Jump to content

Joyce Compton

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Rms125a@hotmail.com (talk | contribs) at 17:29, 3 December 2016 (trimmed select filmography further). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Not to be confused with British actress Betty Compton.

Joyce Compton
File:Joyce Compton.jpg
Born
Olivia Joyce Compton

(1907-01-27)January 27, 1907
Lexington, Kentucky, US
DiedOctober 13, 1997(1997-10-13) (aged 90)
Los Angeles, California, US
Years active1925–1961
SpouseWilliam Francis Kaliher (1955-1956) (divorced)

Joyce Compton (January 27, 1907 – October 13, 1997) was an American actress.

Biography

She was born Olivia Joyce Compton in Lexington, Kentucky.[1] (Despite frequent erroneous statements 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.[citation needed]) 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".[2]

Compton and Robert Benchley in Bedtime Story

Among her over two hundred films[3] were Imitation of Life, Magnificent Obsession, The Awful Truth, Mildred Pierce, and The Best Years of Our Lives.[4]

A devout Christian, on her gravestone, just beneath her dates of birth and death, is written "Christian Actress".[5] She died from natural causes, aged 90, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ Compton, Joyce and Ankerich, Michael (2009). "The Real Joyce Compton: Behind the dumb blonde movie image". BearManor Media, p.286-7. Archived July 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Compton & Ankerich, (2009), p.12.
  3. ^ Lamparski, Richard (1982). Whatever became of-- ?: eighth series. Crown Publishers.
  4. ^ Compton & Ankerich, 2009.
  5. ^ Find a Grave
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joyce Compton.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joyce_Compton&oldid=752839430"