Background
In 1920, both of her parents died, her mother in January in an automobile accident and her father in August from heart disease.
In 1920, both of her parents died, her mother in January in an automobile accident and her father in August from heart disease.
Born in Duluth, Minnesota, De Louisiana 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, Senior directed romantic comedy film Arizona.
She spent the 1920s appearing in numerous films, often cast by Douglas Fairbanks, Senior to play opposite him in swashbuckling adventure films such as 1920"s The Mark of Zorro and The Three Musketeers.
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, Senior and Noah Beery, Junior., as well as Lon Chaney, Junior.