Fay Compton
Virginia Lilian Emmeline Mackenzie Compton
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Born into a theatrical family in Fulham, London, she was the youngest child of actor-manager Edward Compton and actress Virginia Bateman. Her professional debut came in 1911 with H. G. Pelissier’s concert party The Follies, establishing a lifelong stage career. Early highlights included the title role in J. M. Barrie’s Mary Rose (1921) and Ophelia opposite John Barrymore, and in 1927 she opened th…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
