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Marguerite De La Motte is a Actor American born on 22 june 1902 at Duluth (USA)

Marguerite De La Motte

Marguerite De La Motte
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Birth name Beatrice Marguerite De La Motte
Nationality USA
Birth 22 june 1902 at Duluth (USA)
Death 10 march 1950 (at 47 years) at San Francisco (USA)

Marguerite De La Motte (June 22, 1902 – March 10, 1950) was an American film actress, most notably of the silent film era.

Biography

De La Motte was married twice. She first wed silent film actor John Bowers in 1924, who was then a matinee idol of silver screen. The couple were separated at the time when Bowers committed suicide in 1936. De La Motte later married attorney Sidney H. Rivkin whom she later divorced after four years of marriage. Her cousin, Clete Roberts, was American war correspondent and journalist, who appeared in two episodes of the television series M*A*S*H* in the 1970s.


Later years
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.


Death
On March 10, 1950, De La Motte died of cerebral thrombosis in San Francisco, three months short of her 48th birthday. For her contributions as an actress to the motion picture industry, De La Motte was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6902 Hollywood Blvd., in Hollywood, California.

Usually with

John Bowers
John Bowers
(4 films)
Fred Niblo
Fred Niblo
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Marguerite De La Motte (24 films)

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Actress

Overland Mail
Directed by John Rawlins, Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Lon Chaney, Jr., Noah Beery, Jr, Noah Beery Sr., Helen Parrish, Bob Baker, Tom Chatterton
Roles Rose - the Waitress [Chs. 1, 8]
Rating65% 3.2693453.2693453.2693453.2693453.269345
Two investigators for a stagecoach company are assigned to discover why the company's stages keep being ambushed. They find that the culprits are Bandits disguised as Indians, and they set out to find out who is behind the plot...
The Man Who Returned to Life, 1h1
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors John Howard, Lucile Fairbanks, Ruth Ford, Marcella Martin, Elisabeth Risdon, Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961)
Rating64% 3.245363.245363.245363.245363.24536
David Jameson lives in a rural town in Maryland. He is forced to flee after he is suspected of murdering Beth Beebe, who tried to force him to marry her although he was engaged to another woman, Daphne Turner. He flees from town and takes on a new identity as George Bishop, marries Jane Meadows, and gets a comfortable job. Years later a skeleton is found on the Jameson farm. Believed to be the remains of Jameson, Beth's brother, Clyde Beebe, is charged with the murder and sentenced to die. David returns to his home town in an attempt to exonerate Clyde.
Pals in Paradise, 1h10
Directed by George B. Seitz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors John Bowers, Marguerite De La Motte, May Robson, Ernie Adams, Bruce Gordon
Roles Geraldine 'Jerry' Howard
Rating64% 3.2484153.2484153.2484153.2484153.248415
The Unknown Soldier, 1h11
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors Marguerite De La Motte, Charles Emmett Mack, Henry B. Walthall, Claire McDowell, George Cooper, Syd Crossley
Roles Mary Phillips
Rating66% 3.3110953.3110953.3110953.3110953.311095
This script must be run from the command line
Meet the Prince
Directed by Joseph Henabery
Actors Joseph Schildkraut, Marguerite De La Motte, Vera Steadman, Julia Faye, David Butler, Helen Dunbar
Roles Annabelle Ford

A bankrupt Russian prince (Schildkraut) and princess come to New York's Lower East Side to escape a revolution at home. They hatch a plan to marry rich Americans. While pretending to be rich, the prince falls in love with a poor girl (De La Motte), who herself is trying to marry for money. The prince ends up marrying the poor girl, and his sister marries a butler, but they are all happily in love.
Cheaper to Marry, 1h10
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Romance
Actors Conrad Nagel, Lewis Stone, Marguerite De La Motte, Paulette Duval, Louise Fazenda, Claude Gillingwater
Roles Doris

Matrimony is not only a good thing, but also a good financial deal: Lawyer Dick Tyler (Conrad Nagel) makes his merger bid for artist Doris (Marguerite de la Motte) as his partner Jim Knight (Lewis Stone) squanders the firm's asset on gold-digger Evelyn (Paulette Duval).
Daughters Who Pay
Directed by George Terwilliger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Marguerite De La Motte, John Bowers, J. Barney Sherry, Bela Lugosi
Roles Sonia Borisoff / Margaret Smith
Rating72% 3.6350753.6350753.6350753.6350753.635075
Margaret Smith mène une double-vie : elle est Sonia, une danseuse russe dans les cafés pendant la semaine, et Miss Smith le dimanche. Le prétendant de Margaret, Dick, est le fils d'un millionnaire. Le frère de Margaret a volé une importante somme d'argent au père de Dick. Pendant ce temps, à la suite de la révolution d'Octobre de 1917, l'agent communiste Serge Romonsky met en place des actions terroristes contre le gouvernement des États-Unis.