Carmelita Geraghty
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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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Movies (59)
Phantom of Santa Fe
1936 · Lolita
The Flaming Signal
1933 · Molly
Malay Nights
1932 · Daisy
Jungle Mystery
1932 · Belle Waldron
Escapade
1932 · Mildred Warren
The Devil Plays
1931 · Rita Kane
Forgotten Women
1931 · Helen Turner
Night Life in Reno
1931 · Rita Carlton
Graft
1931 · Miss Taylor - M.H. Thomas' secretary
The Texas Ranger
1931 · Helen Clayton
Daybreak
1931 · Party Girl
50 Million Frenchmen
1931 · Marcelle Dubrey
Millie
1931 · Miss Vall (uncredited)
Fighting Thru
1930 · Queenie
Rogue of the Rio Grande
1930 · Dolores
Brothers
1930 · Paula
Men Without Law
1930 · Juanita del Rey
What Men Want
1930 · Mabel
After the Fog
1929 · Winifred Blake
This Thing Called Love
1929 · Alvarez Guerra
The Mississippi Gambler
1929 · Suzette Richards
Paris Bound
1929 · Noel Farley
A Close Shave
1929 · Mrs. George Billings
Don't Get Jealous
1929 · Mrs. Warner
Calling Hubby's Bluff
1929 · Mrs. Billy Barton
Clunked on the Corner
1929 · Necklace Nell
Object: Alimony
1928 · Mabel
South Of Panama
1928 · Carmelita Laredon
Hubby's Weekend Trip
1928 · Charley's 1st Girlfriend
The Bargain Hunt
1928 · Shopper
Motorboat Mamas
1928 · 2nd Cabaret Entertainer
The Campus Carmen
1928 · College Girl
His Unlucky Night
1928 · Jenny - Homer's Girlfriend
The Slaver
1927 · Natalie Rivers
The Small Bachelor
1927 · Eulalia
My Best Girl
1927 · Liz Johnson
Venus of Venice
1927 · Bride
What Every Girl Should Know
1927 · Madame Le Fleur
The Last Trail
1927 · Nita Carrol
The Canyon of Light
1926 · Ellen Bardin
The Great Gatsby
1926 · Jordan Baker
Josselyn's Wife
1926 · Flo
Smith's Uncle
1926 · Carmelita - the Vamp
The Lily
1926 · Old Comte's Mistress
My Lady of Whims
1925 · Wayne Leigh
The Pleasure Garden
1925 · Jill Cheyne
Under the Rouge
1925 · Evelyn
Cyclone Cavalier
1925 · Rosita Gonzales
The Mysterious Stranger
1925 · April Lesage
Passionate Youth
1925 · Peggy
Geared to Go
1924
All's Swell on the Ocean
1924
Fight and Win
1924 · Waitress in Boarding House
Trouble Brewing
1924 · The Girl
Discontented Husbands
1924 · Marcia Frazer
Through the Dark
1924 · Ethel Grayson
Black Oxen
1923 · Anna Goodrich
Jealous Husbands
1923 · Carmen Inez
Bag and Baggage
1923 · Lola Cooper
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