Joyce Compton
1907-01-27 ( 118 years old ) in Lexington, Kentucky, USA

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.

Movies

Girl in the Woods 1958-06-01
Jet Pilot 1957-10-11
The Persuader 1957-05-04
I Was a Burlesque Queen 1953-07-13
Mighty Joe Young 1949-07-27
Grand Canyon 1949-05-19
Incident 1948-10-30
Sorry, Wrong Number 1948-09-24
A Southern Yankee 1948-08-05
Linda, Be Good 1947-11-07
Exposed 1947-09-08
Scared to Death 1947-02-01
The Best Years of Our Lives 1946-12-25
Rendezvous with Annie 1946-07-22
Dark Alibi 1946-05-25
Behind the Mask 1946-05-25
Danger Signal 1945-11-21
Mildred Pierce 1945-10-20
Christmas in Connecticut 1945-07-27
Hitchhike to Happiness 1945-07-16
Pillow to Post 1945-06-09
Swing Out the Blues 1943-12-23
Silver Spurs 1943-08-12
Let's Face It 1943-08-04
Let's Face It 1943-08-04
Silver Skates 1943-02-26
Thunder Birds 1942-10-28
Too Many Women 1942-02-27
Bedtime Story 1941-12-25
Blues in the Night 1941-11-15
Moon Over Her Shoulder 1941-10-23
Scattergood Meets Broadway 1941-08-22
Manpower 1941-08-09
Ziegfeld Girl 1941-04-25
Let's Make Music 1941-01-17
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? 1940-11-01
The Villain Still Pursued Her 1940-10-11
Sky Murder 1940-09-27
City for Conquest 1940-09-21
They Drive by Night 1940-07-26
I Take This Oath 1940-05-20
Turnabout 1940-05-17
Honeymoon Deferred 1940-02-16
Escape to Paradise 1939-12-22
Balalaika 1939-12-15
Reno 1939-12-01
Hotel for Women 1939-08-03
Rose of Washington Square 1939-05-05
Hollywood Hobbies 1939-05-03
The Flying Irishman 1939-04-07
Going Places 1938-12-31
Trade Winds 1938-12-28
Artists and Models Abroad 1938-12-20
The Last Warning 1938-12-07
Spring Madness 1938-11-11
How to Watch Football 1938-10-07
You and Me 1938-06-01
Women Are Like That 1938-04-23
Love on a Budget 1938-03-04
The Awful Truth 1937-10-21
Small Town Boy 1937-09-24
Sea Racketeers 1937-08-20
The Toast of New York 1937-07-22
Born Reckless 1937-06-25
Rhythm in the Clouds 1937-06-21
Kid Galahad 1937-05-29
Pick a Star 1937-05-21
Wings Over Honolulu 1937-05-16
Top of the Town 1937-04-17
We Have Our Moments 1937-03-28
China Passage 1937-03-12
Three Smart Girls 1936-12-20
Country Gentlemen 1936-11-08
Under Your Spell 1936-11-06
Ellis Island 1936-11-04
Murder with Pictures 1936-09-24
Sitting on the Moon 1936-09-11
Star for a Night 1936-08-28
Trapped by Television 1936-06-15
The Harvester 1936-04-18
Love Before Breakfast 1936-03-09
Valley of the Lawless 1936-01-25
Public Ghost # 1 1935-12-14
Suicide Squad 1935-12-02
Life Hesitates at 40 1935-11-18
Manhattan Monkey Business 1935-11-09
College Scandal 1935-06-21
Let 'em Have It 1935-05-15
Go Into Your Dance 1935-04-20
Rustlers of Red Dog 1935-01-01
Caravan 1934-12-30
Imitation of Life 1934-11-23
The White Parade 1934-11-16
Everything's Ducky 1934-10-18
King Kelly of the U.S.A. 1934-09-15
Million Dollar Ransom 1934-09-01
Affairs of a Gentleman 1934-05-01
Only Yesterday 1933-11-01
Sing, Sinner, Sing 1933-08-16
Roadhouse Queen 1933-06-29
Dream Stuff 1933-05-11
The Plumber and the Lady 1933-03-31
Caliente Love 1933-03-09
Luxury Liner 1933-02-03
The Wrestler's Bride 1933-01-20
If I Had a Million 1932-11-18
Afraid to Talk 1932-11-17
Madison Square Garden 1932-11-04
False Faces 1932-10-12
A Parisian Romance 1932-10-01
Fighting for Justice 1932-08-28
Lady and Gent 1932-07-10
Beauty Parlor 1932-06-15
Unholy Love 1932-06-08
Westward Passage 1932-05-27
Lena Rivers 1932-03-27
Under Eighteen 1932-01-02
Good Sport 1931-12-12
The Spider 1931-09-23
Annabelle's Affairs 1931-06-14
Women of All Nations 1931-05-31
Up Pops the Devil 1931-05-19
Three Girls Lost 1931-04-19
Three Rogues 1931-03-08
Lightnin' 1930-11-28
Wild Company 1930-07-05
The Three Sisters 1930-04-20
High Society Blues 1930-03-23
Salute 1929-09-01
Dangerous Curves 1929-07-12
The Wild Party 1929-04-06
The Sky Hawk 1929-01-29
Thunder Riders 1928-04-07
Soft Living 1928-02-05
The Border Cavalier 1927-09-18
Ankles Preferred 1927-02-27
Syncopating Sue 1926-10-31
A Broadway Lady 1925-11-15
What Fools Men 1925-09-13

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