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