Carmelita Geraghty
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 21, 1901
- Died
- July 7, 1966 (aged 65)
- Birthplace
- Rushville, Indiana, USA
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.
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Filmography
Phantom of Santa Fe
Movie · as Lolita
The Flaming Signal
Movie · as Molly
Malay Nights
Movie · as Daisy
Escapade
Movie · as Mildred Warren
Jungle Mystery
Movie · as Belle Waldron
The Texas Ranger
Movie · as Helen Clayton
Forgotten Women
Movie · as Helen Turner
Daybreak
Movie · as Party Girl
Night Life in Reno
Movie · as Rita Carlton
50 Million Frenchmen
Movie · as Marcelle Dubrey
Graft
Movie · as Miss Taylor - M.H. Thomas' secretary
The Devil Plays
Movie · as Rita Kane
Millie
Movie · as Miss Vall (uncredited)
Rogue of the Rio Grande
Movie · as Dolores
Fighting Thru
Movie · as Queenie
What Men Want
Movie · as Mabel
Men Without Law
Movie · as Juanita del Rey
Brothers
Movie · as Paula
A Close Shave
Movie · as Mrs. George Billings
Don't Get Jealous
Movie · as Mrs. Warner
Calling Hubby's Bluff
Movie · as Mrs. Billy Barton
This Thing Called Love
Movie · as Alvarez Guerra
Paris Bound
Movie · as Noel Farley
After the Fog
Movie · as Winifred Blake
Clunked on the Corner
Movie · as Necklace Nell
The Mississippi Gambler
Movie · as Suzette Richards
Motorboat Mamas
Movie · as 2nd Cabaret Entertainer
Hubby's Weekend Trip
Movie · as Charley's 1st Girlfriend
The Campus Carmen
Movie · as College Girl
South Of Panama
Movie · as Carmelita Laredon
The Bargain Hunt
Movie · as Shopper
His Unlucky Night
Movie · as Jenny - Homer's Girlfriend
Object: Alimony
Movie · as Mabel
The Small Bachelor
Movie · as Eulalia
The Last Trail
Movie · as Nita Carrol
My Best Girl
Movie · as Liz Johnson
Venus of Venice
Movie · as Bride
What Every Girl Should Know
Movie · as Madame Le Fleur
The Slaver
Movie · as Natalie Rivers
The Canyon of Light
Movie · as Ellen Bardin
The Great Gatsby
Movie · as Jordan Baker
Smith's Uncle
Movie · as Carmelita - the Vamp
The Lily
Movie · as Old Comte's Mistress
Josselyn's Wife
Movie · as Flo
The Pleasure Garden
Movie · as Jill Cheyne
The Mysterious Stranger
Movie · as April Lesage
My Lady of Whims
Movie · as Wayne Leigh
Passionate Youth
Movie · as Peggy
Cyclone Cavalier
Movie · as Rosita Gonzales
Under the Rouge
Movie · as Evelyn
Geared to Go
Movie
Through the Dark
Movie · as Ethel Grayson
Trouble Brewing
Movie · as The Girl
All's Swell on the Ocean
Movie
Fight and Win
Movie · as Waitress in Boarding House
Discontented Husbands
Movie · as Marcia Frazer
Bag and Baggage
Movie · as Lola Cooper
Jealous Husbands
Movie · as Carmen Inez
Black Oxen
Movie · as Anna Goodrich