Personal Info
Birth date
1907-01-27 (118 Years)
Day of death
1997-10-13
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Also known as
Olivia Joyce Compton
Joyce Compton
Biography
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.
Filmography
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
6.2
Overview:
Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.Pete and Gladys
6.5
Overview:
Pete and Gladys is an American situation comedy television series starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams that aired on CBS on Mondays at 8:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time for two seasons, beginning on September 19, 1960. The last episode was broadcast on September 10, 1962.The Adventures of Jim Bowie
5
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The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.The Abbott and Costello Show
7.053
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Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations arise leading to slapstick and puns.Affairs of a Gentleman
3.333
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When a novelist is murdered, suspicion falls on all the women he had affairs with--and then wrote about in his books.The Awful Truth
7.2
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Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.The Best Years of Our Lives
7.787
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It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.Sitting on the Moon
4.333
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A successful songwriter and a struggling singer become involved professionally and romantically on the road to stardom.Scared to Death
4.2
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A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is under unwilling treatment. Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved. Arriving at the scene is a mysterious personage identified as the doctor's brother who formerly was a stage magician in Europe. He is accompanied by a threatening dwarf...Dark Alibi
6.1
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After three men are convicted of bank robberies, Charlie becomes suspicious. After some investigation Charlie finds the men are innocent and that the fingerprint evidence used to convict them had been forged. Charlie then proceeds to find the true bank robbers.Jet Pilot
5.4
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John Wayne stars as U.S. Air Force aviator Jim Shannon, who's tasked with escorting a Soviet pilot (Janet Leigh) claiming -- at the height of the Cold War -- that she wants to defect. After falling in love with and wedding the fetching flyer, Shannon learns from his superiors that she's a spy on a mission to extract military secrets. To save his new wife from prison and deportation, Shannon devises a risky plan in this 1957 drama.You and Me
6.6
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Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.Mighty Joe Young
6.4
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A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.Mildred Pierce
7.622
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A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.Pick a Star
4.8
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A Cinderella story of a young country girl who comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom with the help of a publicity man.Sorry, Wrong Number
6.757
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Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.Christmas in Connecticut
6.9
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While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.Afraid to Talk
6
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Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.Imitation of Life
7
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A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.Ziegfeld Girl
6.5
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Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.Manpower
6.7
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Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tensions start to show in the road crew as rivalry between Hank and Johnny increases.Rendezvous with Annie
6
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A homesick American soldier stationed in England during World War II makes an unauthorized trip to see his wife and returns to England with only two people knowing he was home for a few hours. When she learns that she is pregnant, she does not disclose that her husband had paid her a visit as to not get him into trouble. The townspeople are unanimous in their condemnation of her. But, after his discharge, he enlists the aid of a nightclub singer, the only other person who knew he came home.Kid Galahad
7
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Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.Silver Spurs
3.8
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Jerry Johnson inherits a 50,000 acre ranch. Lucky Miller wants to take over the ranch. Roy is trying to get a railroad spur right of way. Lucky has a woman come west to marry Jerry to get control of the ranch. After the wedding, Lucky has the owner killed. Roy’s gun is substituted for the murder weapon, so Roy is put in jail.They Drive by Night
6.9
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Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.Only Yesterday
6.8
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On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide. With the note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices a thick envelope addressed to him at the desk. As he begin to read, we're taken back to the days of WW1 and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.The Villain Still Pursued Her
5.182
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Victorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved." Dastardly villain Silas Cribbs schemes to get his lusty clutches on the virtuous heroine by driving her naïve husband to alcoholic ruin. Luckily, a temperance lecturer is on hand to set things straight, as is Buster Keaton as William Dalton, the drunkard's friend.Escape to Paradise
4.2
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An American tourist in South America finds love and unexpected trouble.Small Town Boy
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Henry Armstrong was past being a spring chicken, still believes in Santa Claus and the maxim that "honesty is the best policy", but lack of money keeps him from marrying Molly and buying a little home, and his is threatened with the loss of the petty job he has had for four years with old Curtis French, Molly's uncle, because he can not sell enough insurance policies. And, then, he finds a thousand dollar bill. His honesty makes him advertise the find, but no one claims the money. When he is convinced that the owner will not turn up and that the money is his to keep, he becomes a changed, more aggressive and self-confident person. He begins to make sales as fast as he can make the pitch and he insists that he and Molly be married at once. While getting dressed for the ceremony, he places the $1000 bill in one of his father's old suits, and Pa Armstrong, trying to raise money to buy his son a wedding present, sells the suit to a passing junk man.Acting
1960Pete and Gladys (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Girl in the Woods as Aunt Martha
1957Jet Pilot as Mary Lou Simpson
1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1 Episode) as Waitress
1957The Persuader as Julie
1956The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1953I Was a Burlesque Queen as Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte
1952The Abbott and Costello Show (1 Episode) as Girl at Drivers License Bureau
1949Mighty Joe Young as Alice (uncredited)
1949Grand Canyon as Mabel
1948Incident as Joan Manning
1948Sorry, Wrong Number as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited)
1948A Southern Yankee as Hortense Dobson
1947Linda, Be Good as Mrs. LaVitte
1947Exposed as Emmy
1947Scared to Death as Jane Cornell
1946The Best Years of Our Lives as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
1946Rendezvous with Annie as Louise Grapa (uncredited)
1946Dark Alibi as Emily Evans
1946Behind the Mask as Lulu
1945Danger Signal as Kate
1945Mildred Pierce as Waitress (uncredited)
1945Christmas in Connecticut as Nurse Mary Lee
1945Hitchhike to Happiness as Joan Randall
1945Pillow to Post as Gertrude Wilson (uncredited)
1943Swing Out the Blues as Kitty Grogan
1943Silver Spurs as Millie Love
1943Let's Face It as Wiggin's Girl (uncredited), Wiggin's Girl
1943Silver Skates as Lucille
1942Thunder Birds as Saleswoman
1942Too Many Women as Barbara Cartwright
1941Bedtime Story as Beulah
1941Blues in the Night as Blonde
1941Moon Over Her Shoulder as Cecilia
1941Scattergood Meets Broadway as Diana Deane
1941Manpower as Scarlett
1941Ziegfeld Girl as Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl (uncredited)
1941Let's Make Music as Betty
1940Who Killed Aunt Maggie? as Cynthia Lou
1940The Villain Still Pursued Her as Hazel Dalton
1940Sky Murder as Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister
1940City for Conquest as Lilly
1940They Drive by Night as Sue Carter (uncredited)
1940I Take This Oath as Betty Casey
1940Turnabout as Irene Clare
1940Honeymoon Deferred as Kitty Kerry
1939Escape to Paradise as Penelope Carter
1939Balalaika as Masha
1939Reno as Bonnie Newcomb
1939Hotel for Women as Emeline Thomas
1939Rose of Washington Square as Peggy
1939Hollywood Hobbies as Tourist
1939The Flying Irishman as Sally
1938Going Places as Joan
1938Trade Winds as Mrs. Johnson
1938Artists and Models Abroad as Chickie
1938The Last Warning as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
1938Spring Madness as Sally
1938How to Watch Football as Benchley's girlfriend
1938You and Me as Curly Blonde
1938Women Are Like That as Miss Hall
1938Love on a Budget as Millie Brown
1937The Awful Truth as Dixie Belle Lee
1937Small Town Boy as Molly Summers
1937Sea Racketeers as Blondie
1937The Toast of New York as Mary Lou (uncredited)
1937Born Reckless as Dora
1937Rhythm in the Clouds as Receptionist
1937Kid Galahad as (uncredited)
1937Pick a Star as Newlywed
1937Wings Over Honolulu as Caroline
1937Top of the Town as Beulah
1937We Have Our Moments as Carrie
1937China Passage as Elaine Gentry
1936Three Smart Girls as Evans' Secretary
1936Country Gentlemen as Gertie
1936Under Your Spell as Secretary (uncredited)
1936Ellis Island as Adele
1936Murder with Pictures as Hester Boone
1936Sitting on the Moon as Blossom
1936Star for a Night as Ellen Romaine
1936Trapped by Television as Mae Collins
1936The Harvester as Thelma Biddle
1936Love Before Breakfast as Mary Lee
1936Valley of the Lawless as Joan Jenkins
1935Public Ghost # 1 as Miss Compton
1935Suicide Squad as Mary O'Connor
1935Life Hesitates at 40 as Joyce
1935Manhattan Monkey Business as Joyce
1935College Scandal as Toby Carpenter
1935Let 'em Have It as Barbara
1935Go Into Your Dance as Café Showgirl
1935Rustlers of Red Dog as Mary Lee
1934Caravan as Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited)
1934Imitation of Life as Young Woman at Party (uncredited)
1934The White Parade as Una Mellon
1934Everything's Ducky as Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
1934King Kelly of the U.S.A. as Maxine LaTour
1934Million Dollar Ransom as Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited)
1934Affairs of a Gentleman as Foxey Dennison
1933Only Yesterday as Margot (Uncredited)
1933Sing, Sinner, Sing as Gwen
1933Roadhouse Queen as Dorothy
1933Dream Stuff as Betty
1933The Plumber and the Lady as Louise
1933Caliente Love as Betty
1933Luxury Liner as Girl Overboard (uncredited)
1933The Wrestler's Bride as Mrs. Scissors Jackson
1932If I Had a Million as Marie - Waitress (uncredited)
1932Afraid to Talk as Alice - Party Girl
1932Madison Square Garden as Joyce
1932False Faces as Dottie Nation
1932A Parisian Romance as Marcelle
1932Fighting for Justice as Amy Tracy
1932Lady and Gent as Betty
1932Beauty Parlor as Joan Perry
1932Unholy Love as Sheilla Bailey Gregory
1932Westward Passage as Lillie, the Model (uncredited)
1932Lena Rivers as Caroline Nichols
1932Under Eighteen as Sybil
1931Good Sport as Fay
1931The Spider as Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited)
1931Annabelle's Affairs as Mabel
1931Women of All Nations as Kiki
1931Up Pops the Devil as Luella May Carroll
1931Three Girls Lost as Edna Best
1931Three Rogues as Ace's girl
1930Lightnin' as Betty - Larry's Wife
1930Wild Company as Anita Grayson
1930The Three Sisters as Carlotta
1930High Society Blues as Pearl Granger
1929Salute as Marian Wilson
1929Dangerous Curves as Jennie Silver
1929The Wild Party as Eva 'Evie' Tutt
1929The Sky Hawk as Peggy
1928Thunder Riders as Madge Lawton
1928Soft Living as Billie Wilson
1927The Border Cavalier as Madge Lawton
1927Ankles Preferred as Virginia
1926Syncopating Sue as Marge Adams
1925A Broadway Lady as Phyllis Westbrook
1925What Fools Men as Dorothy