Betty Compson: The prolific silent screen actress Betty Compson was born in 1897, in Utah and educated in the public schools of Salt Lake City.Her mother got her started playing the violin when she was just a child,and by her early teen years she was so expert at the instrument that she was asked to play in vaudeville sketches with various touring circuits,where her youth and beauty charmed audiences and got her noticed by Hollywood producers.In 1914 Betty accepted an offer to act in Universal comedies.Betty excelled at the more gentle type of slapstick humor, and she also managed to perform well in successful dramas.Betty married three times; her last marriage to Jack Gall until his death in 1962.After she retired from film in 1948,Betty ran her own business (a business called Ashtrays Unlimited which made personalized ashtrays for hotels, restaurants, etc.)until shortly before her death from a heart attack in1974 in California.
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