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      Fay Compton

      Fay Compton

      Highest Rated: 100% Odd Man Out (1947)

      Lowest Rated: 20% 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."

      Highest rated movies

      Odd Man Out
      The Haunting
      The Vanquished
      Waltzes From Vienna
      Laughter in Paradise

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      THE PRIME MINISTER, John Gielgud (center), Fay Compton, 1941 WALTZES FROM VIENNA, Frank Vosper, Fay Compton, 1934 LAUGHTER IN PARADISE, Ernest Thesiger, George Cole, Fay Compton, Alastair Sim, Guy Middleton, 1951 CAPE FORLORN, (aka THE LOVE STORM), from left: Edmund Willard, Fay Compton, Ian Hunter, 1931 capeforlon1931-fsct03(capeforlon1931-fsct03) CAPE FORLORN, (aka THE LOVE STORM), from left: Ian Hunter, Fay Compton, 1931 capeforlon1931-fsct04(capeforlon1931-fsct04) LONDON BELONGS TO ME, (aka DULCIMER STREET), from left: Fay Compton, Stephen Murray, Wylie Watson, 1948
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      87% 82% The Haunting Mrs. Sanderson (Character) - 1963
      No Score Yet 48% The Story of Esther Costello Mother Superior (Character) - 1957
      No Score Yet 33% Town on Trial Mrs. Crowley (Character) - 1957
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Aunt Clara Gladys Smith (Character) - 1954
      67% 64% The Vanquished Mrs. Pinkerton (Character) - 1953
      No Score Yet 92% Othello Emilia (Character) - 1952
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Lady Possessed Mme. Brune (Character) - 1952
      20% 62% 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
      No Score Yet 20% Dulcimer Street Mrs. Josser (Character) - 1948
      100% 86% 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% 10% 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