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Georgia Hale

Georgia Hale, American silent film actress and real estate investor (died 1985)

Born
June 25, 1900
Died
June 7, 1985
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1900

About Georgia Hale

Georgia Theodora Hale (June 25, 1900 — 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. Hale retired from acting in 1931 after appearing in about a dozen silent and sound films. 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. An aspiring singer, Hale attended a Chicago musical college in 1920, appearing in the Chicago Winter Follies - her first theatrical engagement. Awarded with a short-term movie contract, Hale appeared in the highly successful Three Weeks (1924), each directed by Rupert Hughes. According to her memoir, Hale became a follower of Christian Science.

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Georgia Hale timeline

  1. An aspiring singer, Hale attended a Chicago musical college in 1920, appearing in the Chicago Winter Follies - her first theatrical engagement.
  2. Awarded with a short-term movie contract, Hale appeared in the highly successful Three Weeks (1924), each directed by Rupert Hughes.

The world when Georgia Hale was born

Georgia Hale was born in 1900. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1900

  • Best-selling book"To Have and to Hold" – Mary Johnston

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Davis Cup tennis tournament
  • Top headlineGalveston Hurricane kills 8,000+ — deadliest US disaster
  • Technology milestoneFirst zeppelin flight
  • World population~1.6B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population76.2M

1900 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Georgia Hale's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19002026
Average income$438$67,500
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population76.2M341 million

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