Carmelita Geraghty

Birthday: 1901-03-21
Deathday: 1966-07-07
Birthplace: Rushville, Indiana, USA
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1936-11-12 Phantom of Santa Fe Lolita
1933-07-24 The Flaming Signal Molly
1932-11-03 Malay Nights Daisy
1932-09-12 Jungle Mystery Belle Waldron
1932-04-01 Escapade Mildred Warren
1931-12-15 The Devil Plays Rita Kane
1931-11-25 Forgotten Women Helen Turner
1931-11-01 Night Life in Reno Rita Carlton
1931-09-21 Graft Miss Taylor - M.H. Thomas' secretary
1931-05-10 The Texas Ranger Helen Clayton
1931-05-02 Daybreak Party Girl
1931-02-14 50 Million Frenchmen Marcelle Dubrey
1931-02-06 Millie Miss Vall (uncredited)
1930-12-25 Fighting Thru Queenie
1930-12-07 Rogue of the Rio Grande Dolores
1930-10-19 Brothers Paula
1930-10-15 Men Without Law Juanita del Rey
1930-07-12 What Men Want Mabel
1929-12-15 After the Fog Winifred Blake
1929-12-13 This Thing Called Love Alvarez Guerra
1929-11-03 The Mississippi Gambler Suzette Richards
1929-08-03 Paris Bound Noel Farley
1929-06-23 A Close Shave Mrs. George Billings
1929-05-19 Don't Get Jealous Mrs. Warner
1929-02-03 Calling Hubby's Bluff Mrs. Billy Barton
1929-01-06 Clunked on the Corner Necklace Nell
1928-12-22 Object: Alimony Mabel
1928-11-14 South Of Panama Carmelita Laredon
1928-11-01 Hubby's Weekend Trip Charley's 1st Girlfriend
1928-10-14 The Bargain Hunt Shopper
1928-09-30 Motorboat Mamas 2nd Cabaret Entertainer
1928-09-22 The Campus Carmen College Girl
1928-08-12 His Unlucky Night Jenny - Homer's Girlfriend
1927-11-06 The Small Bachelor Eulalia
1927-10-31 My Best Girl Liz Johnson
1927-03-20 Venus of Venice Bride
1927-03-20 What Every Girl Should Know Madame Le Fleur
1927-01-23 The Last Trail Nita Carrol
1926-12-05 The Canyon of Light Ellen Bardin
1926-11-21 The Great Gatsby Jordan Baker
1926-11-15 Josselyn's Wife Flo
1926-11-14 Smith's Uncle Carmelita - the Vamp
1926-10-03 The Lily Old Comte's Mistress
1925-12-09 My Lady of Whims Wayne Leigh
1925-11-03 The Pleasure Garden Jill Cheyne
1925-10-18 Under the Rouge Evelyn
1925-09-28 Cyclone Cavalier Rosita Gonzales
1925-07-05 The Mysterious Stranger April Lesage
1925-06-28 Passionate Youth Peggy
1924-12-15 Geared to Go
1924-08-18 All's Swell on the Ocean
1924-06-23 Fight and Win Waitress in Boarding House
1924-03-12 Trouble Brewing The Girl
1924-01-15 Discontented Husbands Marcia Frazer
1924-01-06 Through the Dark Ethel Grayson
1923-12-29 Black Oxen Anna Goodrich
1923-11-12 Jealous Husbands Carmen Inez
1923-11-01 Bag and Baggage Lola Cooper