Marie Mosquini

Marie Mosquini
Born	December 3, 1899(1899-12-03) Los Angeles, California, USA
Died	February 21, 1983(1983-02-21) (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, USA
Other names	Marie De Forest
Years active	1917-1929

Marie Mosquini (December 3, 1899 – February 21, 1983) was an American film actress. She appeared in 202 films between 1917 and 1929. After leaving high school she became the resident ingenue at the Hal Roach studio, appearing opposite Roach's comedy stars Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, and Stan Laurel.

In October, 1930, Marie retired from acting and married an inventor 26 years her senior: Lee de Forest. She became his fourth and longest-lasting wife, staying with him until his death in 1961. In 1967, Marie donated her husband's papers and historic prototypes to the Perham Foundation, now held at History San Jose. In 1968, she became a Novice Class amateur radio operator; her call sign was WB6ZJR. In 1973, she participated in a radio broadcast celebrating the centennial of her husband's birth.^[1]

She was born and died in Los Angeles, California.

Selected filmography

• The Black Book (1929)
• Save the Ship (1923)
• Short Orders (1923)
• His Royal Slyness (1920)
• From Hand to Mouth (1919)
• Captain Kidd's Kids (1919)
• His Only Father (1919)
• Pay Your Dues (1919)
• Count the Votes (1919)
• Soft Money (1919)
• He Leads, Others Follow (1919)
• The Rajah (1919)
• Be My Wife (1919)
• Don't Shove (1919)
• Heap Big Chief (1919)
• Chop Suey & Co. (1919)
• Count Your Change (1919)
• A Jazzed Honeymoon (1919)
• Just Neighbors (1919)
• Off the Trolley (1919)
• Swat the Crook (1919)
• The Marathon (1919)
• Si, Senor (1919)
• Ring Up the Curtain (1919)
• Crack Your Heels (1919)
• Young Mr. Jazz (1919)
• A Sammy In Siberia (1919)
• Look Out Below (1919)
• I'm on My Way (1919)
• Hoots Mon! (1919)
• On the Fire (1919)
• Hustling for Health (1919)
• Going! Going! Gone! (1919)
• Wanted - $5,000 (1919)
• Do You Love Your Wife? (1919)
• She Loves Me Not (1918)
• That's Him (1918)
• Just Rambling Along (1918)
• No Place Like Jail (1918)
• The Tip (1918)
• We Never Sleep (1917)
• All Aboard (1917)
• Love, Laughs and Lather (1917)
• From Laramie to London (1917)
• Lonesome Luke Loses Patients (1917)
• Lonesome Luke's Wild Women (1917)
• Lonesome Luke, Mechanic (1917)
• Stop! Luke! Listen! (1917)
• Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley (1917)

References

1. ^ Robert Ballantine W8SU Mrs Lee deForest *WB6ZJR* 1896-1983 (2006)

External links

• Marie Mosquini at the Internet Movie Database
• Marie Mosquini at AllRovi
• Photos of Marie and Lee De Forest

Persondata
Name	Mosquini, Marie
Alternative names
Short description	Actor
Date of birth	3 December 1899
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of death	21 February 1983
Place of death	Los Angeles, California, USA