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person_profile-Fay Compton

Fay Compton Died at age: 84

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Fay Compton

Date of Birth:

Sep 18, 1894

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Dec 12, 1978

Biography of

Fay Compton

    From Wikipedia

    Fay Compton CBE (18 September 1894 – 12 December 1978) was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her elder sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century theatrical luminary Henry Compton. Author Compton Mackenzie was her elder brother.

    Compton's film work is not as well known as her stage appearances. She appeared in more than forty films between 1914 and 1970. Her most popular performances in films are Odd Man Out (1947), Laughter in Paradise (1951), Orson Welles' Othello (1952), The Haunting (1963) and I Start Counting (1969).

    Among her television performances, she appeared in 1965 with Michael Hordern in the television play, Land of My Dreams by Clive Exton. One of her last major roles was as Aunt Ann in the BBC's 1967 television adaptation of The Forsyte Saga. She had a successful career in the radio, television and gramophone recordings.

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Fay Compton

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Filmography of

Fay Compton

Found 30 Movies in total

I Start Counting

Mrs. Bennett ( Actor )

... 1970

The Virgin and the Gypsy

Grandma ( Actor )

... 1970

Uncle Vanya

Marya, the mother ( Actor )

... 1963

The Haunting

Mrs. Sanderson ( Actor )

... 1963

The Story of Esther Costello

Mother Superior ( Actor )

... 1957

Town on Trial

Mrs. Crowley ( Actor )

... 1957

Aunt Clara

Gladys Smith ( Actor )

... 1954

The Vanquished

Mrs. Pinkerton ( Actor )

... 1953

Lady Possessed

Mme. Brune ( Actor )

... 1952

Othello

Emilia ( Actor )

... 1951

Laughter in Paradise

Agnes Russell ( Actor )

... 1951

Blackmailed

Mrs. Christopher ( Actor )

... 1951

The Forbidden Street

Mrs. Culver ( Actor )

... 1949

London Belongs to Me

Mrs. Josser ( Actor )

... 1948

Esther Waters

Mrs. Barfield ( Actor )

... 1948

... 1947

Odd Man Out

Rosie ( Actor )

... 1947

The Prime Minister

Queen Victoria ( Actor )

... 1941

So This Is London

Lady Worthing ( Actor )

... 1939

The Mill on the Floss

Mrs. Tulliver ( Actor )

... 1937

Waltzes from Vienna

Countess Helga von Stahl ( Actor )

... 1934

Autumn Crocus

Jenny Grey ( Actor )

... 1934

Tell England

Mrs. Doe ( Actor )

... 1931

Uneasy Virtue

Dorothy Rendell ( Actor )

... 1931

Cape Forlorn

Eileen Kell ( Actor )

... 1931

Fashions in Love

Marie de Remy ( Actor )

... 1929

Somehow Good

Rosalind Nightingale ( Actor )

... 1927

... 1924

A Bill of Divorcement

Margaret Fairfield ( Actor )

... 1922

A Woman of No Importance

Rachel Arbuthnot ( Actor )

... 1921