- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 22, 1902
- Place of Birth
- Duluth, Minnesota, USA
- Died
- March 10, 1950
Marguerite De La Motte
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 swashbuck…
Filmography
movieOverland Mail
1942 · Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]
movieThe Man Who Returned to Life
1942 · Mrs. Hibbard
movieReg'lar Fellers
1941 · Mrs. Dugan
movieA Woman's Man
1934 · Gloria Jordan - Star
movieShadow Ranch
1930 · Ruth Cameron
movieMontmartre Rose
1929 · Jeanne
movieThe Iron Mask
1929 · Constance Bonacieux
Broadway Madness
movieBroadway Madness
1927 · Maida Vincent
movieRagtime
1927 · Beth Barton
The Kid Sister
movieThe Kid Sister
1927 · Helen Hall
movieHeld by the Law
1927 · Mary Travis
movieThe Final Extra
1927 · Ruth Collins
moviePals in Paradise
1926 · Geraldine 'Jerry' Howard
movieThe Last Frontier
1926 · Beth
movieThe Unknown Soldier
1926 · Mary Phillips
movieRed Dice
1926 · Beverly Vane
movieFifth Avenue
1926 · Barbara Pelham
movieThe People vs. Nancy Preston
1925 · Nancy Preston
movieThe Girl Who Wouldn't Work
1925 · Mary Hale
movieChildren of the Whirlwind
1925 · Maggie
movieDaughters Who Pay
1925 · Sonia Borisoff / Margaret Smith
movieCheaper to Marry
1925 · Doris
movieIn Love with Love
1924 · Ann Jordan
movieEast of Broadway
1924 · Judy McNulty
movieThose Who Dare
1924 · Marjorie
movieThe Beloved Brute
1924 · Jacinta
movieGerald Cranston's Lady
1924 · Angela
movieThe Clean Heart
1924 · Essie Bickers
movieRichard the Lion-Hearted
1923 · Lady Edith Plantagenet
movieDesire
1923 · Ruth Cassell
movieWandering Daughters
1923 · Bessie Bowden
movieA Man of Action
1923 · Helen Sumner
movieJust Like a Woman
1923 · Peggy Dean
movieScars of Jealousy
1923 · Helen Meanix
movieThe Famous Mrs. Fair
1923 · Sylvia Fair
movieWhat a Wife Learned
1923 · Sheila Dorne
movieThe Jilt
1922 · Rose Trenton
movieShadows
1922 · Sympathy Gibbs
movieShattered Idols
1922 · Sarasvati
movieThe Three Musketeers
1921 · Constance
movieThe Ten Dollar Raise
1921 · Dorothy
movieThe Nut
1921 · Estrell Wynn
movieThe Mark of Zorro
1920 · Lolita Pulido
movieThe Broken Gate
1920 · Anne Oglesby
movieThe U.P. Trail
1920 · Allie Lee
movieThe Hope
1920 · Lady Brenda Carylon
movieTrumpet Island
1920 · Eve de Merincourt
movieThe Sagebrusher
1920 · Mary Warren
movieIn Wrong
1919 · Millie Fields
movieFor a Woman's Honor
1919 · Helen Rutherford
movieThe Pagan God
1919 · Beryl Addison
movieA Sage Brush Hamlet
1919 · Dora Lawrence
movieJosselyn's Wife
1919 · Lizzie