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  • Category Motion Pictures

    Address 1751 Vine Street

    Ceremony date 02/08/1960

About
Betty Compson
Born:
1897-03-19,
Beaver,
Utah,
USA
Education:
NA
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
1974-04-18
Death City:
Glendale
Death State:
California
Death Country:
USA
Death Country:
USA
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Betty Compson

Betty Compton was a stage actress who married New York City mayor Jimmy Walker in 1933. She was born as Violet Halling Compton in Sandown, Isle of Wight.

A member of Ziegfeld Follies, she appeared in the original stage production of Funny Face alongside Fred Astaire and Adele Astaire, as well as Oh, Kay! in 1926.