About

Known credits:
39
Birthday:
1902-06-22
Place of birth:
Duluth, Minnesota, USA
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Marguerite De La Motte

Overview

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

Acting
1942 Overland Mail Actor Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8] N/A
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1942 The Man Who Returned to Life Actor Mrs. Hibbard 58
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1941 Reg'lar Fellers Actor Mrs. Dugan 58
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1934 A Woman's Man Actor Gloria Jordan - Star 59
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1930 Shadow Ranch Actor Ruth Cameron 59
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1929 Montmartre Rose Actor Jeanne N/A
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1929 The Iron Mask Actor Constance Bonacieux 59
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1927 The Final Extra Actor Ruth Collins N/A
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1926 Pals in Paradise Actor Geraldine 'Jerry' Howard 59
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1926 The Unknown Soldier Actor Mary Phillips N/A
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1926 Red Dice Actor Beverly Vane N/A
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1926 Fifth Avenue Actor Barbara Pelham N/A
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1925 The Girl Who Wouldn't Work Actor Mary Hale N/A
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1925 Children of the Whirlwind Actor Maggie N/A
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1925 Daughters Who Pay Actor Sonia Borisoff / Margaret Smith N/A
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1925 Cheaper to Marry Actor Doris N/A
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1924 Those Who Dare Actor Marjorie N/A
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1924 The Beloved Brute Actor Jacinta N/A
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1924 The Clean Heart Actor Essie Bickers N/A
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1923 Richard the Lion-Hearted Actor Lady Edith Plantagenet N/A
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1923 Wandering Daughters Actor Bessie Bowden N/A
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1923 A Man of Action Actor Helen Sumner N/A
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1923 Scars of Jealousy Actor Helen Meanix N/A
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1923 The Famous Mrs. Fair Actor Sylvia Fair N/A
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1923 What a Wife Learned Actor Sheila Dorne N/A
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1922 Shadows Actor Sympathy Gibbs 58
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1922 Shattered Idols Actor Sarasvati N/A
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1921 The Three Musketeers Actor Constance 59
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1921 The Nut Actor Estrell Wynn 59
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1920 The Mark of Zorro Actor Lolita Pulido 60
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1920 The Broken Gate Actor Anne Oglesby N/A
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1920 The U.P. Trail Actor Allie Lee N/A
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1920 The Hope Actor Lady Brenda Carylon N/A
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1920 Trumpet Island Actor Eve de Merincourt 58
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1920 The Sagebrusher Actor Mary Warren N/A
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1919 In Wrong Actor Millie Fields 58
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1919 The Pagan God Actor Beryl Addison N/A
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1919 A Sage Brush Hamlet Actor Dora Lawrence N/A
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1919 Josselyn's Wife Actor Lizzie N/A
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