Geraldine Farrar

Geraldine Farrar was an American actress and soprano. She was born in 1882 and played Marguerite in Faust (opera) in 1901. She starred or played major roles in a lot of operas before Cecil B. DeMille had her star in the movie version of the opera Carmen in 1915. She also starred as Joan of Arc in Joan the Woman. In the 1930s, she started acting in radio. In 1960, she got two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She died in 1967.

Category:1882 births
Category:1967 deaths
Category:American sopranos
Category:20th-century American actors
Category:20th-century American singers
Category:American opera singers
Category:American silent movie actors
Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction
Category:Musicians from New York City
Category:Singers from Massachusetts
Category:Writers from Massachusetts