Fay Compton



First NameFay
Last NameCompton
Full Name at BirthVirginia Lilian Emmeline Mackenzie Compton
Age84 (age at death)
Date of BirthSeptember 18, 1894
Date of DeathDecember 12, 1978
Height5' 4" (163 cm)
BuildSlim
Star SignVirgo
EthnicityWhite
NationalityBritish
Occupation CategoryActress

Fay Compton (18 September 1894 in West Kensington, London – 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 sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th-century theatrical luminary Henry Compton. The novelist Compton Mackenzie was her brother.


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Filmography

Selected Fay Compton film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

1969
I Start Counting
Mrs. Bennett

1968
Journey to Midnight
Queen Victoria

1968
Journey to the Unknown
Queen Victoria

1967
'Aunt Ann' Forsyte

1963
Mrs. Sanderson

1963
Uncle Vanya
Marya, the mother

1959
No Hiding Place
Mrs. Halfpenny 

1958
Our Mutual Friend
Mrs. Betty Higden

1957
Mother Superior

1957
Mrs. Crowley

1956
Armchair Theatre
Victoria

1955
Mrs. Binney 

1954
Aunt Clara
Gladys Smith

1953
Mrs. Pinkerton

1952
Mme. Brune

1952
Emilia

1951
Agnes Russell

1951
Mrs. Christopher

1949
Mrs. Culver

1948
Mrs. Josser

1948
Sin of Esther Waters
Mrs. Barfield

1947
Rosie

1941
The Prime Minister
Queen Victoria

1939
So This Is London
Lady Worthing

1937
Mrs. Tulliver

1934
Countess Helga von Stahl

1934
Autumn Crocus
Jenny Grey

1931
The Battle of Gallipoli
Mrs. Doe

1931
Uneasy Virtue
Dorothy Rendell

1929
Fashions in Love
Marie De Remy

1928
Zero
Mrs. Garth

1927
Robinson Crusoe
Sophie

1927
Somehow Good
Rosalind Nightingale

1924
Duchess Frances

1923
This Freedom
Rosalie Aubyn

1921
A Woman of No Importance
Rachel Arbuthnot

1920
Judge Not
Nelly






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