The daughter of screenwriter
Tom Geraghty and sister of writers
Maurice Geraghty and
Gerald Geraghty, Carmelita Geraghty was a graduate of Hollywood High School, where she was in charge of the school calendar. Voted a WAMPAS Baby
Star in 1924, she spent most of her career as a leading lady, playing
with
Reed Howes and
Estelle Taylor's husband, former heavyweight
champion
Jack Dempsey.
With the advent of sound Carmelita's star
dimmed, and she went on to play the "other woman" in various "Poverty Row" productions. Retiring in the mid-'30s, she married 'Carey Wilson' and later
became an accomplished artist. During the last years of her life her
artwork was displayed at the "Weil Gardens" in Paris, France.