Fay Compton

From Wikipedia Fay Compton CBE 18 September 1894 12 December 1978 was an English actress from a notable acting lineage her father was actormanager Edward Compton her mother Virginia Bateman was a distinguished member of the profession as were her elder sister the actress Viola Compton and her uncles and aunts Her grandfather was the 19thcentury theatrical luminary Henry Compton Author Compton Mackenzie was her elder brother Comptons film work is not as well known as her stage appearances She appeared in more than forty films between 1914 and 1970 Her most popular performances in films are Odd Man Out 1947 Laughter in Paradise 1951 Orson Welles Othello 1952 The Haunting 1963 and I Start Counting 1969 Among her television performances she appeared in 1965 with Michael Hordern in the television play Land of My Dreams by Clive Exton One of her last major roles was as Aunt Ann in the BBCs 1967 television adaptation of The Forsyte Saga She had a successful career in the radio television and gramophone recordings