Fay Compton
Acting
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 1914 and 1970. Her most popular performances in films are Odd Man Out (1947), Laughter in Paradise (1951), Orson Welles' Othello (1952), The Haunting (1963) and I Start Counting (1969). Among her television performances, she appeared in 1965 with Michael Hordern in the television play, Land of My Dreams by Clive Exton. One of her last major roles was as Aunt Ann in the BBC's 1967 television adaptation of The Forsyte Saga. She had a successful career in the radio, television and gramophone recordings.
I Start Counting
Mrs. Bennett
The Virgin and the Gypsy
Grandma
Uncle Vanya
Marya, the mother
The Haunting
Mrs. Sanderson
The Story of Esther Costello
Mother Superior
Town on Trial
Mrs. Crowley
Doublecross
Alice Pascoe
Aunt Clara
Gladys Smith
The Vanquished
Mrs. Pinkerton
Lady Possessed
Mme. Brune
Othello
Emilia
Laughter in Paradise
Agnes Russell
Blackmailed
Mrs. Christopher
The Forbidden Street
Mrs. Culver
London Belongs to Me
Mrs. Josser
Esther Waters
Mrs. Barfield
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Mme. Mantalini
Odd Man Out
Rosie
The Prime Minister
Queen Victoria
So This Is London
Lady Worthing
The Mill on the Floss
Mrs. Tulliver
Waltzes from Vienna
Countess Helga von Stahl
Autumn Crocus
Jenny Grey
Tell England
Mrs. Doe
Uneasy Virtue
Dorothy Rendell
Cape Forlorn
Eileen Kell
Fashions in Love
Marie de Remy
Somehow Good
Rosalind Nightingale
London Love
Sally Hope
Settled Out of Court
The Woman
The Happy Ending
Mildred Craddock
The Eleventh Commandment
Ruth Barchester
Claude Duval
Duchess Frances
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary Stuart
A Bill of Divorcement
Margaret Fairfield
Diana of the Crossways
Diana
The House of Peril
Sylvia Bailey
A Woman of No Importance
Rachel Arbuthnot
The Old Wives' Tale
Sophie Barnes