Carmelita Geraghty

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 costarring 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 Geraghtys career slowed Her last role was in the rereleased 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 MetroGoldwynMayer 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