Marguerite De La Motte
Known for Acting · 53 credits
- Born
- 1902-06-22
- Died
- 1950-03-10
- Place of birth
- Duluth, Minnesota, USA
- Also known as
- Peggy De La Motte · Marguerite Beatrice 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.
Known For
Movies (53)
Shattered Idols
1922
as Sarasvati
In Wrong
1919
as Millie Fields
Red Dice
1926
as Beverly Vane
The Mark of Zorro
1920
as Lolita Pulido
The Iron Mask
1929
as Constance Bonacieux
Overland Mail
1942
as Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]
Trumpet Island
1920
as Eve de Merincourt
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
as Mrs. Hibbard
Wandering Daughters
1923
as Bessie Bowden
A Woman's Man
1934
as Gloria Jordan - Star
The Jilt
1922
as Rose Trenton
Shadows
1922
as Sympathy Gibbs
The Three Musketeers
1921
as Constance
The Unknown Soldier
1926
as Mary Phillips
The Nut
1921
as Estrell Wynn
A Man of Action
1923
as Helen Sumner
In Love with Love
1924
as Ann Jordan
Reg'lar Fellers
1941
as Mrs. Dugan
The Sagebrusher
1920
as Mary Warren
The Final Extra
1927
as Ruth Collins
Scars of Jealousy
1923
as Helen Meanix
East of Broadway
1924
as Judy McNulty
The Ten Dollar Raise
1921
as Dorothy
Pals in Paradise
1926
as Geraldine 'Jerry' Howard
Shadow Ranch
1930
as Ruth Cameron
Fifth Avenue
1926
as Barbara Pelham
The Famous Mrs. Fair
1923
as Sylvia Fair
What a Wife Learned
1923
as Sheila Dorne
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
1925
as Mary Hale
For a Woman's Honor
1919
as Helen Rutherford
Richard the Lion-Hearted
1923
as Lady Edith Plantagenet
Desire
1923
as Ruth Cassell
The Kid Sister
1927
as Helen Hall
Broadway Madness
1927
as Maida Vincent
Montmartre Rose
1929
as Jeanne
The Pagan God
1919
as Beryl Addison
The U.P. Trail
1920
as Allie Lee
Josselyn's Wife
1919
as Lizzie
Children of the Whirlwind
1925
as Maggie
Ragtime
1927
as Beth Barton
The People vs. Nancy Preston
1925
as Nancy Preston
The Clean Heart
1924
as Essie Bickers
Those Who Dare
1924
as Marjorie
The Last Frontier
1926
as Beth
The Broken Gate
1920
as Anne Oglesby
Daughters Who Pay
1925
as Sonia Borisoff / Margaret Smith
The Beloved Brute
1924
as Jacinta
Gerald Cranston's Lady
1924
as Angela
Cheaper to Marry
1925
as Doris
Just Like a Woman
1923
as Peggy Dean
Held by the Law
1927
as Mary Travis
The Hope
1920
as Lady Brenda Carylon
A Sage Brush Hamlet
1919
as Dora Lawrence
About 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… With 53 credits spanning from 1919 to 1942, Marguerite De La Motte has appeared in 53 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Shattered Idols (1922) — as Sarasvati
- In Wrong (1919) — as Millie Fields
- Red Dice (1926) — as Beverly Vane
- The Mark of Zorro (1920) — as Lolita Pulido
- The Iron Mask (1929) — as Constance Bonacieux
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