In 1922, Georgia won a beauty contest and went to New York to get a job in the theater. Unsuccessful, she left New York for Hollywood where she worked as a bit player in a few movies. Georgia's first break came when she was hired for the film The Salvation Hunters (1925). It was from this picture that Charlie Chaplin hired her to play the Georgia, the dance-hall girl who wins Charlie's heart, in The Gold Rush (1925). With a very successful film, Georgia became an instant celebrity and was signed by Paramount Pictures. Her big film with Paramount was The Great Gatsby (1926) where she played the role of Myrtle Wilson. But her career never went anywhere and her last picture would be the silent film The Last Moment (1928). Deemed unsuitable for talkies, she was one of the first to be released.

Filmography

• 2010Sigrid Holmquist — Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
• 1931The Lightning Warrior — Dianne La Farge
• 1928A Trick of Hearts — Connie Meade
• 1928A Woman Against the World — Carol Hill
• 1928Gypsy of the North — Alice Culhane
• 1928The Floating College — Frances Bixby
• 1928The Last Moment — Second Wife
• 1928The Rawhide Kid — Jessica Silverberg
• 1927Hills of Peril — Ellen
• 1927The Wheel of Destiny
• 1926Man of the Forest — Nancy Raynor
• 1926The Great Gatsby — Myrtle Wilson
• 1926The Rainmaker — Nell Wendell
• 1925The Gold Rush — Georgia
• 1925The Salvation Hunters — The Girl
• 1924No More Women — Marjorie

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2003Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush — Self (archive footage)
• Unknown Chaplin — Self