Carmelita Geraghty
Acting
1901-03-21 · Rushville, 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.
Filmography
Phantom of Santa Fe
1936 · Movie
The Flaming Signal
1933 · Movie
Malay Nights
1932 · Movie
Jungle Mystery
1932 · Movie
Escapade
1932 · Movie
The Devil Plays
1931 · Movie
Forgotten Women
1931 · Movie
Night Life in Reno
1931 · Movie
Graft
1931 · Movie
The Texas Ranger
1931 · Movie
Daybreak
1931 · Movie
50 Million Frenchmen
1931 · Movie
Millie
1931 · Movie
Fighting Thru
1930 · Movie
Rogue of the Rio Grande
1930 · Movie
Brothers
1930 · Movie
Men Without Law
1930 · Movie
What Men Want
1930 · Movie
After the Fog
1929 · Movie
This Thing Called Love
1929 · Movie
The Mississippi Gambler
1929 · Movie
Paris Bound
1929 · Movie
A Close Shave
1929 · Movie
Don't Get Jealous
1929 · Movie
Calling Hubby's Bluff
1929 · Movie
Clunked on the Corner
1929 · Movie
Object: Alimony
1928 · Movie
South Of Panama
1928 · Movie
Hubby's Weekend Trip
1928 · Movie
The Bargain Hunt
1928 · Movie
Motorboat Mamas
1928 · Movie
The Campus Carmen
1928 · Movie
His Unlucky Night
1928 · Movie
The Slaver
1927 · Movie
The Small Bachelor
1927 · Movie
My Best Girl
1927 · Movie
What Every Girl Should Know
1927 · Movie
Venus of Venice
1927 · Movie
The Last Trail
1927 · Movie
The Canyon of Light
1926 · Movie
The Great Gatsby
1926 · Movie
Josselyn's Wife
1926 · Movie
Smith's Uncle
1926 · Movie
The Lily
1926 · Movie
My Lady of Whims
1925 · Movie
The Pleasure Garden
1925 · Movie
Under the Rouge
1925 · Movie
Cyclone Cavalier
1925 · Movie
The Mysterious Stranger
1925 · Movie
Passionate Youth
1925 · Movie
Geared to Go
1924 · Movie
All's Swell on the Ocean
1924 · Movie
Fight and Win
1924 · Movie
Trouble Brewing
1924 · Movie
Discontented Husbands
1924 · Movie
Through the Dark
1924 · Movie
Black Oxen
1923 · Movie
Jealous Husbands
1923 · Movie
Bag and Baggage
1923 · Movie