Juliette Compton (May 3, 1899 – March 19, 1989) was an American actress whose career began in the

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

era and concluded with '' That Hamilton Woman'' in 1941.

Career

Compton was born in

Columbus, Georgia Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it o ...

, on May 3, 1899. She was a model for illustrator

Harrison Fisher Harrison Fisher (July 27, 1875 or 1877 – January 19, 1934) was an American illustrator. Career Fisher was born in Brooklyn, New York City and began to draw at an early age. Both his father and his grandfather were artists.Harrison & Carring ...

, and perhaps his favorite model. Compton's show business career began when she acted in ''The Kiss Burglar'' in New York. That was followed by a season in the

Ziegfeld Follies The ''Ziegfeld Follies'' was a series of elaborate theatrical revue productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 to 1931, with renewals in 1934 and 1936. They became a radio program in 1932 and 1936 as '' The Ziegfeld Follies of the ...

. In London, she appeared on stage for three years, including acting in ''The League of Notions'' and went on to act in British films for five years.

Financial problems

On January 4, 1927, a bankruptcy court in London, England, appointed an official receiver for Compton after presentation of evidence that she had no assets and had liabilities of $37,500. A news brief distributed by

International News Service The International News Service (INS) was a U.S.-based news agency (newswire) founded by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst in 1909.

said that a nervous breakdown suffered by Compton was "attributed to difficulties in which she finds herself over debts."

Personal life

Compton married James Bartram, an Australian businessman, on December 24, 1926, in London, England. She left the nursing home where she had been ill for several weeks in order to be married at Christ Church, then returned to the nursing home immediately after the wedding. They separated in 1936 and divorced on March 25, 1942. She died in Pasadena, California.

Partial filmography

* ''

The Wine of Life ''The Wine of Life'' is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Clive Brook, Juliette Compton and James Carew. The screenplay concerns a newly divorced woman who falls in love with an artist and a hypnotist at t ...

'' (1924) - Regine * '' Her Redemption'' (1924) - Liana Vandry * '' Human Desires'' (1924) - Andree de Vigne * '' Afraid of Love'' (1925) - Ruth * '' Trainer and Temptress'' (1925) - Lady Maurice * ''

The Third Round ''The Third Round'' (1925) was the second silent film adaptation of the Bulldog Drummond character, starring Jack Buchanan and Betty Faire, adapted by Sidney Morgan from the novel of the same name by H. C. McNeile, and directed by Morgan. Cas ...

'' (1925) - Irma Peterson * ''

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'' (1926) - Lady Castlemaine * '' The Chinese Bungalow'' (1926) - Sadie * ''

The Woman Tempted ''The Woman Tempted'' is a 1926 British silent drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Juliette Compton, Warwick Ward and Nina Vanna. It was based on a novel by Vera, Countess Cathcart. The film was shot at Cricklewood Studios, and w ...

'' (1926) - Louise Harding * ''White Heat'' (1927) - Helen * '' The Fake'' (1927) - Mrs. Hesketh Pointer * '' Change of Heart'' (1928) - Lady Winham * ''

The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel ''The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel'', first published in 1922, is a book in the series about the Scarlet Pimpernel's adventures by Baroness Orczy. Again Orczy interweaves historic fact with fiction, this time through the real life figures o ...

'' (1928) - Theresa Cabbarrus * '' Woman to Woman'' (1929) - Vesta Compton * '' Ladies of Leisure'' (1930) - Claire Collins * '' Anybody's Woman'' (1930) - Ellen * ''

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'' (1930) - Anna Dolores (uncredited) * '' Unfaithful'' (1931) - Gemma Houston * '' Kick In'' (1931) - Piccadilly Bessie * '' The Vice Squad'' (1931) - Ambassador's Wife * '' Women Love Once'' (1931) - Hester Dahlgren * '' Rich Man's Folly'' (1931) - Paula Norcross * '' Compromised'' (1931) - Connie Holt * '' Husband's Holiday'' (1931) - Christine Kennedy * '' No One Man'' (1932) - Sue Folsom * '' Strangers in Love'' (1932) - Muriel Preston * '' Westward Passage'' (1932) - Henrietta * '' The Man Called Back'' (1932) - Vivien Lawrence * '' Devil and the Deep'' (1932) - Mrs. Planet * '' The Match King'' (1932) - Sonia Lombard * ''

Peg o' My Heart "Peg o' My Heart" is a popular song written by Alfred Bryan (words) and Fred Fisher (music). It was published on March 15, 1913 and it featured in the 1913 musical ''Ziegfeld Follies''. The song was first performed publicly by Irving Kaufman i ...

'' (1933) - Ethel Chichester * '' The Masquerader'' (1933) - Lady Diana Joyce * ''

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'' (1933) - Duchess of Devonshire * ''

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'' (1934) - Elissa Bayham * ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (french: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (''père'') completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with '' The Three Musketeers''. L ...

'' (1934) - Clothilde * '' Behold My Wife'' (1934) - Diana Carter-Curson * '' No More Ladies'' (1935) - Woman (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1940) - Mrs. Newlands Grey * '' That Hamilton Woman'' (1941) - Lady Spencer (final film role)

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* * (as Juliet Compton) 1899 births 1989 deaths American film actresses American silent film actresses Actors from Columbus, Georgia 20th-century American actresses Ziegfeld girls {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub