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Daughter of screenwriter Tom Geraghty and sister of writers Maurice and Gerald Geraghty, Carmelita 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 movies. Retiring in the mid-1930s, 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
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