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Marguerite De La Motte
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…
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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.
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1942
Overland Mail
Movie Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]
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1942
The Man Who Returned to Life
Movie Mrs. Hibbard
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1941
Reg'lar Fellers
Movie Mrs. Dugan
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1934
A Woman's Man
Movie Gloria Jordan - Star
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1930
Shadow Ranch
Movie Ruth Cameron
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1929
Montmartre Rose
Movie Jeanne
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1929
The Iron Mask
Movie Constance Bonacieux
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1927
Broadway Madness
Movie Maida Vincent
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1927
Ragtime
Movie Beth Barton
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1927
The Kid Sister
Movie Helen Hall
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1927
Held by the Law
Movie Mary Travis
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1927
The Final Extra
Movie Ruth Collins
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1926
Pals in Paradise
Movie Geraldine 'Jerry' Howard
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1926
The Last Frontier
Movie Beth
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1926
The Unknown Soldier
Movie Mary Phillips
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1926
Red Dice
Movie Beverly Vane
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1926
Fifth Avenue
Movie Barbara Pelham
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1925
The People vs. Nancy Preston
Movie Nancy Preston
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1925
The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
Movie Mary Hale
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1925
Children of the Whirlwind
Movie Maggie
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1925
Daughters Who Pay
Movie Sonia Borisoff / Margaret Smith
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1925
Cheaper to Marry
Movie Doris
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1924
In Love with Love
Movie Ann Jordan
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1924
East of Broadway
Movie Judy McNulty
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1924
Those Who Dare
Movie Marjorie
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1924
The Beloved Brute
Movie Jacinta
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1924
Gerald Cranston's Lady
Movie Angela
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1924
The Clean Heart
Movie Essie Bickers
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1923
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Movie Lady Edith Plantagenet
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1923
Desire
Movie Ruth Cassell
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1923
Wandering Daughters
Movie Bessie Bowden
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1923
A Man of Action
Movie Helen Sumner
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1923
Just Like a Woman
Movie Peggy Dean
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1923
Scars of Jealousy
Movie Helen Meanix
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1923
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Movie Sylvia Fair
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1923
What a Wife Learned
Movie Sheila Dorne
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1922
The Jilt
Movie Rose Trenton
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1922
Shadows
Movie Sympathy Gibbs
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1922
Shattered Idols
Movie Sarasvati
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1921
The Three Musketeers
Movie Constance
