Marie Verstraete was born on May 2, 1853 in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium as Maria Alexandrine Verstraete. She was an actress, known for Mooi Juultje van Volendam (1924) and De storm in het leven (1920). She was married to Ludovic Johannes De Graef. She died on January 27, 1928 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.