Acting credits
132
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.

Acting
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Acting credits
132
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
TMDB popularity
0.9
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TMDB ID: 89725
IMDb ID: nm0174049
Known for: Acting
Born: January 27, 1907
Died: October 13, 1997
Age: 90
Place of birth: Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1925 - 1960
Years active: 36
Average TMDB rating: 6.59
Wikidata: Q218638
Also known as
Olivia Joyce Compton
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.




Movie credits linked with Joyce Compton.
as Aunt Martha
as Mary Lou Simpson
as Julie
as Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
as Alice (uncredited)
as Mabel
as Joan Manning
as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
as Hortense Dobson
as Mrs. LaVitte
as Emmy
as Jane Cornell
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
as Louise Grapa (uncredited)
as Emily Evans
as Lulu
as Kate
as Waitress (uncredited)
as Nurse Mary Lee
as Joan Randall
as Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
as Kitty Grogan
as Millie Love
as Wiggin's Girl (uncredited)
Series credits linked with Joyce Compton.