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Carmelita Geraghty

Carmelita Geraghty

Actor · 1901–1966 · Rushville, Indiana, USA

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carmelita Geraghty (March 21, 1901 – July 7, 1966) was an American film actress and painter. Born in Rushville, Indiana to screenwriter Thomas J. Geraghty, she started her film career as an extra in the early 1920s before being selected as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1924. She soon became a leading actress, including a co-starring role with Virginia Valli in The Pleasure Garden (1925), the first film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. She also played golfer Jordan Baker in the first film version of The Great Gatsby (1926) and starred alongside Clara Bow in My Lady of Whims (1925). When the age of sound dawned, Geraghty's career slowed. Her last role was in the re-released independent Western Phantom of Santa Fe (1936). She became a very accomplished artist about ten years after leaving motion pictures. In the last years of her life, her artwork was put on display at the Weil Gardens in Paris. Geraghty was married to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer writer and producer Carey Wilson from 1934 until his death in 1962. On July 7, 1966, she died of a heart attack at the Lombardy Hotel in Manhattan, aged 65. She is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.

Acted in 49

1930s

  1. 1933

    The Flaming Signal

    Molly

  2. 1932

    Jungle Mystery

    Belle Waldron

  3. Escapade

    Mildred Warren

  4. 1931

    The Devil Plays

    Rita Kane

  5. Forgotten Women

    Helen Turner

  6. Night Life in Reno

    Rita Carlton

  7. Graft

    Miss Taylor - M.H. Thomas' secretary

  8. The Texas Ranger

    Helen Clayton

  9. Daybreak

    Party Girl

  10. 50 Million Frenchmen

    Marcelle Dubrey

  11. Millie

    Miss Vall (uncredited)

  12. 1930

    Fighting Thru

    Queenie

  13. Rogue of the Rio Grande

    Dolores

  14. Brothers

    Paula

  15. Men Without Law

    Juanita del Rey

  16. What Men Want

    Mabel

1920s

  1. 1929

    After the Fog

    Winifred Blake

  2. This Thing Called Love

    Alvarez Guerra

  3. The Mississippi Gambler

    Suzette Richards

  4. Paris Bound

    Noel Farley

  5. Calling Hubby's Bluff

    Mrs. Billy Barton

  6. Clunked on the Corner

    Necklace Nell

  7. 1928

    Object: Alimony

    Mabel

  8. South Of Panama

    Carmelita Laredon

  9. Motorboat Mamas

    2nd Cabaret Entertainer

  10. The Campus Carmen

    College Girl

  11. His Unlucky Night

    Jenny - Homer's Girlfriend

  12. 1927

    The Small Bachelor

    Eulalia

  13. My Best Girl

    Liz Johnson

  14. Venus of Venice

    Bride

  15. What Every Girl Should Know

    Madame Le Fleur

  16. The Last Trail

    Nita Carrol

  17. 1926

    The Canyon of Light

    Ellen Bardin

  18. The Great Gatsby

    Jordan Baker

  19. Josselyn's Wife

    Flo

  20. Smith's Uncle

    Carmelita - the Vamp

  21. The Lily

    Old Comte's Mistress

  22. 1925

    My Lady of Whims

    Wayne Leigh

  23. The Pleasure Garden

    Jill Cheyne

    57

  24. Under the Rouge

    Evelyn

  25. Cyclone Cavalier

    Rosita Gonzales

  26. 1924

    All's Swell on the Ocean

    Movie

  27. Fight and Win

    Waitress in Boarding House

  28. Trouble Brewing

    The Girl

  29. Discontented Husbands

    Marcia Frazer

  30. Through the Dark

    Ethel Grayson

  31. 1923

    Black Oxen

    Anna Goodrich

  32. Jealous Husbands

    Carmen Inez

  33. Bag and Baggage

    Lola Cooper