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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.

Overland Mail
as Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]

The Man Who Returned to Life
as Mrs. Hibbard

Reg'lar Fellers
as Mrs. Dugan

A Woman's Man
as Gloria Jordan - Star

Shadow Ranch
as Ruth Cameron

Montmartre Rose
as Jeanne

The Iron Mask
as Constance Bonacieux
Broadway Madness
as Maida Vincent

Ragtime
as Beth Barton
The Kid Sister
as Helen Hall

Held by the Law
as Mary Travis

The Final Extra
as Ruth Collins

Pals in Paradise
as Geraldine 'Jerry' Howard

The Last Frontier
as Beth

The Unknown Soldier
as Mary Phillips

Red Dice
as Beverly Vane

Fifth Avenue
as Barbara Pelham

The People vs. Nancy Preston
as Nancy Preston

The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
as Mary Hale

Children of the Whirlwind
as Maggie

Daughters Who Pay
as Sonia Borisoff / Margaret Smith

Cheaper to Marry
as Doris

In Love with Love
as Ann Jordan

East of Broadway
as Judy McNulty

Those Who Dare
as Marjorie

The Beloved Brute
as Jacinta

Gerald Cranston's Lady
as Angela

The Clean Heart
as Essie Bickers

Richard the Lion-Hearted
as Lady Edith Plantagenet

Desire
as Ruth Cassell

Wandering Daughters
as Bessie Bowden

A Man of Action
as Helen Sumner

Just Like a Woman
as Peggy Dean

Scars of Jealousy
as Helen Meanix

The Famous Mrs. Fair
as Sylvia Fair

What a Wife Learned
as Sheila Dorne

The Jilt
as Rose Trenton

Shadows
as Sympathy Gibbs

Shattered Idols
as Sarasvati

The Three Musketeers
as Constance

The Ten Dollar Raise
as Dorothy

The Nut
as Estrell Wynn

The Mark of Zorro
as Lolita Pulido

The Broken Gate
as Anne Oglesby

The U.P. Trail
as Allie Lee

The Hope
as Lady Brenda Carylon

Trumpet Island
as Eve de Merincourt

The Sagebrusher
as Mary Warren

In Wrong
as Millie Fields

For a Woman's Honor
as Helen Rutherford

The Pagan God
as Beryl Addison

A Sage Brush Hamlet
as Dora Lawrence

Josselyn's Wife
as Lizzie