Georgia Hale

For the New Zealand rugby league player, see Georgia Hale (rugby league).

Georgia Hale
Hale in The Gold Rush (1925)
Born
Georgia Theodora Hale

(1900-07-28)July 28, 1900
St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
DiedJune 17, 1985(1985-06-17) (aged 84)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
Other namesGia, Rose, Geanna
OccupationActress
Years active1914–1975

Georgia Theodora Hale (June 25, 1900 [1][2][3] — June 17, 1985) was an actress of the silent movie era.

Hale rose to film stardom in 1925 under the auspices of directors Josef von Sternberg in The Salvation Hunters and Charlie Chaplin in The Gold Rush.[4] Hale retired from acting in 1931 after appearing in about a dozen silent and sound films.[5]

Hale’s 1995 memoir Charlie Chaplin: Intimate Close-Ups is one of the few accounts that provide highly personal and professional insights into Hollywood directors Chaplin and von Sternberg.[6][7]

  1. ^ Kierman, 1999 p. x: “Georgia Theodora was born on June 25, 1900…the 25th of June is the date she consistently gave for her birthdate.” See here for early “confusion” concerning her birth year.
  2. ^ 1910 U.S. Census, Chicago, Cook County, IL (April 18, 1910), Enumeration District 1351, sheet 2B; Georgia Hale, age 9 (daughter) living with George (head) and Lura (wife) Hale.
    1920 U.S. Census, Chicago, Cook County, IL (January 14, 1920), Enumeration District 1999, sheet 12A; Georgia Hale, age 19 (daughter) living with George (head) and Lura (wife) Hale.
    1940 U.S. Census, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA (April 8, 1940), Enumeration District 16, sheet 4A; Georgia Hale, age 39 (head; occupation: author & actress) living with George (father) and Lura (mother) Hale.
  3. ^ Hale, Georgia (1999). Intimate close-ups. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Trade. p. x. ISBN 1-57886-004-0.
  4. ^ Kierman, 1999 p. Vii: The Gold Rush “earned her a permanent place in film history.” And p. viii-xiv: See here for Sternberg/Hale early professional links: “...Georgia owned much to The Salvations Hunters, as did Sternberg.”
  5. ^ Kierman, 1999 p. vii: Hale retired from films in 1931.
  6. ^ Eyman, 2023 p. 93: Hale’s memoir “posthumously published in 1995…” See here for her differing appraisal of Chaplin in the 1995 drafts.
  7. ^ Kiernan, 1999 Introduction, p. ix, p. xiii-xiv, p. xvii