The two married in Manhattan on July 7, 1890, and Marguerite's sister, Juliette, was born two and a half months later.

[5] 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 16-episode action/adventure serial.

Following the Kalem Company's merger with Vitagraph Studios, Courtot starred in the Gaumont Pictures production of The Dead Alive, directed by Henri J. Vernot.

[7] Courtot and McKee ran a successful restaurant in Los Angeles called The Zulu Hut and divided their time between homes in Honolulu and Long Beach.