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Georgia Hale

Acting Born Jun 28, 1905 St. Joseph, Missouri, USA 18 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

The Gold Rush

as Georgia

Unknown Chaplin

as Self

Full filmography

  • The Gold Rush (1925) as Georgia
  • Unknown Chaplin (1983) as Self
  • The Lightning Warrior (1931) as Dianne La Farge
  • The Great Gatsby (1926) as Myrtle Wilson
  • Man of the Forest (1926) as Nancy Raynor
  • The Rainmaker (1926) as Nell Wendell
  • The Wheel of Destiny (1927)
  • Hills of Peril (1927) as Ellen
  • The Last Moment (1928) as Second Wife
  • Sigrid Holmquist (2010) as Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
  • Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (2003) as Self (archive footage)
  • A Trick of Hearts (1928) as Connie Meade
  • The Salvation Hunters (1925) as The Girl
  • No More Women (1924) as Marjorie
  • The Floating College (1928) as Frances Bixby
  • A Woman Against the World (1928) as Carol Hill
  • Gypsy of the North (1928) as Alice Culhane
  • The Rawhide Kid (1928) as Jessica Silverberg