Nesta De Becker

A member of the Thanhouser Company.

Biography

Nesta DeBecker was an actress with Thanhouser at one time, according to the 1917 edition of the Motion Picture News Studio Directory.

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From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 89 words.

Nesta DeBecker was born in 1890, and followed a stage career which included appearances in Message from Mars, Her Royal Highness, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Yellow Jacket, and other productions. Her screen career included work with Thanhouser, Pilot, and Universal. A 1917 directory noted that she was 5’ tall, had a dark complexion, and had as an agent Kirmmse, Inc., 105 West 40th Street, New York City.

Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “DE BECKER, Nesta.” thanhouser.org/research/people/nesta-de-becker/