Georgia Hale

Biography

Georgia Hale was a silent film actress born on June 25, 1900, in St. Joseph, Missouri. She rose to stardom in the late 1920s with roles in The Salvation Hunters (1925) and The Gold Rush (1925), followed by a notable performance as Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby (1926). Hale retired from acting in 1931 and later wrote a memoir about her experiences working with directors Charlie Chaplin and Josef von Sternberg.