Marie De Becker
Born
Marie Kathleen De Becker

(1880-06-13)13 June 1880
London, England
Died23 March 1946(1946-03-23) (aged 65)
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1899–1946

Marie Kathleen De Becker (13 June 1880 – 23 March 1946) was an English-American stage and screen actress.

Family

She was born in Islington, London, the daughter of Benevenuto Nicola de Becker, a shipping clerk, and his wife Catherine (or Kate) Elizabeth de Becker (née Kerin).[1] Two of her siblings were also actors: her sister Ernestine, known as Nesta (mother of actress Ernestine Barrier) and her brother Harold.

Career

Marie De Becker was best known for playing mature character parts, notably in the 1940s films Mrs. Miniver, Random Harvest and Devotion.

De Becker's first stage acting roles were when her family were living in Camberwell, South London. At the age of 19, she played "Joyce" in the 1899 production by J. Pitt Hardacre's Company of East Lynne at the Theatre Metropole in Camberwell, when her young brother Harold had a juvenile part as "Little Willie".[2] In 1900 she played "Humpty Dumpty" (the Nurse) in several Provincial productions (in England and Scotland) of the stage adaptation of John Strange Winter's novel, Bootle's Baby, alongside her sister Nesta as "Mignon", the eponymous baby.[3] In 1902 she appeared as "Jane" in Uncles and Aunts at Dover, Coventry and Cardiff.[4]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1942Mrs. MiniverAda
1942Random HarvestVicar's wife
1943Two Tickets to LondonBarmaidUncredited
1943The Chance of a LifetimeMiss BaileyUncredited
1944The Hour Before the DawnAmeliaUncredited
1944The DoughgirlsMaidUncredited
1944The Spider WomanCharwoman(scenes deleted)
1944None but the Lonely HeartMadame La VakaUncredited
1945Confidential AgentMiner's WifeUncredited
1946DevotionTabbyUncredited, (final film role)

References

  1. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1881
  2. ↑ The Era, 26 August 1899
  3. ↑ The Era, 12 May 1900, 26 May 1900, 9 June 1900, 16 June 1900, etc.
  4. ↑ The Era, 19 July 1902
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