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