# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fay-compton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:11:33.470Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fay-compton"
name: "Fay Compton"
slug: "fay-compton"
description: "Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie,, known professionally as Fay Compton, was an English actress. She appeared in several films, and made many broadcasts, but was best known for her stage performances. She was known for her versatility, and appeared in Shakespeare, drawing room comedy, pantomime, modern drama, and classics such as Ibsen and Chekhov. In addition to performing in Britain, Compton appeared several times in the US, and toured Australia and New Zealand in a variety of stage plays."
tagline: "English actress (1894–1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fay_Compton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1894-09-18"
deathDate: "1978-12-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.32844266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174029/"
    handle:    "nm0174029"
sources:
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    title: "فے کومپٹن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fay Compton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Fay Compton"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "فاى كومپتون"
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  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "فی کامپتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Compton"
    title: "Fay Compton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Compton"
    title: "Fay Compton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Compton"
    title: "Fay Compton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Compton"
    title: "Fay Compton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "فی کامپتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Compton"
    title: "Fay Compton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Compton"
    title: "Fay Compton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Compton"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449753"
    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131449"
    title: "Fay Compton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump