Carmelita Geraghty
Acting
Born March 21, 1901, 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
- 1936Phantom of Santa Fe — Lolita
- 1933The Flaming Signal — Molly
- 1932Escapade — Mildred Warren
- 1932Jungle Mystery — Belle Waldron
- 1932Malay Nights — Daisy
- 193150 Million Frenchmen — Marcelle Dubrey
- 1931Daybreak — Party Girl
- 1931Forgotten Women — Helen Turner
- 1931Graft — Miss Taylor - M.H. Thomas' secretary
- 1931Millie — Miss Vall (uncredited)
- 1931Night Life in Reno — Rita Carlton
- 1931The Devil Plays — Rita Kane
- 1931The Texas Ranger — Helen Clayton
- 1930Brothers — Paula
- 1930Fighting Thru — Queenie
- 1930Men Without Law — Juanita del Rey
- 1930Rogue of the Rio Grande — Dolores
- 1930What Men Want — Mabel
- 1929A Close Shave — Mrs. George Billings
- 1929After the Fog — Winifred Blake
- 1929Calling Hubby's Bluff — Mrs. Billy Barton
- 1929Clunked on the Corner — Necklace Nell
- 1929Don't Get Jealous — Mrs. Warner
- 1929Paris Bound — Noel Farley
- 1929The Mississippi Gambler — Suzette Richards
- 1929This Thing Called Love — Alvarez Guerra
- 1928His Unlucky Night — Jenny - Homer's Girlfriend
- 1928Hubby's Weekend Trip — Charley's 1st Girlfriend
- 1928Motorboat Mamas — 2nd Cabaret Entertainer
- 1928Object: Alimony — Mabel
- 1928South Of Panama — Carmelita Laredon
- 1928The Bargain Hunt — Shopper
- 1928The Campus Carmen — College Girl
- 1927My Best Girl — Liz Johnson
- 1927The Last Trail — Nita Carrol
- 1927The Slaver — Natalie Rivers
- 1927The Small Bachelor — Eulalia
- 1927Venus of Venice — Bride
- 1927What Every Girl Should Know — Madame Le Fleur
- 1926Josselyn's Wife — Flo
- 1926Smith's Uncle — Carmelita - the Vamp
- 1926The Canyon of Light — Ellen Bardin
- 1926The Great Gatsby — Jordan Baker
- 1926The Lily — Old Comte's Mistress
- 1925Cyclone Cavalier — Rosita Gonzales
- 1925My Lady of Whims — Wayne Leigh
- 1925Passionate Youth — Peggy
- 1925The Mysterious Stranger — April Lesage
- 1925The Pleasure Garden — Jill Cheyne
- 1925Under the Rouge — Evelyn
- 1924All's Swell on the Ocean
- 1924Discontented Husbands — Marcia Frazer
- 1924Fight and Win — Waitress in Boarding House
- 1924Geared to Go
- 1924Through the Dark — Ethel Grayson
- 1924Trouble Brewing — The Girl
- 1923Bag and Baggage — Lola Cooper
- 1923Black Oxen — Anna Goodrich
- 1923Jealous Husbands — Carmen Inez