Fay Compton - 15682

Distinguished British stage and film actress. Compton made her first professional appearances between 1911 and 1913 with The Follies under the leadership of H. G. Pelissier, her future first husband, whom she married as a teenager. She made her mark in the several plays of J. M. Barrie, notably in the title role of Mary Rose in 1920 Active in the classics as well as contemporary material, Compton had the distinction of playing Ophelia opposite two of the most celebrated Hamlets, John Barrymore and John Gielgud. Compton's films include She Stoops to Conquer (1914), A Woman of No Importance (1921), Mary Queen of Scots (1922), Robinson Crusoe (1927), Autumn Crocus (1934), The Mill on the Floss (1935), Odd Man Out (1946), Laughter in Paradise (1951), Orson Welles' Othello (1952), The Story of Esther Costello (1957), The Haunting (1963) and many others. This is a lovely early sepia photograph (5" x 3.25"), neatly signed ("with all good wishes, Fay Compton") in black fountain pen ink. In very good condition.