Fay Compton
Distinguished stage actress with a distinctive, lovely voice who appeared in Sir James Barrie's "Peter Pan" and was reputedly the playwright's favorite actress (she starred in five of his plays and he wrote, "Mary Rose" for her). Compton made her film debut in "She Stoops to Conquer" (1914) and, after starring in numerous British silents and early talkies, had a long career in a character parts, including as Emilia opposite Orson Welles' "Othello" (1952) and as the aunt on TV's "The Forstye Saga."
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Fay Compton
Filmography
Movies
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87% |
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The Haunting | Mrs. Sanderson (Character) | - | 1963 |
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The Story of Esther Costello | Mother Superior (Character) | - | 1957 |
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Town on Trial | Mrs. Crowley (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Aunt Clara | Gladys Smith (Character) | - | 1954 |
67% |
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The Vanquished | Mrs. Pinkerton (Character) | - | 1953 |
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Othello | Emilia (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lady Possessed | Mme. Brune (Character) | - | 1952 |
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Laughter in Paradise | Agnes Russell (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Forbidden Street | Mrs. Culver (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Esther Waters | Mrs. Barfield (Character) | - | 1948 |
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Dulcimer Street | Mrs. Josser (Character) | - | 1948 |
100% |
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Odd Man Out | Rosie (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Prime Minister | Queen Victoria (Character) | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mill on the Floss | Mrs. Tulliver (Character) | - | 1937 |
50% |
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Waltzes From Vienna | Countess Helga von Stahl (Character) | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Battle of Gallipoli | Mrs. Doe (Character) | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Eleventh Commandment | Ruth Barchester (Character) | - | 1924 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots | Mary Stuart (Character) | - | 1923 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Bill of Divorcement | Margaret Fairfield (Character) | - | 1922 |