Marguerite de la Motte Biography

Fast Facts

• Worked as an inspector at a Southern California war plant during World War II and later worked for the Red Cross in San Francisco
• Her cousin was Clete Roberts, a journalist and war correspondent who briefly appeared in "M*A*S*H*" in the 1970s
• Studied ballet under famed ballerina Anna Pavlova before becoming a dance star at the Grauman theater in 1919
• Made her screen acting debut in the film "Arizona" in 1918
• Starred as the leading lady opposite Douglas Fairbanks in several films, including "The Three Musketeers" and "The Mark of Zorro․"
• Best known for her role as Lolita Pulido in "The Mark of Zorro" and as Constance in "The Iron Mask․"