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Marie De Becker

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Marie De Becker
Born
Marie Kathleen De Becker

(1880-06-13)13 June 1880
Died23 March 1946(1946-03-23) (aged 65)
OccupationActress
Years active1899–1946

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

Family

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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

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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

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Year Title Role Notes
1942 Mrs. Miniver Ada
1942 Random Harvest Vicar's wife
1943 Two Tickets to London Barmaid Uncredited
1943 The Chance of a Lifetime Miss Bailey Uncredited
1944 The Hour Before the Dawn Amelia Uncredited
1944 The Doughgirls Maid Uncredited
1944 The Spider Woman Charwoman (scenes deleted)
1944 None but the Lonely Heart Madame La Vaka Uncredited
1945 Confidential Agent Miner's Wife Uncredited
1946 Devotion Tabby Uncredited, (final film role)

References

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  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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