Marguerite De La Motte
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 22, 1902
- Died
- March 10, 1950
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Overland Mail 1942
as Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]
The Man Who Returned to Life 1942
as Mrs. Hibbard
Reg'lar Fellers 1941
as Mrs. Dugan
A Woman's Man 1934
as Gloria Jordan - Star
Shadow Ranch 1930
as Ruth Cameron
Montmartre Rose 1929
as Jeanne
The Iron Mask 1929
as Constance Bonacieux
Broadway Madness 1927
as Maida Vincent
Ragtime 1927
as Beth Barton
- The Kid Sister
The Kid Sister 1927
as Helen Hall
Held by the Law 1927
as Mary Travis
The Final Extra 1927
as Ruth Collins
Pals in Paradise 1926
as Geraldine 'Jerry' Howard
The Last Frontier 1926
as Beth
The Unknown Soldier 1926
as Mary Phillips
Red Dice 1926
as Beverly Vane
Fifth Avenue 1926
as Barbara Pelham
The People vs. Nancy Preston 1925
as Nancy Preston
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work 1925
as Mary Hale
Children of the Whirlwind 1925
as Maggie
Daughters Who Pay 1925
as Sonia Borisoff / Margaret Smith
Cheaper to Marry 1925
as Doris
In Love with Love 1924
as Ann Jordan
East of Broadway 1924
as Judy McNulty
Those Who Dare 1924
as Marjorie
The Beloved Brute 1924
as Jacinta
Gerald Cranston's Lady 1924
as Angela
The Clean Heart 1924
as Essie Bickers
Richard the Lion-Hearted 1923
as Lady Edith Plantagenet
Desire 1923
as Ruth Cassell
Wandering Daughters 1923
as Bessie Bowden
A Man of Action 1923
as Helen Sumner
Just Like a Woman 1923
as Peggy Dean
Scars of Jealousy 1923
as Helen Meanix
The Famous Mrs. Fair 1923
as Sylvia Fair
What a Wife Learned 1923
as Sheila Dorne
The Jilt 1922
as Rose Trenton
Shadows 1922
as Sympathy Gibbs
Shattered Idols 1922
as Sarasvati
The Three Musketeers 1921
as Constance
The Ten Dollar Raise 1921
as Dorothy
The Nut 1921
as Estrell Wynn
The Mark of Zorro 1920
as Lolita Pulido
The Broken Gate 1920
as Anne Oglesby
The U.P. Trail 1920
as Allie Lee
The Hope 1920
as Lady Brenda Carylon
Trumpet Island 1920
as Eve de Merincourt
The Sagebrusher 1920
as Mary Warren
In Wrong 1919
as Millie Fields
For a Woman's Honor 1919
as Helen Rutherford
The Pagan God 1919
as Beryl Addison
A Sage Brush Hamlet 1919
as Dora Lawrence
Josselyn's Wife 1919
as Lizzie
Credits from TMDB.