Marguerite De La Motte
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Marguerite De La Motte (June 22, 1902 – March 10, 1950) was an American film actress, most notably of the silent film era. Born in Duluth, Minnesota, De La Motte was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph De La Motte. She was a 1917 graduate of the Egan School of drama, music, and dancing. De La Motte began her entertainment career studying ballet under Anna Pavlova. In 1919, she became the dance star of Sid Grauman on the stage of his theater. In 1918, at the age of 16, she made her screen debut in the Douglas Fairbanks-directed romantic comedy film Arizona. In 1920, both of her parents died, her mother in January in an automobile accident and her father in August from heart disease. Film producer J.L. Frothingham assumed guardianship of her and her younger brother. De La Motte spent the 1920s appearing in numerous films, often cast by Douglas Fairbanks to play opposite him in swashbuckling adventure films such as 1920's The Mark of Zorro and The Three Musketeers. She developed a close friendship with Fairbanks and his wife, actress Mary Pickford. Her career as an actress slowed dramatically at the end of the silent film era of the 1920s. She did continue acting in bit parts through the sound era and made her final appearance in the 1942 film Overland Mail opposite both Noah Beery Sr. and Noah Beery Jr., as well as Lon Chaney Jr. After her film career ended, De La Motte worked as an inspector in a southern California war plant during World War II. Later she came to San Francisco, California, where she worked in the Red Cross office. On February 8, 1960, De La Motte was awarded a star in the Motion Pictures section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6902 Hollywood Blvd., in Hollywood, California.
Known for
Credits
The Mark of Zorro (1920)
as Lolita Pulido
Shadows (1922)
as Sympathy Gibbs
The Iron Mask (1929)
as Constance Bonacieux
The Three Musketeers (1921)
as Constance
Fifth Avenue (1926)
as Barbara Pelham
The Nut (1921)
as Estrell Wynn
The Jilt (1922)
as Rose Trenton
Red Dice (1926)
as Beverly Vane
Desire (1923)
as Ruth Cassell
Trumpet Island (1920)
as Eve de Merincourt
The Unknown Soldier (1926)
as Mary Phillips
Overland Mail (1942)
as Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]
Shattered Idols (1922)
as Sarasvati
Broadway Madness (1927)
as Maida Vincent
The Ten Dollar Raise (1921)
as Dorothy
The Beloved Brute (1924)
as Jacinta
The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923)
as Sylvia Fair
Cheaper to Marry (1925)
as Doris
A Woman's Man (1934)
as Gloria Jordan - Star
East of Broadway (1924)
as Judy McNulty
Gerald Cranston's Lady (1924)
as Angela
Just Like a Woman (1923)
as Peggy Dean
The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)
as Mrs. Hibbard
For a Woman's Honor (1919)
as Helen Rutherford
Reg'lar Fellers (1941)
as Mrs. Dugan
In Wrong (1919)
as Millie Fields
Ragtime (1927)
as Beth Barton
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work (1925)
as Mary Hale
The Pagan God (1919)
as Beryl Addison
Daughters Who Pay (1925)
as Sonia Borisoff / Margaret Smith
Montmartre Rose (1929)
as Jeanne
The People vs. Nancy Preston (1925)
as Nancy Preston
Pals in Paradise (1926)
as Geraldine 'Jerry' Howard
A Man of Action (1923)
as Helen Sumner
The Kid Sister (1927)
as Helen Hall
Scars of Jealousy (1923)
as Helen Meanix
A Sage Brush Hamlet (1919)
as Dora Lawrence
Josselyn's Wife (1919)
as Lizzie
In Love with Love (1924)
as Ann Jordan
The Final Extra (1927)
as Ruth Collins
The Broken Gate (1920)
as Anne Oglesby
Held by the Law (1927)
as Mary Travis
The Last Frontier (1926)
as Beth
Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923)
as Lady Edith Plantagenet
Children of the Whirlwind (1925)
as Maggie
The U.P. Trail (1920)
as Allie Lee
Wandering Daughters (1923)
as Bessie Bowden
Shadow Ranch (1930)
as Ruth Cameron
The Hope (1920)
as Lady Brenda Carylon
What a Wife Learned (1923)
as Sheila Dorne
Those Who Dare (1924)
as Marjorie
The Clean Heart (1924)
as Essie Bickers
The Sagebrusher (1920)
as Mary Warren