18 Facts About Georgia Hale

Georgia Theodora Hale was an actress of the silent movie era.

Georgia Hale retired from acting in 1931 after appearing in about a dozen silent and sound films.

Georgia Hale was born on June 25,1900 to George Washington Hale and his spouse Laura Imbrie of St Joseph, Missouri.

Georgia Hale was the youngest of three daughters.

Georgia Hale's father, preoccupied with his duties as a telephone company operations manager, provided the family with a middle-class income; her mother, an avid homemaker, was solely responsible for raising the girls.

Georgia Hale reports that her father did not hide his disappointment that she had not been born the male heir he had hoped for.

An aspiring singer, Georgia Hale attended a Chicago musical college in 1920, appearing in the Chicago Winter Follies - her first theatrical engagement.

Georgia Hale had become infatuated with actor Charlie Chaplin's screen persona while in her teens.

Georgia Hale performed uncredited supporting roles in a number of features over the next several months.

The documentary Unknown Chaplin revealed that Georgia Hale was hired by Chaplin to replace actress Virginia Cherrill as the female lead in the film City Lights during a brief period after he had fired Cherrill.

The editor's introduction to Georgia Hale's memoir reveals that she was Chaplin's original choice for the female lead in his film The Circus, a role eventually played by Merna Kennedy.

Chaplin managed to lift her contract from Fairbanks - Georgia Hale was immediately given screen tests and enlisted for the part opposite him in The Gold Rush.

Georgia Hale was a close companion of Chaplin in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Georgia Hale went on to teach dance, and later became wealthy through real estate investments in Southern California.

Georgia Hale never married, but she lived with a male companion for the last 15 years of her life, and he received most of her estate upon her death on June 17,1985.

Georgia Hale met with Chaplin during his brief return to the United States in 1972.

Georgia Hale spoke warmly of her time with Chaplin in Unknown Chaplin.

Georgia Hale wrote a book about her experiences with him, titled Charlie Chaplin: Intimate Close-Ups.