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- Birth nameViolet Halling Compton
- Betty Compton was born on May 13, 1904 in Isle of Wight, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Too Many Millions (1934) and The Legacy (1930). She was married to Theodore Temple Knappen, Jimmy Walker, Edward Duryea Dowling (producer) and Charles Stanley Reed Riches (barrister-at-law). She died on July 12, 1944 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesTheodore Temple Knappen(May 1942 - July 12, 1944) (her death, 1 child)Jimmy Walker(April 18, 1933 - March 15, 1941) (divorced, 2 children)Edward Duryea Dowling (producer)(February 16, 1931 - March 1931) (divorced)Charles Stanley Reed Riches (barrister-at-law)(October 19, 1922 - 1926) (divorced)
- Her daughter, Mary Patricia Walker, was born in January 1936 and adopted in March 1936. She had a son, James J. Walker II, born and adopted in the late 1930s. Her son Theodore Compton Knappen was born in January, 1944.
- Starred in Oh Kay! on Broadway in 1926.
- She was a member of Ziegfeld's Follies.
- Betty Compton's daughter is named Mary Ann.
- Father: Frederick William Compton; Mother: Florence Susannah Halling.
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