
In 1922, Georgia won a beauty contest and went to New York to get a job in the theater. Unsuccessful, she left New York for Hollywood where she worked as a bit player in a few movies. Georgia's first break came when she was hired for the film The Salvation Hunters (1925). It was from this picture that Charlie Chaplin hired her to play the Georgia, the dance-hall girl who wins Charlie's heart, in The Gold Rush (1925). With a very successful film, Georgia became an instant celebrity and was signed by Paramount Pictures. Her big film with Paramount was The Great Gatsby (1926) where she played the role of Myrtle Wilson. But her career never went anywhere and her last picture would be the silent film The Last Moment (1928). Deemed unsuitable for talkies, she was one of the first to be released.
movieSigrid Holmquist
2010 · Sigrid Holmquist (archive footage)
movieChaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003 · Self (archive footage)
tvUnknown Chaplin
1983 · Self
movieThe Lightning Warrior
1931 · Dianne La Farge
movieThe Floating College
1928 · Frances Bixby
movieA Trick of Hearts
1928 · Connie Meade
movieGypsy of the North
1928 · Alice Culhane
movieThe Last Moment
1928 · Second Wife
movieThe Rawhide Kid
1928 · Jessica Silverberg
A Woman Against the World
1928 · Carol Hill
movieThe Wheel of Destiny
1927
movieHills of Peril
1927 · Ellen
movieMan of the Forest
1926 · Nancy Raynor
movieThe Great Gatsby
1926 · Myrtle Wilson
movieThe Rainmaker
1926 · Nell Wendell
movieThe Gold Rush
1925 · Georgia
movieThe Salvation Hunters
1925 · The Girl
movieNo More Women
1924 · Marjorie