imitation of Life (1934)
- The White Parade (1934)
- King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934)
- Let 'Em Have It (1935)
- Magnificent Obsession (1935) (unbilled)
- Trapped by Television (1936)
- Country Gentlemen (1936)
- Murder with Pictures (1936)
- Sitting on the Moon (1936)
- The Awful Truth (1937)
- China Passage (1937)
- Sea Racketeers (1937)
- Small Town Boy (1937)
- Wings Over Honolulu (1937)
- Going Places (1938)
- Rose of Washington Square (1939)
- Reno (1939)
- Escape to Paradise (1939)
- Hotel for Women (1939)
- I Take This Oath (1940)
- Turnabout (1940)
- They Drive by Night (1940) (uncredited)
- Let's Make Music (1941)
- Bedtime Story (1941)
- Thunder Birds (1942)
- Hitchhike to Happiness (1945)
- Mildred Pierce (1945)
- Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- Dark Alibi (1946)
- Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
- A Southern Yankee (1948)
References
- ↑ Compton, Joyce and Ankerich, Michael (2009). "The Real Joyce Compton: Behind the dumb blonde movie image". BearManor Media, p.286-7. Archived July 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Compton & Ankerich, (2009), p.12.
- ↑ Lamparski, Richard (1982). Whatever became of-- ?: eighth series. Crown Publishers.
- ↑ Compton & Ankerich, 2009.
- ↑ Find a Grave
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