Georgia Hale
Born: 1905-06-28 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
Died: 1985-06-07
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2010
- Sigrid Holmquist as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
2003
- Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush' as Self (archive footage)
1983
- Unknown Chaplin as Self
1931
- The Lightning Warrior as Dianne La Farge
1928
- The Rawhide Kid as Jessica Silverberg
- The Floating College as Frances Bixby
- Gypsy of the North as Alice Culhane
- The Last Moment as Second Wife
- A Trick of Hearts as Connie Meade
1927
- Hills of Peril as Ellen
- The Wheel of Destiny
1926
- The Rainmaker as Nell Wendell
- The Great Gatsby as Myrtle Wilson
- Man of the Forest as Nancy Raynor
1925
- The Gold Rush as Georgia
- The Salvation Hunters as The Girl
1924
- No More Women as Marjorie