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
Desire (1923)
as Ruth Cassell
The Mark of Zorro (1920)
as Lolita Pulido
Ragtime (1927)
as Beth Barton
The Nut (1921)
as Estrell Wynn
Wandering Daughters (1923)
as Bessie Bowden
Broadway Madness (1927)
as Maida Vincent
Trumpet Island (1920)
as Eve de Merincourt
Shadows (1922)
as Sympathy Gibbs
Red Dice (1926)
as Beverly Vane
Shattered Idols (1922)
as Sarasvati
In Wrong (1919)
as Millie Fields
The People vs. Nancy Preston (1925)
as Nancy Preston
The Iron Mask (1929)
as Constance Bonacieux
The Jilt (1922)
as Rose Trenton
The Three Musketeers (1921)
as Constance
In Love with Love (1924)
as Ann Jordan
The Man Who Returned to Life (1942)
as Mrs. Hibbard
The Ten Dollar Raise (1921)
as Dorothy
Just Like a Woman (1923)
as Peggy Dean
Overland Mail (1942)
as Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]
For a Woman's Honor (1919)
as Helen Rutherford
Gerald Cranston's Lady (1924)
as Angela
East of Broadway (1924)
as Judy McNulty
The Pagan God (1919)
as Beryl Addison
The Kid Sister (1927)
as Helen Hall
The Unknown Soldier (1926)
as Mary Phillips
Josselyn's Wife (1919)
as Lizzie
The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923)
as Sylvia Fair
The Hope (1920)
as Lady Brenda Carylon
A Woman's Man (1934)
as Gloria Jordan - Star
Daughters Who Pay (1925)
as Sonia Borisoff / Margaret Smith
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work (1925)
as Mary Hale
Reg'lar Fellers (1941)
as Mrs. Dugan
Cheaper to Marry (1925)
as Doris
Scars of Jealousy (1923)
as Helen Meanix
The Beloved Brute (1924)
as Jacinta
A Sage Brush Hamlet (1919)
as Dora Lawrence
A Man of Action (1923)
as Helen Sumner
Montmartre Rose (1929)
as Jeanne
Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923)
as Lady Edith Plantagenet
Shadow Ranch (1930)
as Ruth Cameron
What a Wife Learned (1923)
as Sheila Dorne
The U.P. Trail (1920)
as Allie Lee
The Broken Gate (1920)
as Anne Oglesby
Those Who Dare (1924)
as Marjorie
Children of the Whirlwind (1925)
as Maggie
Fifth Avenue (1926)
as Barbara Pelham
The Last Frontier (1926)
as Beth
Pals in Paradise (1926)
as Geraldine 'Jerry' Howard
The Clean Heart (1924)
as Essie Bickers
The Final Extra (1927)
as Ruth Collins
The Sagebrusher (1920)
as Mary Warren
Held by the Law (1927)
as Mary Travis