Other names Miss Courtot Children Raymond Courtot McKee Role Film actress | Name Marguerite Courtot Years active 1913-1924 | |
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Full Name Marguerite Gabrielle Courtot Born August 20, 1897 Summit, New Jersey Died May 28, 1986, Long Beach, California, United States Spouse Raymond McKee (m. 1923–1984) Movies Down to the Sea in Ships, The Unbeliever Similar People Raymond McKee, Elmer Clifton, George B Seitz, Alan Crosland, Frank Lubin | ||
Marguerite Courtot born Marguerite Gabrielle Courtot, also known as Miss Courtot (August 20, 1897 – May 28, 1986), was an American silent film actress.
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Early life
Marguerite Gabrielle Courtot was born in Summit, New Jersey of French ancestry.
Career
Marguerite Courtot became a child model and in June 1912, while not yet fifteen years old, joined the Kalem Company, appearing in 1913's The Riddle of the Tin Soldier alongside star Alice Joyce and Harry F. Millarde who was making his film debut. Between then and 1916, Courtot made 37 films for Kalem, playing the starring role in The Ventures of Marguerite, a sixteen episode action/adventure serial.
Following the Kalem Company's merger with Vitagraph Studios, Marguerite Courtot starred in the Gaumont Pictures production of The Dead Alive, directed by Henri J. Vernot. After several films with Jesse L. Lasky's Famous Players Film Company and smaller independents, Courtot took most of 1918 off to use her public persona to tour the country to promote America's World War I effort in Europe. When the war ended, she returned to film, joining Pathé. Although she had a starring roles, she also worked in prominent secondary parts such as in the 1921 serials The Sky Ranger, starring June Caprice and The Yellow Arm starring Juanita Hansen.
Marriage and retirement
In 1922, while working on Down to the Sea in Ships, the film that became her most important feature-length work, Marguerite Courtot began a relationship, with co-star, Raymond McKee. They married on April 23, 1923, and after she completed two more films, Courtot retired from the film business to raise a family with McKee. Their marriage lasted more than sixty years.
Death
Her husband, Raymond McKee, died in 1984 and Marguerite Courtot died two years later in Long Beach, California. They are buried together in the Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California.