Marguerite De La Motte
Birthday
1902/06/22
Day of death
1950/03/10 (47 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Duluth, Minnesota, USA
Also know 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...Read more
Acting
(1920) The Broken Gate
as Anne Oglesby
(1919) Josselyn's Wife
as Lizzie
(1920) The Mark of Zorro
as Lolita Pulido
(1922) Shadows
as Sympathy Gibbs
(1924) The Beloved Brute
as Jacinta
(1919) A Sage Brush Hamlet
as Dora Lawrence
(1921) The Three Musketeers
as Constance
(1929) The Iron Mask
as Constance Bonacieux
(1920) The U.P. Trail
as Allie Lee
(1922) Shattered Idols
as Sarasvati
(1934) A Woman's Man
as Gloria Jordan - Star
(1919) The Pagan God
as Beryl Addison
(1929) Montmartre Rose
as Jeanne
(1927) The Final Extra
as Ruth Collins
(1923) The Famous Mrs. Fair
as Sylvia Fair
(1920) The Sagebrusher
as Mary Warren
(1942) The Man Who Returned to Life
as ---
(1930) Shadow Ranch
as Ruth Cameron
(1923) A Man of Action
as Helen Sumner
(1924) Those Who Dare
as Marjorie
(1941) Reg'lar Fellers
as Mrs. Dugan
(1919) In Wrong
as Millie Fields
(1926) The Unknown Soldier
as Mary Phillips
(1942) Overland Mail
as Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]
(1920) The Hope
as Lady Brenda Carylon
(1923) Wandering Daughters
as Bessie Bowden
(1926) Red Dice
as Beverly Vane
(1926) Pals in Paradise
as Geraldine 'Jerry' Howard
(1924) The Clean Heart
as Essie Bickers
(1925) The Girl Who Wouldn't Work
as Mary Hale
(1925) Children of the Whirlwind
as Maggie
(1926) Fifth Avenue
as Barbara Pelham
(1925) Daughters Who Pay
as Sonia Borisoff / Margaret Smith
(1923) Scars of Jealousy
as Helen Meanix
(1925) Cheaper to Marry
as Doris
(1923) Richard the Lion-Hearted
as Lady Edith Plantagenet
(1920) Trumpet Island
as Eve de Merincourt
(1921) The Nut
as Estrell Wynn
(1923) What a Wife Learned
as Sheila Dorne