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Personal Info

Known Credits 37

Gender Female

Birthdate 1894-09-18 (131 Y.O)

Place Of Birth Fulham, London, England, UK

Also Known For Virginia Lilian Emmeline Mackenzie ComptonФэй КомптонVirginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie

Fay Compton

Biography

From Wikipedia Fay Compton CBE (18 September 1894 – 12 December 1978) was an English actress from a notable acting lineage; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother, Virginia Bateman, was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her elder sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century theatrical luminary Henry Compton. Author Compton Mackenzie was her elder brother. Compton's film work is not as well known as her stage ...

Known For

I Start Counting

The Virgin and the Gypsy

Uncle Vanya

The Haunting

The Story of Esther Costello

Acting

1970 -- I Start Counting | Mrs. Bennett

1970 -- The Virgin and the Gypsy | Grandma

1963 -- Uncle Vanya | Marya, the mother

1963 -- The Haunting | Mrs. Sanderson

1957 -- The Story of Esther Costello | Mother Superior

1957 -- Town on Trial | Mrs. Crowley

1956 -- Doublecross | Alice Pascoe

1954 -- Aunt Clara | Gladys Smith

1953 -- The Vanquished | Mrs. Pinkerton

1952 -- Lady Possessed | Mme. Brune

1951 -- Othello | Emilia

1951 -- Laughter in Paradise | Agnes Russell

1951 -- Blackmailed | Mrs. Christopher

1949 -- The Forbidden Street | Mrs. Culver

1948 -- London Belongs to Me | Mrs. Josser

1948 -- Esther Waters | Mrs. Barfield

1947 -- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Mme. Mantalini

1947 -- Odd Man Out | Rosie

1941 -- The Prime Minister | Queen Victoria

1939 -- So This Is London | Lady Worthing

1937 -- The Mill on the Floss | Mrs. Tulliver

1934 -- Waltzes from Vienna | Countess Helga von Stahl

1934 -- Autumn Crocus | Jenny Grey

1931 -- Tell England | Mrs. Doe

1931 -- Uneasy Virtue | Dorothy Rendell

1931 -- Cape Forlorn | Eileen Kell

1929 -- Fashions in Love | Marie de Remy

1927 -- Somehow Good | Rosalind Nightingale

1925 -- Settled Out of Court | The Woman

1925 -- The Happy Ending | Mildred Craddock

1924 -- The Eleventh Commandment | Ruth Barchester

1924 -- The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots | Mary Stuart

1922 -- A Bill of Divorcement | Margaret Fairfield

1922 -- Diana of the Crossways | Diana

1922 -- The House of Peril | Sylvia Bailey

1921 -- A Woman of No Importance | Rachel Arbuthnot

1921 -- The Old Wives' Tale | Sophie Barnes