Acting
Betty Compson
- Titles
- 126movies
- Career
Active from 1916 to 1948, with up to 8 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 85top three billing
- Average score
60/100
- Highest rated
The Docks of New York87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 14 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.8average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.9average 3.7
- Crime5.2average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.5average 3.3
- Romance4.9average 3.8
- Melancholy5.2average 4.7
- Mystery4.5average 4.1
- Pathos5.7average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.7, average 5.4
- Tech & Humanity0.3, average 1.6
- Wonder2.1, average 3.4
- Fantasy0.6, average 1.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Historical Setting 5
- Nostalgic 4
- Romance 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Political Intrigue 3
- Action 3
- Forbidden Love 3
- Classic Hollywood 3
- Social Commentary 3
- Class Conflict 3
- Period Piece 3
- Early Cinema 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
James CruzeDirectorBeggar on Horseback, The Great Gabbo, The Garden of Weeds, The Pony Express, The Enemy Sex
Theodore KosloffActorBeggar on Horseback, To Have and to Hold, New Lives for Old, The Green Temptation
Edgar NortonActorThe Lady Refuses, The Fast Set, The Female, August Week End
Ivan LebedeffActorMidnight Mystery, The Gay Diplomat, Street Girl, The Lady Refuses- KKarl BrownCinematographerBeggar on Horseback, Port of Missing Girls, The Pony Express, The Enemy Sex
- PPenrhyn StanlawsDirectorLaw and the Woman, At the End of the World, The Little Minister, Over the Border
- JJames Van TreesCinematographerThe White Flower, The Bonded Woman, The Rustle of Silk, The Green Temptation
Charles LamontDirectorBulldog Edition, False Pretenses, No Sleep on the Deep, August Week End- WWalter WoodsWriterBeggar on Horseback, The Garden of Weeds, The Pony Express, The Enemy Sex
Gladden JamesActorTemptations of a Shop Girl, The Woman with Four Faces, Weary River
Tully MarshallActorVirtuous Husband, Skin Deep, The Stranger
Casson FergusonActorLaw and the Woman, At the End of the World, Over the Border
Movies and TV shows
1231990s
1 title
as Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)
1940s
14 titles · average score 52
as Martha Blake
as Selena Webster
as Mrs. Davenport
as Madame Sappho
as Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Ruth Ashley
as Mrs. Kessler
as Gertie
as Mrs. Thelma Tate
as Lucy Morgan
as Suzanne (uncredited)
as Cafe Hostess
1930s
42 titles · average score 58
as Roxey Moore
as Mollie Cole
as Clarissa Stanhope
as Millie Sprague
as Kate Flynn
as Helga Larson Hanson
as Baroness Corri
as Inez Wakefield
as June
as Sally Wayne
as Jane Gershon
1920s
57 titles · average score 67
as Nita
as Mary
as Frederika Joyzelle
as Alice Gray
as Sadie Rogers
as Deloryce / Lola
as Carrie
as Marie Duval / The Young Adele
as Molly
as Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent
as Louise Boucher / Deloryse
1910s
9 titles · average score 78
as Rose
as Thelma Grant
as Rose
as Jane Ravenslee
as School Teacher
as Rose Hardy
as Wifey
as Mrs. Newlywed
as Wifie Parker