Marguerite De La Motte

1902-06-22 Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Biografia

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.

Películas

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