Carmelita Geraghty

Known for ActingBorn 1901-03-21Died 1966-07-07Rushville, Indiana, USA

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.Read more

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A Close Shave

Calling Hubby's Bluff

His Unlucky Night

Venus of Venice

The Slaver

Passionate Youth

Cyclone Cavalier

Through the Dark

Jealous Husbands

Malay Nights

The Texas Ranger

Brothers

Don't Get Jealous

This Thing Called Love

The Mississippi Gambler

Motorboat Mamas

Hubby's Weekend Trip

The Bargain Hunt

The Last Trail

The Canyon of Light

The Great Gatsby

The Mysterious Stranger

Geared to Go

Fight and Win

Phantom of Santa Fe

Forgotten Women

Rogue of the Rio Grande

Men Without Law

After the Fog

South Of Panama

The Small Bachelor

What Every Girl Should Know

All's Swell on the Ocean

Bag and Baggage

Trouble Brewing

My Best Girl

Escapade

Jungle Mystery

Fighting Thru

Clunked on the Corner

Object: Alimony

The Lily

Josselyn's Wife

Under the Rouge

Discontented Husbands

50 Million Frenchmen

The Flaming Signal

The Campus Carmen