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Fay Compton

Highest Rated: 100% Odd Man Out (1947)

Lowest Rated: Laughter in Paradise (1951)

Birthday: Sep 18, 1894

Birthplace: West Kensington, London, England, UK

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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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 86% Odd Man Out
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87% 82% The Haunting
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67% 64% The Vanquished
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50% 10% Waltzes From Vienna
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64% Laughter in Paradise
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A Bill of Divorcement
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The Battle of Gallipoli
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The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
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The Eleventh Commandment
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Aunt Clara
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Filmography

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The Haunting 87% 82% 1963 Mrs. Sanderson Actor The Story of Esther Costello 48% 1957 Mother Superior Actor Town on Trial 43% 1957 Mrs. Crowley Actor Aunt Clara 1954 Gladys Smith Actor The Vanquished 67% 64% 1953 Mrs. Pinkerton Actor Othello 90% 1952 Emilia Actor Lady Possessed 1952 Mme. Brune Actor Laughter in Paradise 64% 1951 Agnes Russell Actor The Forbidden Street 1949 Mrs. Culver Actor Esther Waters 1948 Mrs. Barfield Actor Dulcimer Street 20% 1948 Mrs. Josser Actor Odd Man Out 100% 86% 1947 Rosie Actor The Prime Minister 1941 Queen Victoria Actor The Mill on the Floss 1937 Mrs. Tulliver Actor Waltzes From Vienna 50% 10% 1934 Countess Helga von Stahl Actor The Battle of Gallipoli 1931 Mrs. Doe Actor The Eleventh Commandment 1924 Ruth Barchester Actor The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots 1923 Mary Stuart Actor A Bill of Divorcement 1922 Margaret Fairfield Actor
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