--- name: "Joyce Compton" canonical: "https://film.one/person/joyce-compton" roles: ["Actor"] born: "27 January 1907" died: "13 October 1997" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T01:23:03.038942+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Joyce Compton Actor. Born 27 January 1907 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. Died 13 October 1997. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 27 January 1907, Lexington, Kentucky, USA - **Died:** 13 October 1997 - **Active:** 1934–1937 - **Also known as:** Olivia Joyce Compton - **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 2 acting, 2 other - **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 80 (2), 1940s 86 (2) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce_Compton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q218638, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174049/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/89725 ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*The Awful Truth*](https://film.one/film/the-awful-truth.md) (89) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Joyce Compton, also credited as Olivia Joyce Compton, was an American actress. Born on 27 January 1907 in Lexington, Kentucky, she died on 13 October 1997 in Los Angeles, California. After studying dramatics, art, music and dancing at the University of Tulsa, she was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926. Compton appeared in more than two hundred films, primarily B-movies, from the mid-1920s to the early 1960s. She played Dixie Belle Lee in *The Awful Truth* (1937) and Una Mellon in *The White Parade* (1934). Other credits include supporting roles in *Mildred Pierce* (1945), *Christmas in Connecticut* (1945) and *The Best Years of Our Lives* (1946). A comedy actress, she objected to being typecast as a "dumb blonde". She was married briefly to William Francis Kaliher from 1955 to 1956. Compton was a devout Christian; her gravestone in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, bears the inscription "Christian Actress". *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) ### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these - *The Awful Truth* (1937), Fi1m 89, as Dixie Belle Lee — [page](https://film.one/film/the-awful-truth.md) - *Three Smart Girls* (1936), Fi1m 72, as Evans' Secretary — [page](https://film.one/film/three-smart-girls.md) ### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *The Best Years of Our Lives* (1946), Fi1m 90, as Hat Check Girl (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-years-of-our-lives.md) - *Mildred Pierce* (1945), Fi1m 83, as Waitress (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/mildred-pierce-1945.md) ## Complete filmography (141) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Pete and Gladys* (1960), series, Actor - *Girl in the Woods* (1958), as Aunt Martha - *Jet Pilot* (1957), as Mary Lou Simpson - *Richard Diamond, Private Detective* (1957), series, as Waitress - *The Persuader* (1957), as Julie - *The Adventures of Jim Bowie* (1956), series, Actor - *I Was a Burlesque Queen* (1953), as Mrs. Nunnally LaVitte - *The Abbott and Costello Show* (1952), series, as Girl at Drivers License Bureau - *Mighty Joe Young* (1949), as Alice (uncredited) - *Grand Canyon* (1949), as Mabel - *Incident* (1948), as Joan Manning - *Sorry, Wrong Number* (1948), as Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend (uncredited) - *A Southern Yankee* (1948), as Hortense Dobson - *Linda, Be Good* (1947), as Mrs. LaVitte - *Exposed* (1947), as Emmy - *Scared to Death* (1947), as Jane Cornell - *The Best Years of Our Lives* (1946), as Hat Check Girl (uncredited) — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-best-years-of-our-lives.md) - *Rendezvous with Annie* (1946), as Louise Grapa (uncredited) - *Dark Alibi* (1946), as Emily Evans - *Behind the Mask* (1946), as Lulu - *Danger Signal* (1945), as Kate - *Mildred Pierce* (1945), as Waitress (uncredited) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mildred-pierce-1945.md) - *Christmas in Connecticut* (1945), as Nurse Mary Lee - *Hitchhike to Happiness* (1945), as Joan Randall - *Pillow to Post* (1945), as Gertrude Wilson (uncredited) - *Swing Out the Blues* (1943), as Kitty Grogan - *Silver Spurs* (1943), as Millie Love - *Let's Face It* (1943), as Wiggin's Girl (uncredited), Wiggin's Girl - *Silver Skates* (1943), as Lucille - *Thunder Birds* (1942), as Saleswoman - *Too Many Women* (1942), as Barbara Cartwright - *Bedtime Story* (1941), as Beulah - *Blues in the Night* (1941), as Blonde - *Moon Over Her Shoulder* (1941), as Cecilia - *Scattergood Meets Broadway* (1941), as Diana Deane - *Manpower* (1941), as Scarlett - *Ziegfeld Girl* (1941), as Miss Sawyer (uncredited) - *Let's Make Music* (1941), as Betty - *Who Killed Aunt Maggie?* (1940), as Cynthia Lou - *The Villain Still Pursued Her* (1940), as Hazel Dalton - *Sky Murder* (1940), as Christine Cross / Her Twin Sister - *City for Conquest* (1940), as Lilly - *They Drive by Night* (1940), as Sue Carter (uncredited) - *I Take This Oath* (1940), as Betty Casey - *Turnabout* (1940), as Irene Clare - *Honeymoon Deferred* (1940), as Kitty Kerry - *Escape to Paradise* (1939), as Penelope Carter - *Balalaika* (1939), as Masha - *Reno* (1939), as Bonnie Newcomb - *Hotel for Women* (1939), as Emeline Thomas - *Rose of Washington Square* (1939), as Peggy - *Hollywood Hobbies* (1939), as Tourist - *The Flying Irishman* (1939), as Sally - *Going Places* (1938), as Joan - *Trade Winds* (1938), as Mrs. Johnson - *Artists and Models Abroad* (1938), as Chickie - *The Last Warning* (1938), as Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz - *Spring Madness* (1938), as Sally - *How to Watch Football* (1938), as Benchley's girlfriend - *You and Me* (1938), as Curly Blonde - *Women Are Like That* (1938), as Miss Hall - *Love on a Budget* (1938), as Millie Brown - *The Awful Truth* (1937), as Dixie Belle Lee — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-awful-truth.md) - *Small Town Boy* (1937), as Molly Summers - *Sea Racketeers* (1937), as Blondie - *The Toast of New York* (1937), as Mary Lou (uncredited) - *Born Reckless* (1937), as Dora - *Rhythm in the Clouds* (1937), as Receptionist - *Kid Galahad* (1937), as Party Guest on Phone (uncredited) - *Pick a Star* (1937), as Newlywed - *Wings Over Honolulu* (1937), as Caroline - *Top of the Town* (1937), as Beulah - *We Have Our Moments* (1937), as Carrie - *China Passage* (1937), as Elaine Gentry - *Three Smart Girls* (1936), as Evans' Secretary — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/three-smart-girls.md) - *Country Gentlemen* (1936), as Gertie - *Under Your Spell* (1936), as Secretary (uncredited) - *Ellis Island* (1936), as Adele - *Murder with Pictures* (1936), as Hester Boone - *Sitting on the Moon* (1936), as Blossom - *Star for a Night* (1936), as Ellen Romaine - *Trapped by Television* (1936), as Mae Collins - *The Harvester* (1936), as Thelma Biddle - *Love Before Breakfast* (1936), as Mary Lee - *Valley of the Lawless* (1936), as Joan Jenkins - *Public Ghost # 1* (1935), as Miss Compton - *Suicide Squad* (1935), as Mary O'Connor - *Life Hesitates at 40* (1935), as Joyce - *Manhattan Monkey Business* (1935), as Joyce - *College Scandal* (1935), as Toby Carpenter - *Let 'em Have It* (1935), as Barbara - *Go Into Your Dance* (1935), as Café Showgirl - *Rustlers of Red Dog* (1935), as Mary Lee - *Caravan* (1934), as Party Girl at Beer Garden (Uncredited) - *Imitation of Life* (1934), as Young Woman at Party (uncredited) - *The White Parade* (1934), as Una Mellon - *Everything's Ducky* (1934), as Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife - *King Kelly of the U.S.A.* (1934), as Maxine LaTour - *Million Dollar Ransom* (1934), as Millie, Hat Check Girl (Uncredited) - *Affairs of a Gentleman* (1934), as Foxey Dennison - *Only Yesterday* (1933), as Margot (Uncredited) - *Sing, Sinner, Sing* (1933), as Gwen - *Roadhouse Queen* (1933), as Dorothy - *Dream Stuff* (1933), as Betty - *The Plumber and the Lady* (1933), as Louise - *Caliente Love* (1933), as Betty - *Luxury Liner* (1933), as Girl Overboard (uncredited) - *The Wrestler's Bride* (1933), as Mrs. Scissors Jackson - *If I Had a Million* (1932), as Marie - Waitress (uncredited) - *Afraid to Talk* (1932), as Alice - Party Girl - *Madison Square Garden* (1932), as Joyce - *False Faces* (1932), as Dottie Nation - *A Parisian Romance* (1932), as Marcelle - *Fighting for Justice* (1932), as Amy Tracy - *Lady and Gent* (1932), as Betty - *Beauty Parlor* (1932), as Joan Perry - *Unholy Love* (1932), as Sheilla Bailey Gregory - *Westward Passage* (1932), as Lillie, the Model (uncredited) - *Lena Rivers* (1932), as Caroline Nichols - *Under Eighteen* (1932), as Sybil - *Good Sport* (1931), as Fay - *The Spider* (1931), as Butch's Girl Friend (uncredited) - *Annabelle's Affairs* (1931), as Mabel - *Women of All Nations* (1931), as Kiki - *Up Pops the Devil* (1931), as Luella May Carroll - *Three Girls Lost* (1931), as Edna Best - *Three Rogues* (1931), as Ace's girl - *Lightnin'* (1930), as Betty - Larry's Wife - *Wild Company* (1930), as Anita Grayson - *The Three Sisters* (1930), as Carlotta - *High Society Blues* (1930), as Pearl Granger - *Salute* (1929), as Marian Wilson - *Dangerous Curves* (1929), as Jennie Silver - *The Wild Party* (1929), as Eva 'Evie' Tutt - *The Sky Hawk* (1929), as Peggy - *Soft Living* (1928), as Billie Wilson - *The Border Cavalier* (1927), as Madge Lawton - *Ankles Preferred* (1927), as Virginia - *Syncopating Sue* (1926), as Marge Adams - *A Broadway Lady* (1925), as Phyllis Westbrook - *What Fools Men* (1925), as Dorothy ## Gallery - ![Still from the drama film Salute (1929). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actors, actresses](https://film.one/media/person/1227735/gallery-606e6d1760cb.jpg) Still from the drama film Salute (1929). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actors, actresses — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Salute_%28SAYRE_14531%29.jpg/1280px-Salute_%28SAYRE_14531%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Still from the American drama film Three Sisters (1930). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses](https://film.one/media/person/1227735/gallery-1dc03b8f62ba.jpg) Still from the American drama film Three Sisters (1930). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses — Unknown photographerUnknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Three_Sisters_%28SAYRE_15891%29.jpg/1280px-Three_Sisters_%28SAYRE_15891%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Joyce Compton](https://film.one/media/person/1227735/gallery-731618698a7d.jpg) Joyce Compton — Image via TMDB - ![Joyce Compton](https://film.one/media/person/1227735/gallery-942d6828b763.jpg) Joyce Compton — Image via TMDB - ![Joyce Compton](https://film.one/media/person/1227735/gallery-86f8213990ee.jpg) Joyce Compton — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/joyce-compton