Fay Compton
Born in Fulham, London, England, UK — Sep 18 1894• Died Dec 12 1978
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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 appearances. She appeared in more than forty films between 1…
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No Hiding Place
Story Parade
Miss Babbage
Maigret
The Forsyte Saga
'Aunt Ann' Forsyte
Journey to the Unknown
Queen Victoria
The Haunting
Mrs. Sanderson
Cold Comfort Farm
Aunt Ada Doom (Starkadder)
Armchair Theatre
Sanctuary
Othello
Emilia
Odd Man Out
Rosie
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Mme. Mantalini
Esther Waters
Mrs. Barfield
Blackmailed
Mrs. Christopher
I Start Counting
Mrs. Bennett
The Vanquished
Mrs. Pinkerton
Uncle Vanya
Marya, the mother
Nicholas Nickleby
The Story of Esther Costello
Mother Superior
The Forbidden Street
Mrs. Culver
Lady Possessed
Mme. Brune
Autumn Crocus
Jenny Grey
Dombey and Son
Mrs. Brown
The Virgin and the Gypsy
Grandma
Tell England
Mrs. Doe
Aunt Clara
Gladys Smith
The Mill on the Floss
Mrs. Tulliver
Town on Trial
Mrs. Crowley
The Prime Minister
Queen Victoria
Waltzes from Vienna
Countess Helga von Stahl
London Belongs to Me
Mrs. Josser
Uneasy Virtue
Dorothy Rendell
Laughter in Paradise
Agnes Russell
Doublecross
Alice Pascoe
A Woman of No Importance
Rachel Arbuthnot
Fashions in Love
Marie de Remy
So This Is London
Lady Worthing
Cape Forlorn
Eileen Kell
London Love
Sally Hope
The Happy Ending
Mildred Craddock
Claude Duval
Duchess Frances
The Eleventh Commandment
Ruth Barchester
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary Stuart
Somehow Good
Rosalind Nightingale
A Bill of Divorcement
Margaret Fairfield
Settled Out of Court
The Woman
The Old Wives' Tale
Sophie Barnes
Diana of the Crossways
Diana
The House of Peril
Sylvia Bailey