Fay Compton

Fay Compton

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....

Known For

The Haunting

as Mrs. Sanderson

Odd Man Out

as Rosie

Othello

as Emilia

Cast Credits

I Start Counting

as Mrs. Bennett

Uncle Vanya

as Marya, the mother

The Haunting

as Mrs. Sanderson

Town on Trial

as Mrs. Crowley

Doublecross

as Alice Pascoe

Aunt Clara

as Gladys Smith

The Vanquished

as Mrs. Pinkerton

Lady Possessed

as Mme. Brune

Othello

as Emilia

Laughter in Paradise

as Agnes Russell

Blackmailed

as Mrs. Christopher

The Forbidden Street

as Mrs. Culver

London Belongs to Me

as Mrs. Josser

Esther Waters

as Mrs. Barfield

Odd Man Out

as Rosie

The Prime Minister

as Queen Victoria

So This Is London

as Lady Worthing

The Mill on the Floss

as Mrs. Tulliver

Waltzes from Vienna

as Countess Helga von Stahl

Autumn Crocus

as Jenny Grey

Tell England

as Mrs. Doe

Uneasy Virtue

as Dorothy Rendell

Cape Forlorn

as Eileen Kell

Fashions in Love

as Marie de Remy

Somehow Good

as Rosalind Nightingale

London Love

as Sally Hope