
Fay Compton
Known for: Acting
Born: September 18, 1894
Died: December 12, 1978
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

A Woman of No Importance
1921
The Happy Ending
1925
The Old Wives' Tale
1921

Cape Forlorn
1931
The Eleventh Commandment
1924
Diana of the Crossways
1922
Settled Out of Court
1925

Uneasy Virtue
1931

The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
1924

Somehow Good
1927
The House of Peril
1922
London Love
1927

Laughter in Paradise
1951

Blackmailed
1951

Autumn Crocus
1934
Doublecross
1956

Fashions in Love
1929

A Bill of Divorcement
1922

Claude Duval
1924

Robinson Crusoe
1927

London Belongs to Me
1948

Tell England
1931

Lady Possessed
1952

Waltzes from Vienna
1934

Aunt Clara
1954

The Haunting
1963

Esther Waters
1948

The Prime Minister
1941

The Mill on the Floss
1937

So This Is London
1939

The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970

Town on Trial
1957

The Story of Esther Costello
1957

Odd Man Out
1947

The Forbidden Street
1949

Uncle Vanya
1963

Othello
1951

I Start Counting
1970

The Vanquished
1953

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1947

No Hiding Place
1959
Sanctuary
1967

Maigret
1960
Nicholas Nickleby
1957

The Forsyte Saga
1967

Cold Comfort Farm
1968

Journey to the Unknown
1968

Dombey and Son
1969
Story Parade
1964

Armchair Theatre
1956