Marguerite De La Motte

Known for ActingBorn 1902-06-22Died 1950-03-10Duluth, 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.Read more

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Overland Mail

The Final Extra

Ragtime

The People vs. Nancy Preston

The Clean Heart

A Man of Action

What a Wife Learned

Just Like a Woman

The Sagebrusher

A Sage Brush Hamlet

For a Woman's Honor

Montmartre Rose

Held by the Law

Broadway Madness

Red Dice

The Last Frontier

The Girl Who Wouldn't Work

Children of the Whirlwind

Daughters Who Pay

East of Broadway

Gerald Cranston's Lady

In Love with Love

Wandering Daughters

The Jilt

The Pagan God

The Kid Sister

Pals in Paradise

Those Who Dare

Scars of Jealousy

Shattered Idols

The Ten Dollar Raise

The Broken Gate

The U.P. Trail

Trumpet Island

The Man Who Returned to Life

The Mark of Zorro

The Unknown Soldier

Fifth Avenue

Cheaper to Marry

The Beloved Brute

The Famous Mrs. Fair

Desire

The Hope

Josselyn's Wife

The Iron Mask

A Woman's Man

Shadow Ranch

In Wrong