Acting
Fay Compton
- Titles
- 40movies11TV shows
- Career
Active from 1921 to 1970, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 24top three billing
- Average score
63/100
- Highest rated
Odd Man Out85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.1average 2.6
- Melancholy6.3average 4.7
- Class & Capitalism4.7average 3.3
- Nostalgia4.9average 3.7
- Psychological6.7average 5.6
- Pathos6.3average 5.2
- Social Commentary6.0average 4.9
- Crime4.5average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.2, average 5.4
- Adrenaline3.1, average 4.9
- Pop Culture0.6, average 2.2
- Physical Comedy0.8, average 2.4
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Setting 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Historical Drama 2
- Character-Driven 2
- Tragedy 2
- Psychological Thriller 2
- Classic Cinema 2
- Character Study 2
- Melancholy 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Denison CliftDirectorThe Old Wives' Tale, The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots, Diana of the Crossways, A Bill of Divorcement, A Woman of No Importance- GGeorge A. CooperDirectorSettled Out of Court, The Happy Ending, The Eleventh Commandment, Claude Duval
Henry VictorActorThe Old Wives' Tale, Diana of the Crossways, A Bill of Divorcement
A.E. MatthewsActorLaughter in Paradise, Aunt Clara, The Forbidden Street
A.B. ImesonActorLondon Love, The House of Peril, Claude Duval
James MasonActorOdd Man Out, Lady Possessed, The Mill on the Floss
Alastair SimActorCold Comfort Farm, Laughter in Paradise, London Belongs to Me- BBasil EmmottCinematographerTown on Trial, The Prime Minister, The Eleventh Commandment
Francis ListerActorUneasy Virtue, The Old Wives' Tale
Donald CalthropActorUneasy Virtue, Cape Forlorn
William HartnellActorOdd Man Out, Doublecross
Dirk BogardeActorBlackmailed, Esther Waters
Movies and TV shows
511970s
2 titles · average score 52
as Grandma
as Mrs. Bennett
1960s
10 titles · average score 75
TV show · as Mrs. Brown
TV show · as Aunt Ada Doom (Starkadder)
TV show · as Queen Victoria
TV show · as 'Aunt Ann' Forsyte
TV show · as Sister Juliana
TV show · as Hester Warren
TV show · as Miss Babbage
as Mrs. Sanderson
as Marya, the mother
TV show
1950s
12 titles · average score 66
TV show
as Mother Superior
as Mrs. Crowley
TV show
as Alice Pascoe
TV show · as Victoria / Angelica
as Gladys Smith
as Mrs. Pinkerton
as Mme. Brune
as Agnes Russell
as Mrs. Christopher
as Emilia
1940s
6 titles · average score 65
as Mrs. Culver
as Mrs. Josser
as Mrs. Barfield
as Rosie
as Mme. Mantalini
as Queen Victoria
1930s
7 titles · average score 41
as Lady Worthing
as Mrs. Tulliver
as Jenny Grey
as Countess Helga von Stahl
as Mrs. Doe
as Eileen Kell
as Dorothy Rendell
1920s
14 titles
as Marie de Remy
as Sophie
as Sally Hope
as Rosalind Nightingale
as Mildred Craddock
as Duchess Frances
as Mary Stuart
as Diana
as Sylvia Bailey
as Margaret Fairfield
as Rachel Arbuthnot
as Sophie Barnes