Carmelita Geraghty
Acting • Born 1901-03-21 – Died 1966-07-07
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.
Filmography
58 credits
The Canyon of Light
Movie • 1926
Ellen Bardin
The Pleasure Garden
Movie • 1925
Jill Cheyne
A Close Shave
Movie • 1929
Mrs. George Billings
Motorboat Mamas
Movie • 1928
2nd Cabaret Entertainer
Hubby's Weekend Trip
Movie • 1928
Charley's 1st Girlfriend
Don't Get Jealous
Movie • 1929
Mrs. Warner
The Texas Ranger
Movie • 1931
Helen Clayton
Calling Hubby's Bluff
Movie • 1929
Mrs. Billy Barton
This Thing Called Love
Movie • 1929
Alvarez Guerra
Rogue of the Rio Grande
Movie • 1930
Dolores
Malay Nights
Movie • 1932
Daisy
The Flaming Signal
Movie • 1933
Molly
Fighting Thru
Movie • 1930
Queenie
The Great Gatsby
Movie • 1926
Jordan Baker
Paris Bound
Movie • 1929
Noel Farley
After the Fog
Movie • 1929
Winifred Blake
The Small Bachelor
Movie • 1927
Eulalia
Geared to Go
Movie • 1924
Forgotten Women
Movie • 1931
Helen Turner
The Mysterious Stranger
Movie • 1925
April Lesage
The Last Trail
Movie • 1927
Nita Carrol
Smith's Uncle
Movie • 1926
Carmelita - the Vamp
Clunked on the Corner
Movie • 1929
Necklace Nell
Through the Dark
Movie • 1924
Ethel Grayson
My Lady of Whims
Movie • 1925
Wayne Leigh
Phantom of Santa Fe
Movie • 1936
Lolita
Daybreak
Movie • 1931
Party Girl
Passionate Youth
Movie • 1925
Peggy
Night Life in Reno
Movie • 1931
Rita Carlton
50 Million Frenchmen
Movie • 1931
Marcelle Dubrey
The Campus Carmen
Movie • 1928
College Girl
Graft
Movie • 1931
Miss Taylor - M.H. Thomas' secretary
The Mississippi Gambler
Movie • 1929
Suzette Richards
South Of Panama
Movie • 1928
Carmelita Laredon
My Best Girl
Movie • 1927
Liz Johnson
Cyclone Cavalier
Movie • 1925
Rosita Gonzales
The Devil Plays
Movie • 1931
Rita Kane
What Men Want
Movie • 1930
Mabel
Escapade
Movie • 1932
Mildred Warren
Venus of Venice
Movie • 1927
Bride
The Bargain Hunt
Movie • 1928
Shopper
His Unlucky Night
Movie • 1928
Jenny - Homer's Girlfriend
The Lily
Movie • 1926
Old Comte's Mistress
Josselyn's Wife
Movie • 1926
Flo
Bag and Baggage
Movie • 1923
Lola Cooper
Men Without Law
Movie • 1930
Juanita del Rey
Millie
Movie • 1931
Miss Vall (uncredited)
Trouble Brewing
Movie • 1924
The Girl
Brothers
Movie • 1930
Paula
All's Swell on the Ocean
Movie • 1924
Under the Rouge
Movie • 1925
Evelyn
What Every Girl Should Know
Movie • 1927
Madame Le Fleur
Jungle Mystery
Movie • 1932
Belle Waldron
Fight and Win
Movie • 1924
Waitress in Boarding House
Jealous Husbands
Movie • 1923
Carmen Inez
Object: Alimony
Movie • 1928
Mabel
Black Oxen
Movie • 1923
Anna Goodrich
Discontented Husbands
Movie • 1924
Marcia Frazer