Joyce Compton (1907 - 1997) جويس كومبتون

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An American actress was born in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. She received a star on the Walk of Fame in 1960 for her film career. She married William Francis Kaliher (1955-1956), and the marriage lasted 3 months before their divorce. Her most important works include The Awful Truth...Read more (1937), Dark Alibi (1946), Christmas in Connecticut (1945), and Bedtime Story (1941). She appeared in a long string of American B-films from the mid-1920s to the late 1950s. After graduating from high school, she spent two years at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, studying drama, art, music, and dancing. When she won a beauty contest, she moved with her parents to Hollywood, where she made her first silent films Sally (1925) and The Golden Bed (1925). She became one of the stars of WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926 alongside Joan Crawford, Dolores Costello, Dolores Del Rio, Janet Gaynor, Mary Astor, Mary Brian, and others. She played the roles of blondes, usually a singer, waitress, or chorus girl. In the mid-fifties, after her divorce, she went to live with her parents. She quit acting, then worked as a nurse. She died on October 13, 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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  • An American actress was born in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. She received a star on the Walk of Fame in 1960 for her film career. She married William Francis Kaliher (1955-1956), and...Read more the marriage lasted 3 months before their divorce. Her most important works include The Awful Truth (1937), Dark Alibi (1946), Christmas in Connecticut (1945), and Bedtime Story (1941). She appeared in a long string of American B-films from the mid-1920s to the late 1950s. After graduating from high school, she spent two years at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, studying drama, art, music, and dancing. When she won a beauty contest, she moved with her parents to Hollywood, where she made her first silent films Sally (1925) and The Golden Bed (1925). She became one of the stars of WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1926 alongside Joan Crawford, Dolores Costello, Dolores Del Rio, Janet Gaynor, Mary Astor, Mary Brian, and others. She played the roles of blondes, usually a singer, waitress, or chorus girl. In the mid-fifties, after her divorce, she went to live with her parents. She quit acting, then worked as a nurse. She died on October 13, 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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  • Birth Name:
  • Olivia Joyce Compton
  • Birth Country:
  • US
  • Birth City:
  • Kentucky
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  • US
  • Death City:
  • California

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