Joyce Compton

Joyce Compton
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Joyce Compton
Film: South side of the 7000 block of Hollywood Boulevard
Actress | Writer
Born Jan. 27, 1907 in Lexington, KY
Died Oct. 13, 1997 in Woodland Hills, CA

Joyce Compton was an actress who graced movie screens opposite Cary Grant, Jack Benny and Clara Bow.

Compton was born Jan. 27, 1907, in Lexington, Ky., and was placed under contract at age 19 after her family moved to Hollywood in 1925. She debuted in "Ankles Preferred" and made more than 200 films, including "Mighty Joe Young," "Christmas in Connecticut," "If I Had a Million" and "Only Yesterday."

Even after her retirement from acting in the early 1960s, Compton remained in touch with Hollywood as a dress designer, writer and artist.

She died at age 90 on Oct. 13, 1997, at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills.

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