Marguerite De La Motte
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 22, 1902
- Died
- March 10, 1950 (aged 47)
- Birthplace
- Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Biography
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
The Man Who Returned to Life
Movie · as Mrs. Hibbard
Overland Mail
Movie · as Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]
Reg'lar Fellers
Movie · as Mrs. Dugan
A Woman's Man
Movie · as Gloria Jordan - Star
Shadow Ranch
Movie · as Ruth Cameron
The Iron Mask
Movie · as Constance Bonacieux
Montmartre Rose
Movie · as Jeanne
The Final Extra
Movie · as Ruth Collins
Held by the Law
Movie · as Mary Travis
Ragtime
Movie · as Beth Barton
The Kid Sister
Movie · as Helen Hall
Broadway Madness
Movie · as Maida Vincent
The Unknown Soldier
Movie · as Mary Phillips
Red Dice
Movie · as Beverly Vane
Pals in Paradise
Movie · as Geraldine 'Jerry' Howard
Fifth Avenue
Movie · as Barbara Pelham
The Last Frontier
Movie · as Beth
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
Movie · as Mary Hale
Children of the Whirlwind
Movie · as Maggie
Daughters Who Pay
Movie · as Sonia Borisoff / Margaret Smith
Cheaper to Marry
Movie · as Doris
The People vs. Nancy Preston
Movie · as Nancy Preston
The Beloved Brute
Movie · as Jacinta
Those Who Dare
Movie · as Marjorie
The Clean Heart
Movie · as Essie Bickers
East of Broadway
Movie · as Judy McNulty
Gerald Cranston's Lady
Movie · as Angela
In Love with Love
Movie · as Ann Jordan
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Movie · as Sylvia Fair
A Man of Action
Movie · as Helen Sumner
Wandering Daughters
Movie · as Bessie Bowden
Scars of Jealousy
Movie · as Helen Meanix
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Movie · as Lady Edith Plantagenet
What a Wife Learned
Movie · as Sheila Dorne
Desire
Movie · as Ruth Cassell
Just Like a Woman
Movie · as Peggy Dean
Shadows
Movie · as Sympathy Gibbs
Shattered Idols
Movie · as Sarasvati
The Jilt
Movie · as Rose Trenton
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as Constance
The Nut
Movie · as Estrell Wynn
The Ten Dollar Raise
Movie · as Dorothy
The Broken Gate
Movie · as Anne Oglesby
The Mark of Zorro
Movie · as Lolita Pulido
The U.P. Trail
Movie · as Allie Lee
The Sagebrusher
Movie · as Mary Warren
The Hope
Movie · as Lady Brenda Carylon
Trumpet Island
Movie · as Eve de Merincourt
Josselyn's Wife
Movie · as Lizzie
A Sage Brush Hamlet
Movie · as Dora Lawrence
The Pagan God
Movie · as Beryl Addison
In Wrong
Movie · as Millie Fields
For a Woman's Honor
Movie · as Helen Rutherford