Marguerite De La Motte (June 22, 1902 – March 10, 1950) was an American film actress, most notably of the silent film era.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Overland Mail
Character:Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]
Release Date:22/09/1942
The Man Who Returned to Life
Character:Mrs. Hibbard
Release Date:05/02/1942
Reg'lar Fellers
Character:Mrs. Dugan
Release Date:05/09/1941
A Woman's Man
Character:Gloria Jordan - Star
Release Date:06/02/1934
Shadow Ranch
Character:Ruth Cameron
Release Date:27/09/1930
Montmartre Rose
Character:Jeanne
Release Date:01/04/1929
The Iron Mask
Character:Constance Bonacieux
Release Date:21/02/1929
Ragtime
Character:Beth Barton
Release Date:01/09/1927
The Kid Sister
Character:Helen Hall
Release Date:05/07/1927
Held by the Law
Character:Mary Travis
Release Date:10/04/1927
The Final Extra
Character:Ruth Collins
Release Date:07/02/1927
Pals in Paradise
Character:Geraldine 'Jerry' Howard
Release Date:22/11/1926
The Last Frontier
Character:Beth
Release Date:16/08/1926
The Unknown Soldier
Character:Mary Phillips
Release Date:29/05/1926
Red Dice
Character:Beverly Vane
Release Date:14/03/1926
Fifth Avenue
Character:Barbara Pelham
Release Date:24/01/1926
The People vs. Nancy Preston
Character:Nancy Preston
Release Date:01/11/1925
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
Character:Mary Hale
Release Date:18/08/1925
Children of the Whirlwind
Character:Maggie
Release Date:15/08/1925
Daughters Who Pay
Character:Sonia Borisoff / Margaret Smith
Release Date:10/05/1925
Cheaper to Marry
Character:Doris
Release Date:09/02/1925
In Love with Love
Character:Ann Jordan
Release Date:28/12/1924
East of Broadway
Character:Judy McNulty
Release Date:23/11/1924
Those Who Dare
Character:Marjorie
Release Date:15/11/1924
The Beloved Brute
Character:Jacinta
Release Date:09/11/1924
Gerald Cranston's Lady
Character:Angela
Release Date:19/10/1924
The Clean Heart
Character:Essie Bickers
Release Date:15/09/1924
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Character:Lady Edith Plantagenet
Release Date:15/10/1923
Desire
Character:Ruth Cassell
Release Date:01/10/1923
Wandering Daughters
Character:Bessie Bowden
Release Date:01/07/1923
A Man of Action
Character:Helen Sumner
Release Date:03/06/1923
Just Like a Woman
Character:Peggy Dean
Release Date:18/03/1923
Scars of Jealousy
Character:Helen Meanix
Release Date:05/03/1923
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Character:Sylvia Fair
Release Date:19/02/1923
What a Wife Learned
Character:Sheila Dorne
Release Date:28/01/1923
The Jilt
Character:Rose Trenton
Release Date:26/11/1922
Shadows
Character:Sympathy Gibbs
Release Date:10/11/1922
Shattered Idols
Character:Sarasvati
Release Date:06/02/1922
The Three Musketeers
Character:Constance
Release Date:28/08/1921
The Ten Dollar Raise
Character:Dorothy
Release Date:26/06/1921
The Nut
Character:Estrell Wynn
Release Date:06/03/1921
The Mark of Zorro
Character:Lolita Pulido
Release Date:05/12/1920
The Broken Gate
Character:Anne Oglesby
Release Date:01/12/1920
The U.P. Trail
Character:Allie Lee
Release Date:01/11/1920
The Hope
Character:Lady Brenda Carylon
Release Date:07/09/1920
Trumpet Island
Character:Eve de Merincourt
Release Date:01/09/1920
The Sagebrusher
Character:Mary Warren
Release Date:01/01/1920
In Wrong
Character:Millie Fields
Release Date:31/10/1919
For a Woman's Honor
Character:Helen Rutherford
Release Date:14/09/1919
The Pagan God
Character:Beryl Addison
Release Date:04/08/1919
A Sage Brush Hamlet
Character:Dora Lawrence
Release Date:03/08/1919
Josselyn's Wife
Character:Lizzie
Release Date:05/05/1919
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