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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 22, 1902
Died
March 10, 1950
Place of Birth
Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Also Known As
- Peggy De La Motte
- Marguerite Beatrice De La Motte
Marguerite De La Motte
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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
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Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]
Overland Mail
1942
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Mrs. Hibbard
The Man Who Returned to Life
1942
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Mrs. Dugan
Reg'lar Fellers
1941
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Gloria Jordan - Star
A Woman's Man
1934
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Ruth Cameron
Shadow Ranch
1930
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Jeanne
Montmartre Rose
1929
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Constance Bonacieux
The Iron Mask
1929
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Beth Barton
Ragtime
1927
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Helen Hall
The Kid Sister
1927
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Mary Travis
Held by the Law
1927
Credits
Overland Mail
as Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]
1942
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The Man Who Returned to Life
as Mrs. Hibbard
1942
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Reg'lar Fellers
as Mrs. Dugan
1941
3.9
A Woman's Man
as Gloria Jordan - Star
1934
4.0
Shadow Ranch
as Ruth Cameron
1930
6.0
Montmartre Rose
as Jeanne
1929
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The Iron Mask
as Constance Bonacieux
1929
6.7
Ragtime
as Beth Barton
1927
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The Kid Sister
as Helen Hall
1927
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Held by the Law
as Mary Travis
1927
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The Final Extra
as Ruth Collins
1927
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Pals in Paradise
as Geraldine 'Jerry' Howard
1926
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The Last Frontier
as Beth
1926
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The Unknown Soldier
as Mary Phillips
1926
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Red Dice
as Beverly Vane
1926
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Fifth Avenue
as Barbara Pelham
1926
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The People vs. Nancy Preston
as Nancy Preston
1925
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The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
as Mary Hale
1925
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Children of the Whirlwind
as Maggie
1925
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Daughters Who Pay
as Sonia Borisoff / Margaret Smith
1925
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Cheaper to Marry
as Doris
1925
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In Love with Love
as Ann Jordan
1924
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East of Broadway
as Judy McNulty
1924
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Those Who Dare
as Marjorie
1924
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The Beloved Brute
as Jacinta
1924
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Gerald Cranston's Lady
as Angela
1924
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The Clean Heart
as Essie Bickers
1924
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Richard the Lion-Hearted
as Lady Edith Plantagenet
1923
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Desire
as Ruth Cassell
1923
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Wandering Daughters
as Bessie Bowden
1923
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A Man of Action
as Helen Sumner
1923
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Scars of Jealousy
as Helen Meanix
1923
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The Famous Mrs. Fair
as Sylvia Fair
1923
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What a Wife Learned
as Sheila Dorne
1923
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The Jilt
as Rose Trenton
1922
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Shadows
as Sympathy Gibbs
1922
6.2
Shattered Idols
as Sarasvati
1922
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The Three Musketeers
as Constance
1921
6.4
The Ten Dollar Raise
as Dorothy
1921
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The Nut
as Estrell Wynn
1921
5.9
The Mark of Zorro
as Lolita Pulido
1920
7.1
The Broken Gate
as Anne Oglesby
1920
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The U.P. Trail
as Allie Lee
1920
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The Hope
as Lady Brenda Carylon
1920
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Trumpet Island
as Eve de Merincourt
1920
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The Sagebrusher
as Mary Warren
1920
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In Wrong
as Millie Fields
1919
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The Pagan God
as Beryl Addison
1919
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A Sage Brush Hamlet
as Dora Lawrence
1919
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Josselyn's Wife
as Lizzie
1919
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