Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 21, 1901
Died
Jul 07, 1966
Place of Birth
Rushville, Indiana, USA
Credits
59 titles
Carmelita Geraghty
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.
Known For
Filmography
Phantom of Santa Fe
Lolita
The Flaming Signal
Molly
Malay Nights
Daisy
Jungle Mystery
Belle Waldron
Escapade
Mildred Warren
The Devil Plays
Rita Kane
Forgotten Women
Helen Turner
Night Life in Reno
Rita Carlton
Graft
Miss Taylor - M.H. Thomas' secretary
The Texas Ranger
Helen Clayton
Daybreak
Party Girl
50 Million Frenchmen
Marcelle Dubrey
Millie
Miss Vall (uncredited)
Fighting Thru
Queenie
Rogue of the Rio Grande
Dolores
Brothers
Paula
Men Without Law
Juanita del Rey
What Men Want
Mabel
After the Fog
Winifred Blake
This Thing Called Love
Alvarez Guerra
The Mississippi Gambler
Suzette Richards
Paris Bound
Noel Farley
A Close Shave
Mrs. George Billings
Don't Get Jealous
Mrs. Warner
Calling Hubby's Bluff
Mrs. Billy Barton
Clunked on the Corner
Necklace Nell
Object: Alimony
Mabel
South Of Panama
Carmelita Laredon
Hubby's Weekend Trip
Charley's 1st Girlfriend
The Bargain Hunt
Shopper
Motorboat Mamas
2nd Cabaret Entertainer
The Campus Carmen
College Girl
His Unlucky Night
Jenny - Homer's Girlfriend
The Slaver
Natalie Rivers
The Small Bachelor
Eulalia
My Best Girl
Liz Johnson
What Every Girl Should Know
Madame Le Fleur
Venus of Venice
Bride
The Last Trail
Nita Carrol
The Canyon of Light
Ellen Bardin
The Great Gatsby
Jordan Baker
Josselyn's Wife
Flo
Smith's Uncle
Carmelita - the Vamp
The Lily
Old Comte's Mistress
My Lady of Whims
Wayne Leigh
The Pleasure Garden
Jill Cheyne
Under the Rouge
Evelyn
Cyclone Cavalier
Rosita Gonzales
The Mysterious Stranger
April Lesage
Passionate Youth
Peggy