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Beaver, Utah, USA
Betty Compson (March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer. Most famous in silent films and early talkies, she is best known in her performances in The Docks of New York and The Barker, the latter earning a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Known for
- Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films — Herself (archive footage)2011
- Halloween Monster Bash — Mrs. Kessler (archive footage)1991
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)1975
- Here Comes Trouble — Martha Blake1948
- Second Chance — Mrs. Davenport1947
- Hard Boiled Mahoney — Selena Webster1947
- Her Adventurous Night — Miss Spencer1946
- Danger! Women at Work — Madame Sappho1943
- Confessions of a Vice Baron — Mrs. Lucy Morgan (edited from Mad Youth) (archive footage) (uncredited)1943
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith — Gertie1941
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Betty
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Beaver
- Place of death
- Glendale
- Spouse
- James Cruze
- Occupation
- Ziegfeld girl
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- violin
- Image
- Miami (1924) - 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Betty Compson
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1897-03-19
- date of death
- 1974-04-18
- place of burial
- San Fernando Mission Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- start of work period
- 1915-00-00
- different from
- Betty Compton
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