Marie Mosquini

born: 03 December 1896 Los Angeles, California, United States of America

died: 21 February 1983 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (age 86)

Prolific leading lady of the 1920s, mostly in the silent short films produced by Hal Roach.  It was alleged that she was at one point engaged to co-star actor Snub Pollard, but an interview with her published in Picture-Play magazine in May 1922 she denied this rumour [the article is listed below in the links section at the bottom of this page].  She holds the record for the most appearances in a Hal Roach-produced film by a female actress. After a rocky marriage to a Roy A. Harlow (from 1923 to 1926/7), she married inventor Lee de Forest in 1930; considered the happiest of his four marriages, it lasted the rest of his life, ending with his death in 1961.  Afterwards, Marie donated his papers and prototypes to the Perham Foundation, now held at History San Jose.

Height: 5'4"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1917 Luke's Busy Day [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke In Tin Can Alley [?] 1917 Stop! Luke! Listen! [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke, Mechanic [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke's Wild Women [UNCONFIRMED] 1917 Lonesome Luke Loses Patients [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke In From London To Laramie [?] 1917 Lonesome Luke In Love, Laughs And Lather [UNCONFIRMED] 1917 Lonesome Luke In Clubs Are Trump Girl on bench 1917 All Aboard [unidentified character]   1917 We Never Sleep [unidentified character]   1918 The Tip [unidentified character]   1918 The Movie Dummy [unidentified character]   1918 Fare, Please [unidentified character]   1918 Fire The Cook [unidentified character]   1918 That's Him [unidentified character]   1918 No Place Like Jail [unidentified character]   1918 Just Rambling Along Diner (Stan covers up her leg with her dress) 1918 She Loves Me Not [unidentified character]   1919 Do You Love Your Wife? The vampire 1919 Wanted - $5,000 [unidentified character]   1919 Going! Going! Gone! Girl who treads on crab 1919 Hustling For Health Homeowner's wife 1919 Ask Father The boy's first love   1919 On The Fire [unidentified character]   1919 Hoot Mon! [unidentified character]   1919 I'm On My Way [unidentified character]   1919 Look Out Below [unidentified character]   1919 The Dutiful Dub [unidentified character]   1919 Next Aisle Over Shoe customer 1919 A Sammy In Siberia Kidnapped girl 1919 Just Dropped In [unidentified character]   1919 Crack Your Heels [unidentified character]   1919 Ring Up The Curtain Stage actress 1919 Young Mr. Jazz [unidentified character]   1919 Si, Senor [unidentified character]   1919 Before Breakfast Rival's girl 1919 The Marathon Waitress   1919 Back To The Woods Indian wife on porch 1919 Pistols For Breakfast [unidentified character]   1919 Swat The Crook [unidentified character]   1919 Off The Trolley [unidentified character]   1919 Spring Fever Busy Bee waitress 1919 Just Neighbors Maid 1919 At The Old Stage Door [unidentified character]   1919 Never Touched Me [unidentified character]   1919 A Jazzed Honeymoon [unidentified character]   1919 Count Your Change Hotel guest 1919 Chop Suey & Co. [unidentified character]   1919 Heap Big Chief [unidentified character]   1919 Don't Shove Party guest 1919 Be My Wife [unidentified character]   1919 The Rajah [unidentified character]   1919 He Leads, Others Follow [unidentified character]   1919 Soft Money [unidentified character]   1919 Count The Votes [unidentified character]   1919 Pay Your Dues [unidentified character]   1919 His Only Father [unidentified character]   1919 Bumping Into Broadway [unidentified character]   1919 All At Sea Bather [*image is from a still] 1919 Call For Mr. Caveman Cavewoman 1919 Start Something [unidentified character]   1919 Captain Kidd's Kids Pirate girl 1919 Looking For Trouble Dandy's girl 1919 From Hand To Mouth [unidentified character] *She is NOT the maid, as listed on the IMDb. The HLE confirms her appearance.   1919 The Floor Below [unidentified character]   1920 Why Go Home? [unidentified character]   1920 The Dippy Dentist Fifi Flannagan 1920 All Lit Up The girl   1920 His Royal Slyness Verona Vermuth, the vamp 1920 Waltz Me Around Wife 1920 Raise The Rent [unidentified character]   1920 Find The Girl [unidentified character]   1920 Fresh Paint The wife 1920 Haunted Spooks The other girl 1920 Flat Broke [unidentified character]   1920 Cut The Cards [unidentified character]   1920 The Dinner Hour [unidentified character]   1920 Speed To Spare [unidentified character]   1920 Shoot On Sight [unidentified character]   1920 Don't Weaken [?] 1920 Cracked Wedding Bells [unidentified character]   1920 Drink Hearty Snub's sweetheart 1920 Trotting Through Turkey Harem girl 1920 All Dressed Up Farina 1920 Grab The Ghost Wife 1920 You're Pinched Speak Easy patron 1920 All In A Day [unidentified character]   1920 Any Old Port Damsel 1920 Don't Rock The Boat Lady on island 1920 The Home Stretch [unidentified character]   1920 Call A Taxi Native woman 1920 Live And Learn The damsel 1920 Run 'Em Ragged Girl in canoe 1920 A London Bobby Evicted tenant 1920 Money To Burn [unidentified character]   1920 Go As You Please [unidentified character]   1920 Rock-A-Bye Baby [unidentified character]   1920 Get Out And Get Under [unidentified character] 1920 Doing Time [?] 1920 Fellow Citizens [unidentified character]   1920 When The Wind Blows [unidentified character]   1920 Insulting The Sultan [unidentified character]   1920 The Dear Departed [unidentified character]   1920 Cash Customers The chick 1920 Park Your Car Snub's wife 1921 The Morning After [unidentified character]   1921 Whirl O' The West The tenderfoot's sweetheart 1921 Open Another Bottle [unidentified character]   1921 His Best Girl [?] 1921 Make It Snappy [?] [*image is from a still] 1921 Fellow Romans [unidentified character]   1921 Rush Orders Marie, lunch counter operator   1921 Bubbling Over The wife   1921 No Children [unidentified character]   1921 Big Game Bride 1921 Save Your Money [unidentified character]   1921 Blue Sunday Marie 1921 Where's The Fire Rescued woman 1921 Own Your Own Home [unidentified character]   1921 The High Rollers The girl 1921 You're Next [unidentified character]   1921 The Bike Bug [?] 1921 At The Ringside The damsel 1921 No Stop-Over [unidentified character]   1921 What A Whopper! Wife 1921 Teaching The Teacher Student who arrives by horse 1921 Spot Cash Grocer's assistant 1921 Name The Day Bride   1921 The Jail Bird Warden's daughter   1921 Late Lodgers [?] 1921 Gone To The Country [unidentified character]   1921 Law And Order Legal representative of the Klu Klux Klan   1921 Late Hours [unidentified character]   1921 Fifteen Minutes Snub's wife 1921 On Location Georgette Crepe 1921 Hocus Pocus [unidentified character]   1921 Penny-In-The-Slot [unidentified character]   1921 The Joy Rider The Fair Juliet 1921 The Hustler Waitress   1921 Sink Or Swim Millionaire's daughter   1921 Shake 'Em Up Se orita Teresa Tamale 1921 The Corner Pocket Maggie Beers 1922 Lose No Time Snub's wife   1922 Call The Witness Snub's wife   1922 Years To Come Bride 1922 Blow 'Em Up The girl 1922 Stage Struck Madame du Barrymore 1922 Down And Out Reckless Rosie   1922 Pardon Me Governor's daughter   1922 The Bow-Wows Marie   1922 Hot Off The Press (?) 1922 The Anvil Chorus Marie   1922 Jump Your Job [unidentified character]   1922 Full O' Pep The girl 1922 Kill The Nerve Dental nurse   1922 Days Of Old Princess   1922 Light Showers Wife 1922 Do Me A Favor The agitated lady 1922 In The Movies Snub's wife 1922 Punch The Clock Bride 1922 Strictly Modern Hotel desk clerk 1922 Some Baby Bride   1922 The Dumb-Bell Mary, the leading actress 1922 The Stone Age [unidentified character]   1922 365 Days Snub's wife 1922 The Old Sea Dog The bathing beauty   1922 Hale And Hearty [?] 1922 Hook, Line And Sinker Stella, Snub's finacee 1922 Newly Rich Millionaire's daughter   1922 The Green Cat [unidentified character]   1923 Dig Up Landlord's daughter   1923 A Tough Winter The mother 1923 Before The Public [unidentified character]   1923 Where Am I? Blushing bride 1923 Safety Last! Salesgirl   1923 California Or Bust! Wife 1923 Sold At Auction! The sold man's wife   1923 Courtship Of Miles Sandwich Ma/Prisilly 1923 Jack Frost Farmer's daughter 1923 Post No Bills Girl in the box office   1923 The Mystery Man The girl in the case 1923 Short Orders Cashier 1923 The Walkout Landlady's daughter   1923 Finger Prints Vermouth Ginn, the constable's daughter 1923 Jus' Passin' Through Sheriff's daughter   1923 It's A Gift The girl in the car 1923 Hustlin' Hank [unidentified character]   1923 Dear Ol' Pal [unidentified character]   1923 Save The Ship Wife 1923 Join The Circus [unidentified character]   1923 Uncensored Movies [unidentified character]   1923 It's A Joy! The leading lady 1924 Two Wagons, Both Covered Molly Wingate 1924 The Cowboy Sheik School teacher 1924 The Cake Eater Representative's woman 1924 Big Moments From Little Pictures Senorita/Nursemaid 1924 Friend Husband [unidentified character]   1924 High Brow Stuff [unidentified character]   1924 Going To Congress Doolittle daughter 1924 Don't Park There Jubilo's girl 1924 Young Oldfield "Talky" Ann 1924 Stolen Goods Imogene Perkins 1924 Our Congressman Dinner guest 1924 Should Landlords Live? [?] 1924 Gee Whiz, Genevieve [unidentified character]   1924 The Mysterious Mystery! Adelbert's mother 1925 Fighting Fluid The boss's daughter 1925 Change The Needle [?] 1925 Is Marriage The Bunk? [unidentified character]   1925 Tame Men And Wild Women [unidentified character]   1926 Do Your Duty [unidentified character]   Acknowledgements: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2010/01/movie-star-mystery-photo.html https://archive.org/stream/NewZealandTheatreMotionPicture1May1922/NZTheatreMP0522#page/n8/mode/1up https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturemag24brew#page/n448/mode/1up/search/mosquini https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11051-188533-14?cc=1325221 (1900 Census, line 1 - parents on previous page) https://archive.org/stream/14thcensusofpopu110unit#page/n530/mode/1up (1920 Census, line 38) http://www.leedeforest.org/Marriages.html https://web.archive.org/web/20091027124815/ http://geocities.com/w8jyz/wb6zjr.pdf https://archive.org/stream/Picture-playMagazineMay1922/p01-116#page/n48/mode/1up (Picture-Play magazine, May 1922) Jesse Brisson (help and information; identification in Spring Fever, All At Sea, Our Congressman, Before Breakfast, Count Your Change and The Mysterious Mystery!) At least one source lists her as the maid in Harold Lloyd's "From Hand To Mouth" (1919). I dispute this. At least one source lists her in Snub Pollard's "Get Busy" (1924). I dispute this. This page was last updated on: 16 July 2025