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Betty Compson (Eleanor Luicime Compson (The Prettiest Girl in Pictures, The Hetty Green of Hollywood)) was born on 19 March, 1897 in Beaver, Utah, USA, is an actress,soundtrack. Discover Betty Compson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

Popular As Eleanor Luicime Compson (The Prettiest Girl in Pictures, The Hetty Green of Hollywood)
Occupation actress,soundtrack
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 19 March, 1897
Birthday 19 March
Birthplace Beaver, Utah, USA
Date of death 18 April, 1974
Died Place Glendale, California, USA
Nationality United States

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Betty Compson Height, Weight & Measurements

At 77 years old, Betty Compson height is 5' 2½" (1.59 m) .

Physical Status
Height 5' 2½" (1.59 m)
Weight Not Available
Body Measurements Not Available
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Who Is Betty Compson's Husband?

Her husband is Silvius John Gall (8 August 1944 - 16 April 1962) ( his death), Irving Weinberg (14 December 1933 - 1937) ( divorced), James Cruze (14 October 1924 - 20 May 1930) ( divorced)

Family
Parents Not Available
Husband Silvius John Gall (8 August 1944 - 16 April 1962) ( his death), Irving Weinberg (14 December 1933 - 1937) ( divorced), James Cruze (14 October 1924 - 20 May 1930) ( divorced)
Sibling Not Available
Children Not Available

Betty Compson Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Betty Compson worth at the age of 77 years old? Betty Compson’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actress. She is from United States. We have estimated Betty Compson's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Some Chaperone (1915)$50 a week
The Miracle Man (1919)$125 a week.
Woman to Woman (1923)$3,500 /week
Woman to Woman (1923)1000 pounds per week
Miami (1924)$3,500 per week
The Prude's Fall (1925)1000 pounds per week

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1912

Compson was sent a 1912 Rolls-Royce by a South American who had it stored in a New York garage. As she already had a limo, she was initially annoyed but later discovered she could rent it to the movie studios at $100 per day. She ultimately made $20,000 on it before selling it. This situation may have been the inspiration for a similar situation in Sunset Boulevard (1950).

1918

In 1918 Mack Sennett reportedly offered Compson $150 a week to leave Al Christie. Compson claims that when Sennett confirmed that the offer was legit, she replied, "In that case the bid's not high enough.".

1919

A mining engineer's daughter, blond, blue-eyed Betty Compson began in show business playing violin in a Salt Lake City vaudeville establishment for $15 a week. Following that, she went on tour, accompanied by her mother, with an act called 'the Vagabond Violinist'. Aged eighteen, she appeared on the Alexander Pantages Theatre Circuit, again doing her violin solo vaudeville routine, and was spotted there by comedy producer Al Christie. Christie quickly changed her stage name from Eleanor to Betty. For the next few years, she turned out a steady stream of one-reel and two-reel slapstick comedies, frequently paired with Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. In 1919, Betty was signed by writer-director George Loane Tucker to co-star opposite Lon Chaney as Rose in The Miracle Man (1919).

1920

During the late 1920's, Betty appeared in a variety of dramatic and comedic roles.

1921

The film was a huge critical and financial success and established Betty Compson as a major star at Paramount (under contract from 1921 to 1925). One of the more highly paid performers of the silent screen, her weekly earnings exceeded $5000 a week at the peak of her career. She came to own a fleet of luxury limousines and was able to move from a bungalow in the hills overlooking Hollywood to an expensive mansion on Hollywood Boulevard.

From 1921, Betty also owned her own production company.

1923

She went on to make several films in England between 1923 and 1924 for the director Graham Cutts.

1928

She received good reviews acting opposite George Bancroft as a waterfront prostitute in The Docks of New York (1928), and was even nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of a carnival girl in The Barker (1928).

1929

She gave a touching performance in The Great Gabbo (1929), directed by her then husband James Cruze, as the assistant of a demented ventriloquist (Erich von Stroheim), with whom she is unhappily in love.

That same year, she appeared in RKO's first sound film, Street Girl (1929), and was briefly under contract to that studio, cast in so-called 'women's pictures' such as The Lady Refuses (1931) and Three Who Loved (1931).

1930

The stature of her roles began to diminish from the mid 1930s, though she continued to act in character parts until 1948. Betty's personal fortunes also declined.