Filmography
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Known For
Street Girl Frederika Joyzelle (1929) -
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Gertie (1941) -
The Palace of Pleasure Lola Montez (1926) -
Known For
Guilty or Not Guilty Maizie (1932) -
Actress
Here Comes Trouble Martha Blake (1948) -
Second Chance Mrs. Davenport (1947) -
Hard Boiled Mahoney Selena Webster (1947) -
Her Adventurous Night Miss Spencer (1946) -
Claudia and David (1946) -
Danger! Women at Work Madame Sappho (1943) -
Zis Boom Bah Mame (1941) -
Escort Girl Ruth Ashley (1941) -
Invisible Ghost Mrs. Kessler (1941) -
Roar of the Press Mrs. Thelma Tate (1941) -
![Mr. & Mrs. Smith]( "Mr. & Mrs. Smith")
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Gertie (1941) -
![The Watchman Takes a Wife]( "The Watchman Takes a Wife")
The Watchman Takes a Wife Molly Clyde (1941) -
![Laughing at Danger]( "Laughing at Danger")
Laughing at Danger Mrs. Van Horn (1940) -
![Strange Cargo]( "Strange Cargo")
Strange Cargo Suzanne (1940) -
![Cafe Hostess]( "Cafe Hostess")
Cafe Hostess Cafe Hostess (1940) -
![Cowboys from Texas]( "Cowboys from Texas")
Cowboys from Texas Belle Starkey (1939) -
![Mad Youth]( "Mad Youth")
Mad Youth Lucy Morgan (1939) -
![News Is Made at Night]( "News Is Made at Night")
News Is Made at Night Kitty Truman (1939) -
![Hotel Imperial]( "Hotel Imperial")
Hotel Imperial Soubrette (1939) -
![Under the Big Top]( "Under the Big Top")
Under the Big Top Marie (1938) -
![Religious Racketeers]( "Religious Racketeers")
Religious Racketeers Ada Bernard (1938) -
![Two Gun Justice]( "Two Gun Justice")
Two Gun Justice Kate (1938) -
![The Beloved Brat]( "The Beloved Brat")
The Beloved Brat Eleanor Sparks (1938) -
![Torchy Blane in Panama]( "Torchy Blane in Panama")
Torchy Blane in Panama Kitty (1938) -
![A Slight Case of Murder]( "A Slight Case of Murder")
A Slight Case of Murder Loretta (1938) -
![Port of Missing Girls]( "Port of Missing Girls")
Port of Missing Girls Chicago (1938) -
![Blondes at Work]( "Blondes at Work")
Blondes at Work Blanche Revelle (1938) -
![Federal Bullets]( "Federal Bullets")
Federal Bullets Sue - Gang Moll (1937) -
![God's Country and the Man]( "God's Country and the Man")
God's Country and the Man Roxey Moore (1937) -
![Circus Girl]( "Circus Girl")
Circus Girl Carlotta (1937) -
![Two Minutes to Play]( "Two Minutes to Play")
Two Minutes to Play 'Fluff' Harding (1936) -
![Killer at Large]( "Killer at Large")
Killer at Large Kate (1936) -
![Bulldog Edition]( "Bulldog Edition")
Bulldog Edition Billie Blake aka Aggie (1936) -
![Hollywood Boulevard]( "Hollywood Boulevard")
Hollywood Boulevard Betty Compson (1936) -
![The Drag-Net]( "The Drag-Net")
The Drag-Net Mollie Cole (1936) -
![The Millionaire Kid]( "The Millionaire Kid")
The Millionaire Kid Gloria Neville (1936) -
![Laughing Irish Eyes]( "Laughing Irish Eyes")
Laughing Irish Eyes Molly (1936) -
![August Weekend]( "August Weekend")
August Weekend Ethel Ames (1936) -
![False Pretenses]( "False Pretenses")
False Pretenses Clarissa Stanhope (1935) -
Manhattan Butterfly (1935)
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No Sleep on the Deep Mrs. Eldridge (1934)
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![Notorious But Nice]( "Notorious But Nice")
Notorious But Nice Millie Sprague (1933) -
![Destination Unknown]( "Destination Unknown")
Destination Unknown Ruby Smith (1933) -
![West of Singapore]( "West of Singapore")
West of Singapore Lou (1933) -
![Guilty or Not Guilty]( "Guilty or Not Guilty")
Guilty or Not Guilty Maizie (1932) -
![The Silver Lining]( "The Silver Lining")
The Silver Lining Kate Flynn (1932) -
Hollywood Halfbacks (1931)
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![The Gay Diplomat]( "The Gay Diplomat")
The Gay Diplomat Baroness Alma Corri (1931) -
![Three Who Loved]( "Three Who Loved")
Three Who Loved Helga Larson Hanson (1931) -
![Virtuous Husband]( "Virtuous Husband")
Virtuous Husband Inez Wakefield (1931) -
![The Lady Refuses]( "The Lady Refuses")
The Lady Refuses June (1931) -
![The Boudoir Diplomat]( "The Boudoir Diplomat")
The Boudoir Diplomat Helene (1930) -
![She Got What She Wanted]( "She Got What She Wanted")
She Got What She Wanted Mahyna (1930) -
![The Spoilers]( "The Spoilers")
The Spoilers Cherry Malotte (1930) -
![Inside the Lines]( "Inside the Lines")
Inside the Lines Jane Gershon (1930) -
![Midnight Mystery]( "Midnight Mystery")
Midnight Mystery Sally Wayne (1930) -
![Czar of Broadway]( "Czar of Broadway")
Czar of Broadway Connie Colton (1930) -
![Those Who Dance]( "Those Who Dance")
Those Who Dance Kitty, Joe's girl (1930) -
![Isle of Escape]( "Isle of Escape")
Isle of Escape Stella (1930) -
![The Case of Sergeant Grischa]( "The Case of Sergeant Grischa")
The Case of Sergeant Grischa Babka (1930) -
![Blaze o' Glory]( "Blaze o' Glory")
Blaze o' Glory Helen Williams (1929) -
![Show of Shows]( "Show of Shows")
Show of Shows Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers (1929) -
![Woman to Woman]( "Woman to Woman")
Woman to Woman Deloryce / Lola (1929) -
![The Great Gabbo]( "The Great Gabbo")
The Great Gabbo Mary (1929) -
![Skin Deep]( "Skin Deep")
Skin Deep Sadie Rogers (1929) -
![Street Girl]( "Street Girl")
Street Girl Frederika Joyzelle (1929) -
![The Time, the Place and the Girl]( "The Time, the Place and the Girl")
The Time, the Place and the Girl Doris Ward (1929) -
![On with the Show!]( "On with the Show!")
On with the Show! Nita French (1929) -
![Weary River]( "Weary River")
Weary River Alice (1929) -
![Scarlet Seas]( "Scarlet Seas")
Scarlet Seas Rose (1928) -
![The Barker]( "The Barker")
The Barker Carrie (1928) -
![The Docks of New York]( "The Docks of New York")
The Docks of New York Mae Roberts (1928) -
![Court-Martial]( "Court-Martial")
Court-Martial Belle Starr (1928) -
![Life's Mockery]( "Life's Mockery")
Life's Mockery Kit Miller / Isabelle Fullerton (1928) -
![The Masked Angel]( "The Masked Angel")
The Masked Angel Betty (1928) -
![The Desert Bride]( "The Desert Bride")
The Desert Bride Diane Duval (1928) -
![The Big City]( "The Big City")
The Big City Helen (1928) -
![Cheating Cheaters]( "Cheating Cheaters")
Cheating Cheaters Nan Carey (1927) -
![Temptations of a Shop Girl]( "Temptations of a Shop Girl")
Temptations of a Shop Girl Ruth Harrington (1927) -
![Love Me and the World Is Mine]( "Love Me and the World Is Mine")
Love Me and the World Is Mine Mitzel (1927) -
Say It with Diamonds Betty Howard (1927)
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The Ladybird Diane Wyman (1927)
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![The Belle of Broadway]( "The Belle of Broadway")
The Belle of Broadway Marie Duval / The Young Adele (dual role) (1926) -
![The Wise Guy]( "The Wise Guy")
The Wise Guy Hula Kate (1926) -
![The Palace of Pleasure]( "The Palace of Pleasure")
The Palace of Pleasure Lola Montez (1926) -
Counsel for the Defense Katherine West (1925)
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![Dangerous Virtue]( "Dangerous Virtue")
Dangerous Virtue (1925) -
![The Pony Express]( "The Pony Express")
The Pony Express Molly Jones (1925) -
![Paths to Paradise]( "Paths to Paradise")
Paths to Paradise Molly (1925) -
![Beggar on Horseback]( "Beggar on Horseback")
Beggar on Horseback Princess in Pantomime (1925) -
![New Lives for Old]( "New Lives for Old")
New Lives for Old Olympe (1925) -
![Eve's Secret]( "Eve's Secret")
Eve's Secret Eve (1925) -
![Locked Doors]( "Locked Doors")
Locked Doors Mrs. Norman 'Mary Reid' Carter (1925) -
![The Garden of Weeds]( "The Garden of Weeds")
The Garden of Weeds Dorothy Delbridge (1924) -
![The Fast Set]( "The Fast Set")
The Fast Set Margaret Stone (1924) -
![Ramshackle House]( "Ramshackle House")
Ramshackle House Pen Broome (1924) -
![The Female]( "The Female")
The Female Dalla (1924) -
![The Enemy Sex]( "The Enemy Sex")
The Enemy Sex Dodo Baxter (1924) -
![White Shadows]( "White Shadows")
White Shadows Nancy Brent / Georgina Brent (1924) -
![Miami]( "Miami")
Miami Joan Bruce (1924) -
![The Stranger]( "The Stranger")
The Stranger Peggy Bowlin (1924) -
![Woman to Woman]( "Woman to Woman")
Woman to Woman Louise Boucher / Deloryse (1923) -
![The Royal Oak]( "The Royal Oak")
The Royal Oak Lady Mildred Cholmondeley (1923) -
![Hollywood]( "Hollywood")
Hollywood Betty Compson (1923) -
![The Woman with Four Faces]( "The Woman with Four Faces")
The Woman with Four Faces Elizabeth West (1923) -
![The Rustle of Silk]( "The Rustle of Silk")
The Rustle of Silk Lala De Breeze (1923) -
![The White Flower]( "The White Flower")
The White Flower Konia Markham (1923) -
![Kick In]( "Kick In")
Kick In Molly Brandon (1922) -
![To Have and to Hold]( "To Have and to Hold")
To Have and to Hold Lady Jocelyn Leigh (1922) -
![The Bonded Woman]( "The Bonded Woman")
The Bonded Woman Angela Gaskell (1922) -
![Always the Woman]( "Always the Woman")
Always the Woman Celia Thaxter (1922) -
![Over the Border]( "Over the Border")
Over the Border Jen Galbraith (1922) -
![The Green Temptation]( "The Green Temptation")
The Green Temptation Genelle / Coralyn (1922) -
![The Law and the Woman]( "The Law and the Woman")
The Law and the Woman Margaret Rolfe (1922) -
![The Little Minister]( "The Little Minister")
The Little Minister Lady Babbie (1921) -
![Ladies Must Live]( "Ladies Must Live")
Ladies Must Live Christine Bleeker (1921) -
![At the End of the World]( "At the End of the World")
At the End of the World Cherry O'Day (1921) -
![For Those We Love]( "For Those We Love")
For Those We Love Bernice Arnold (1921) -
![Prisoners of Love]( "Prisoners of Love")
Prisoners of Love Blanche Davis (1921) -
![The Miracle Man]( "The Miracle Man")
The Miracle Man Rose (1919) -
![The Devil's Trail]( "The Devil's Trail")
The Devil's Trail Rose (1919) -
![The Little Diplomat]( "The Little Diplomat")
The Little Diplomat Phyllis Dare (1919) -
![The Light of Victory]( "The Light of Victory")
The Light of Victory Jane Ravenslee (1919) -
![The Prodigal Liar]( "The Prodigal Liar")
The Prodigal Liar Hope Deering (1919) -
![The Terror of the Range]( "The Terror of the Range")
The Terror of the Range Thelma Grant (1919) -
![The Sheriff]( "The Sheriff")
The Sheriff School Teacher (1918) -
![Border Raiders]( "Border Raiders")
Border Raiders Rose Hardy (1918) -
All Dressed Up (1918)
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Never Surprise Your Wife (1918)
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Betty's Adventure Betty (1918)
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![Somebody's Baby]( "Somebody's Baby")
Somebody's Baby (1918) -
![Here Comes the Groom]( "Here Comes the Groom")
Here Comes the Groom (1918) -
Circumstantial Evidence (1918)
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![Whose Wife?]( "Whose Wife?")
Whose Wife? (1918) -
Many a Slip (1918)
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Cupid's Camouflage Betty (1917)
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Help! Help! Police! (1917)
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![Their Seaside Tangle]( "Their Seaside Tangle")
Their Seaside Tangle Mrs. Newlywed (1917) -
Betty Wakes Up Sally (1917)
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Nearly a Papa Mrs. Gordon (1917)
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![Almost Divorced]( "Almost Divorced")
Almost Divorced (1917) -
![Love and Locksmiths]( "Love and Locksmiths")
Love and Locksmiths (1917) -
Almost a Bigamist (1917)
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![Betty's Big Idea]( "Betty's Big Idea")
Betty's Big Idea (1917) -
![Crazy by Proxy]( "Crazy by Proxy")
Crazy by Proxy (1917) -
A Smoky Love Affair The Girl (1917)
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![Won in a Cabaret]( "Won in a Cabaret")
Won in a Cabaret The Girl (1917) -
![Down by the Sea]( "Down by the Sea")
Down by the Sea The Girl (1917) -
![Five Little Widows]( "Five Little Widows")
Five Little Widows Betty Morgan (1917) -
![A Bold, Bad Knight]( "A Bold, Bad Knight")
A Bold, Bad Knight (1917) -
![Almost a Scandal]( "Almost a Scandal")
Almost a Scandal (1917) -
![Those Wedding Bells]( "Those Wedding Bells")
Those Wedding Bells (1917) -
His Last Pill (1917)
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Father's Bright Idea (1917)
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![Suspended Sentence]( "Suspended Sentence")
Suspended Sentence (1917) -
![Sauce for the Goose]( "Sauce for the Goose")
Sauce for the Goose (1917) -
As Luck Would Have It (1917)
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![Out for the Coin]( "Out for the Coin")
Out for the Coin (1917) -
![Hubby's Night Out]( "Hubby's Night Out")
Hubby's Night Out Wifey (1917) -
![Small Change]( "Small Change")
Small Change The Girl (1917) -
Her Friend, the Chauffeur The Girl (1917)
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![Her Crooked Career]( "Her Crooked Career")
Her Crooked Career The Girl (1917) -
Lovers and Lunatics Betty Grey (1916)
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Cupid's Uppercut Betty (1916)
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![Hist! At Six O'Clock]( "Hist! At Six O'Clock")
Hist! At Six O'Clock Tillie de Vamp (1916) -
![Sea Nymphs]( "Sea Nymphs")
Sea Nymphs Betty - the Wife (1916) -
Some Kid (1916)
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Her Sun-Kissed Hero The Peach (1916)
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![A Brass-Buttoned Romance]( "A Brass-Buttoned Romance")
A Brass-Buttoned Romance (1916) -
Nearly a Hero Betty - the Sheriff's Daughter (1916)
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Dad's Masterpiece Betty Morton (1916)
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When Clubs Were Trumps Wifie Parker (1916)
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![He Loved the Ladies]( "He Loved the Ladies")
He Loved the Ladies Mrs. Gordon (1916) -
That Doggone Baby Wifie Parker (1916)
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He Wouldn't Tip The Pippin (1916)
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The Making Over of Mother Mrs. Newlywed (1916)
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Those Primitive Days Heela Hoola (1916)
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Inoculating Hubby Wifie (1916)
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His Baby Betty - the Peach (1916)
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The Browns See the Fair The Train Passenger (1916)
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Almost a Widow Mrs. Gordon (1916)
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Wanted: A Husband The Wife (1916)
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All Over a Stocking The Stenographer (1916)
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Her Celluloid Hero Betty - the Actor's Sweetheart (1916)
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The Wooing of Aunt Jemima Betty (1916)
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He's a Devil Betty - Eddie's Sweetheart (1916)
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Potts Bungles Again Betty (1916)
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Lem's College Career Mary (1916)
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The Newlyweds' Mix-Up Mrs. Newlywed (1916)
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Eddie's Night Out Betty Newlywed (1916)
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A Leap Year Tangle Betty - One of the Girls - Eddie's Sweetheart (1916)
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He Almost Eloped Betty - Billie's Roommate (1916)
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The Janitor's Busy Day Betty Hammond (1916)
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![A Friend, But a Star Boarder]( "A Friend, But a Star Boarder")
A Friend, But a Star Boarder (1916) -
Love and Vaccination The Doctor's Sister (1916)
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The Deacon's Waterloo Betty - the Girl (1916)
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When Lizzie Disappeared (1916)
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Cupid Trims His Lordship Betty - the Daughter (1916)
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Her Friend, the Doctor Mary West (1916)
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When the Losers Won Mrs. Newlywed (1916)
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A Quiet Supper for Four Mrs. Newlywed (1916)
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Her Steady Carfare Betty (1916)
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Mingling Spirits Mrs. Newlywed (1916)
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Jed's Trip to the Fair Lizzie (1916)
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Some Chaperone Betty - the 1st Daughter (1915)
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Love and a Savage Betty (1915)
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Where the Heather Blooms Lady Mary (1915)
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Their Quiet Honeymoon Betty - 1st Newlywed (1915)
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ActressWanted: A Leading Lady The Leading Lady (1915)
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Soundtrack
![The Great Gabbo]( "The Great Gabbo")
The Great Gabbo (1929) -
![Street Girl]( "Street Girl")
Street Girl (1929) -
Soundtrack
![On with the Show!]( "On with the Show!")
On with the Show! (1929) -
Archive footage
![True Fear: The Making of Psycho]( "True Fear: The Making of Psycho")
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![Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films]( "Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films")
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![Spisok korabley]( "Spisok korabley")
Spisok korabley (2008) -
![Hollywood Mavericks]( "Hollywood Mavericks")
Hollywood Mavericks (1990) -
![Hooray for Hollywood]( "Hooray for Hollywood")
Hooray for Hollywood (1982) -
![Brother Can You Spare a Dime]( "Brother Can You Spare a Dime")
Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975) -
![Confessions of a Vice Baron]( "Confessions of a Vice Baron")
Confessions of a Vice Baron (1943) -
Archive footageMovie Memories #2 (1934)
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![The House That Shadows Built]( "The House That Shadows Built")
The House That Shadows Built (1931)
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Awards
Nominated for 1 Oscar.
Did You Know
Trivia
Compson had a reputation for frugality and being a very mercenary negotiator with the studios.
Quotes
They say I love money. I do, though it was pretty cold comfort, a pretty poor substitute, for all I'd lost. But, believe me, I wasn't going to pass up that much money for any false pride. Or any hurt I got down there on Poverty Row. I think if I ...
Nickname
The Hetty Green of Hollywood
Personal Details
Born
Eleanor Luicime Compson
Beaver, Utah, USA
Died
(age 77)
Glendale, California, USA
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