Miss Dupont — Blue Book of the Screen (1923) 🇺🇸

Miss Dupont was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1898, of good old Southern stock, her grandfather having been a Methodist minister and her father a raiser of fine horses. Miss Dupont received her early schooling there. Later the family moved to Chicago and Miss Dupont toddled along with them.

She then went to a convent in a small town in Missouri, and later to the Illinois State Normal School in Bloomington, thence back to Chicago to the Loring School for Girls.

After finishing her schooling, Miss Dupont journeyed to Los Angeles. She consented to play a part in a picture and she photographed so well that Rex Ingram engaged her to play in “The Day She Paid.” Later with Betty Compson in “The Prison of Love,” she had an even better part.

Then Erich von Stroheim began casting Foolish Wives, and Miss Dupont was engaged for the feminine lead opposite von Stroheim. She made a decided hit in this role and was signed as a star in a series of productions by the Universal Company, chief among which were: “The Rage of Paris,” “False Kisses,” “A Wonderful Wife,” “Shattered Dreams.” Her latest work has been in the production of Robert W. Chambers’ novel, “The Common Law.”

Miss Dupont’s knowledge of gowns and designing has stood her in good stead in the silent drama, as a knowledge of the proper way to dress is one of the requisites of every successful screen star. She is noted as one of the best dressed women on the screen. Differing from most stars, she is perfectly satisfied to remain in the silent drama and has not the slightest desire for a career before the footlights, although she admits that one of her favorite pastimes is spending her evenings at the theatres.

Miss Dupont is unmarried, is five feet four inches tall, has blonde hair and blue eyes. She makes her residence in Los Angeles.

Her own name is Marguerite Armstrong.

Collection: The Blue Book of the Screen (1923)