Viola Compton

{{Short description|English actress (1886–1971)}}

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| name = Viola Compton

| birth_name = Viola Maud Compton–Mackenzie

| birth_date = 26 November 1886

| birth_place = Fulham, London, England, UK

| death_date = 7 April 1971 (aged 84)

| death_place = Birchington-on-Sea, Kent, England, UK

| occupation = Film actress

| yearsactive = 1917–1938}}

Viola Maud Compton–Mackenzie (26 November 1886 – 7 April 1971), known as Viola Compton, was an English film actress.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090116190455/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/122129 Viola Compton profile at ftvdb.bfi.org.uk] Born in Fulham, London, she was the second of three siblings born to the actors Edward Compton and Virginia Frances Bateman. Her younger brother was writer Compton Mackenzie and her younger sister was actress Fay Compton. She died in Birchington-on-Sea, Kent.