1902-06-22 Duluth, Minnesota, USA
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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Overland Mail | Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8] | 1942-09-22 |
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The Man Who Returned to Life | 1942-02-05 | |
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Reg'lar Fellers | Mrs. Dugan | 1941-09-05 |
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A Woman's Man | Gloria Jordan - Star | 1934-02-06 |
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Shadow Ranch | Ruth Cameron | 1930-09-27 |
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The Iron Mask | Constance Bonacieux | 1929-02-21 |
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Montmartre Rose | Jeanne | 1929-04-01 |
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The Final Extra | Ruth Collins | 1927-02-07 |
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The Unknown Soldier | Mary Phillips | 1926-05-29 |
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Pals in Paradise | Geraldine 'Jerry' Howard | 1926-11-22 |
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Fifth Avenue | Barbara Pelham | 1926-01-24 |
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Red Dice | Beverly Vane | 1926-03-14 |
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Cheaper to Marry | Doris | 1925-02-09 |
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Daughters Who Pay | Sonia Borisoff / Margaret Smith | 1925-05-10 |
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Children of the Whirlwind | Maggie | 1925-08-15 |
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The Girl Who Wouldn't Work | Mary Hale | 1925-08-18 |
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The Clean Heart | Essie Bickers | 1924-09-15 |
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Those Who Dare | Marjorie | 1924-11-15 |
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The Beloved Brute | Jacinta | 1924-11-09 |
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Scars of Jealousy | Helen Meanix | 1923-03-05 |
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Wandering Daughters | Bessie Bowden | 1923-07-01 |
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A Man of Action | Helen Sumner | 1923-06-03 |
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The Famous Mrs. Fair | Sylvia Fair | 1923-02-19 |
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Richard the Lion-Hearted | Lady Edith Plantagenet | 1923-10-15 |
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What a Wife Learned | Sheila Dorne | 1923-01-28 |
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Shattered Idols | Sarasvati | 1922-02-06 |
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Shadows | Sympathy Gibbs | 1922-11-10 |
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The Nut | Estrell Wynn | 1921-03-06 |
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The Three Musketeers | Constance | 1921-08-28 |
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The Broken Gate | Anne Oglesby | 1920-12-01 |
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The Sagebrusher | Mary Warren | 1920-01-01 |
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The Mark of Zorro | Lolita Pulido | 1920-12-05 |
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The Hope | Lady Brenda Carylon | 1920-09-07 |
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The U.P. Trail | Allie Lee | 1920-11-01 |
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Trumpet Island | Eve de Merincourt | 1920-09-01 |
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The Pagan God | Beryl Addison | 1919-08-04 |
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A Sage Brush Hamlet | Dora Lawrence | 1919-08-03 |
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Josselyn's Wife | Lizzie | 1919-05-05 |
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In Wrong | Millie Fields | 1919-10-31 |
