Georgia Hale

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Georgia Hale (born on June 24, 1905 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA – died on June 7, 1985 in Hollywood, California, USA) was an actress of the silent movie era.

[edit] Brief Film Career

Hale began acting in the early-1920s, and is most famous for her role in Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush (1925).

Chaplin cast the Chicago-born Hale in his film on the evidence of her performance in The Salvation Hunters which also came out in 1925. The Gold Rush temporarily made her a star, but she did not survive the transition from silent film to sound in 1929, and she did not act in films after 1928.

Hale was a close companion to Chaplin in the late-1920s and early-1930s. She went on to teach dance, and later became wealthy through real estate investments in Southern California.

She spoke warmly of her time with Chaplin in the documentary Unknown Chaplin. She also wrote a book about her experiences with him, Charlie Chaplin: Intimate Close-Ups.