"The Barker" Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dorthy Mackaill, Betty Compson 1928 First National Pictures




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Caption: "The Barker" Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dorthy Mackaill, Betty Compson 1928 First National Pictures

About Eleanor Luicime Compson

Actress, Soundtrack
Born: March 19, 1897
Star sign: Pisces
Height: 5' 2½" (1.59 m)
Known for: The Docks of New York (1928), The Great Gabbo (1929), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941), The Barker (1928)
Source: IMDB

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 Alexander Pantages Theatre Circuit, again doing her ...


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