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.
138 movies · 4 shows
Girl in the Woods
1958·10.0
Jet Pilot
1957·5.5
The Persuader
1957·7.5
I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953·3.0
Mighty Joe Young
1949·6.4
Grand Canyon
1949·10.0
Incident
1948·5.4
Sorry, Wrong Number
1948·6.8
A Southern Yankee
1948·5.5
Linda, Be Good
1947·6.7
Exposed
1947·6.2
Scared to Death
1947·4.3
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946·7.7
Rendezvous with Annie
1946·7.0
Dark Alibi
1946·6.3
Behind the Mask
1946·5.5
Danger Signal
1945·6.0
Mildred Pierce
1945·7.6
Christmas in Connecticut
1945·7.0
Hitchhike to Happiness
1945·7.0
Pillow to Post
1945·5.5
Swing Out the Blues
1943·4.8
Silver Spurs
1943·4.8
Let's Face It
1943·5.4
Silver Skates
1943·6.3
Thunder Birds
1942·6.0
Too Many Women
1942·5.8
Bedtime Story
1941·5.8
Blues in the Night
1941·6.2
Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941·7.0
Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941·7.5
Manpower
1941·6.5
Ziegfeld Girl
1941·6.7
Let's Make Music
1941·6.0
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940·5.5
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940·5.2
Sky Murder
1940·6.8
City for Conquest
1940·6.9
They Drive by Night
1940·6.9
I Take This Oath
1940·5.8
Turnabout
1940·6.0
Honeymoon Deferred
1940·8.0
Escape to Paradise
1939·5.4
Balalaika
1939·5.3
Reno
1939·6.7
Hotel for Women
1939·7.5
Rose of Washington Square
1939·6.7
Hollywood Hobbies
1939·5.6
The Flying Irishman
1939·5.0
Going Places
1938·6.6
Trade Winds
1938·6.4
Artists and Models Abroad
1938·4.8
The Last Warning
1938·8.5
Spring Madness
1938·4.9
How to Watch Football
1938·5.7
You and Me
1938·6.6
Women Are Like That
1938·6.8
Love on a Budget
1938·8.0
The Awful Truth
1937·7.2
Small Town Boy
1937·7.0
Sea Racketeers
1937·4.7
The Toast of New York
1937·6.2
Born Reckless
1937·5.4
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937·7.5
Kid Galahad
1937·7.1
Pick a Star
1937·4.8
Wings Over Honolulu
1937·6.4
Top of the Town
1937·6.0
We Have Our Moments
1937·7.2
China Passage
1937·6.3
Three Smart Girls
1936·6.5
Country Gentlemen
1936·5.5
Under Your Spell
1936·7.3
Ellis Island
1936·6.3
Murder with Pictures
1936·5.4
Sitting on the Moon
1936·5.3
Star for a Night
1936·7.0
Trapped by Television
1936·6.9
The Harvester
1936·9.0
Love Before Breakfast
1936·6.1
Valley of the Lawless
1936·7.5
Public Ghost # 1
1935·5.5
Suicide Squad
1935·7.7
Life Hesitates at 40
1935·7.5
Manhattan Monkey Business
1935·10.0
College Scandal
1935·6.8
Let 'em Have It
1935·7.6
Go Into Your Dance
1935·7.2
Rustlers of Red Dog
1935·8.5
Caravan
1934·6.5
Imitation of Life
1934·7.0
The White Parade
1934·6.8
Everything's Ducky
1934·4.0
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934·5.2
Million Dollar Ransom
1934·5.0
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934·4.0
Only Yesterday
1933·7.1
Sing, Sinner, Sing
1933·6.5
Roadhouse Queen
1933·3.7
Dream Stuff
1933·6.0
The Plumber and the Lady
1933·0.0
Caliente Love
1933·8.0
Luxury Liner
1933·7.2
The Wrestler's Bride
1933·0.0
If I Had a Million
1932·6.5
Afraid to Talk
1932·6.5
Madison Square Garden
1932·6.8
False Faces
1932·4.4
A Parisian Romance
1932·4.6
Fighting for Justice
1932·8.0
Lady and Gent
1932·5.8
Beauty Parlor
1932·7.5
Unholy Love
1932·4.0
Westward Passage
1932·6.3
Lena Rivers
1932·7.0
Under Eighteen
1932·6.3
Good Sport
1931·5.5
The Spider
1931·7.0
Annabelle's Affairs
1931·8.0
Women of All Nations
1931·3.3
Up Pops the Devil
1931·5.0
Three Girls Lost
1931·8.0
Three Rogues
1931·10.0
Lightnin'
1930·5.3
Wild Company
1930·7.0
The Three Sisters
1930·10.0
High Society Blues
1930·8.0
Salute
1929·6.0
Dangerous Curves
1929·6.6
The Wild Party
1929·6.9
The Sky Hawk
1929·7.0
Thunder Riders
1928·7.0
Soft Living
1928·9.0
The Border Cavalier
1927·9.0
Ankles Preferred
1927·8.0
Syncopating Sue
1926·9.0
A Broadway Lady
1925·9.0
What Fools Men
1925·3.7