Geraldine Farrar

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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.