Marguerite De La Motte

Biography

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

The Mark of Zorro

The Iron Mask

Shadows

The Man Who Returned to Life

The Beloved Brute

Josselyn's Wife

The Three Musketeers

Shattered Idols

All Movies (53)

• Overland Mail1942 · as Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]
• The Man Who Returned to Life1942 · as Mrs. Hibbard
• Reg'lar Fellers1941 · as Mrs. Dugan
• A Woman's Man1934 · as Gloria Jordan - Star
• Shadow Ranch1930 · as Ruth Cameron
• Montmartre Rose1929 · as Jeanne
• The Iron Mask1929 · as Constance Bonacieux
• Broadway Madness1927 · as Maida Vincent
• Ragtime1927 · as Beth Barton
• The Kid Sister1927 · as Helen Hall
• Held by the Law1927 · as Mary Travis
• The Final Extra1927 · as Ruth Collins
• Pals in Paradise1926 · as Geraldine 'Jerry' Howard
• The Last Frontier1926 · as Beth
• The Unknown Soldier1926 · as Mary Phillips
• Red Dice1926 · as Beverly Vane
• Fifth Avenue1926 · as Barbara Pelham
• The People vs. Nancy Preston1925 · as Nancy Preston
• The Girl Who Wouldn't Work1925 · as Mary Hale
• Children of the Whirlwind1925 · as Maggie
• Daughters Who Pay1925 · as Sonia Borisoff / Margaret Smith
• Cheaper to Marry1925 · as Doris
• In Love with Love1924 · as Ann Jordan
• East of Broadway1924 · as Judy McNulty
• Those Who Dare1924 · as Marjorie
• The Beloved Brute1924 · as Jacinta
• Gerald Cranston's Lady1924 · as Angela
• The Clean Heart1924 · as Essie Bickers
• Richard the Lion-Hearted1923 · as Lady Edith Plantagenet
• Desire1923 · as Ruth Cassell
• Wandering Daughters1923 · as Bessie Bowden
• A Man of Action1923 · as Helen Sumner
• Just Like a Woman1923 · as Peggy Dean
• Scars of Jealousy1923 · as Helen Meanix
• The Famous Mrs. Fair1923 · as Sylvia Fair
• What a Wife Learned1923 · as Sheila Dorne
• The Jilt1922 · as Rose Trenton
• Shadows1922 · as Sympathy Gibbs
• Shattered Idols1922 · as Sarasvati
• The Three Musketeers1921 · as Constance
• The Ten Dollar Raise1921 · as Dorothy
• The Nut1921 · as Estrell Wynn
• The Mark of Zorro1920 · as Lolita Pulido
• The Broken Gate1920 · as Anne Oglesby
• The U.P. Trail1920 · as Allie Lee
• The Hope1920 · as Lady Brenda Carylon
• Trumpet Island1920 · as Eve de Merincourt
• The Sagebrusher1920 · as Mary Warren
• In Wrong1919 · as Millie Fields
• For a Woman's Honor1919 · as Helen Rutherford
• The Pagan God1919 · as Beryl Addison
• A Sage Brush Hamlet1919 · as Dora Lawrence
• Josselyn's Wife1919 · as Lizzie