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Geraghty was born on March 21, 1901, [ 2] in Rushville, Indiana, attended schools in New York, [ 2] and graduated from Hollywood High School. Although her parents wished her to stay at home, she went off to become a movie star. [ 1] Her father was slow to approve of his daughter's new employment. Geraghty achieved a measure of success as a Mack ...
Carmelita Geraghty. Actress: The Pleasure Garden. The daughter of screenwriter Tom Geraghty and sister of writers Maurice Geraghty and Gerald Geraghty, Carmelita Geraghty was a graduate of Hollywood High School, where she was in charge of the school calendar. Voted a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1924, she spent most of her career as a leading lady ...
- January 1, 1
- Rushville, Indiana, USA
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
Carmelita Geraghty was a leading lady in silent films, who later became an artist and married Carey Wilson. She was the first actress to play Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby and a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1924.
- March 21, 1901
- July 7, 1966
Mar 21, 2019 · Carmelita Geraghty (1901-1966) was the daughter of screenwriter Tom Geraghty, whose credits included things like Douglas Fairbanks’ ‘Til the Clouds Roll By (1919) and The Mollycoddle (1920). Originally a script girl, her career as an actress began with a supporting role in an independent melodrama called Jealous Husbands (1923).
Mrs. Carmelite Geraghty Wilson, a supporting actress in Tom Mix and Mary Pickford films of the late nineteentwenties, died of a heart attack here yesterday at the Lombardy Hotel, 111 East 56th Street.
Geraghty, Carmelita (1901–1966)American actress. Born Mar 21, 1901, in Rushville, Indiana; died July 7, 1966, in NYC; dau. of Tom Geraghty (screenwriter); sister of Maurice and Gerald Geraghty (writers); m. Carey Wilson (MGM writer, died 1962).Supporting actress in silent and early talkies, appeared in Passionate Youth, The Great Gatsby, The ...
Synopsis. Patsy ( Carmelita Geraghty) is a young chorus girl at Mr. Hamilton's Pleasure Garden Theatre in London. One evening after the show, she meets Jill ( Virginia Valli) whose money and letter of introduction to Mr. Hamilton have just been stolen. Patsy offers to take her to her own lodgings and promises to introduce her to the boss.
