Iris Berben

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Iris Berben

Berben at Lit. Cologne Literature Festival (2007).
Born Iris Berben
(1950-08-12) 12 August 1950
Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Occupation actress
Years active 1968present
Partner(s) Gabriel Lewy (19742006)
Heiko Kiesow (2007present)

Iris Berben (born 12 August 1950 in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German actress. She grew up in Hamburg, where her parents ran a restaurant.[1]

After the Six-day War in 1967 she travelled to Israel, and afterwards became the partner of the Israeli singer Abi Ofarim. Since then she has been associated with the pro-Israel lobby and has campaigned against antisemitism. She had a son, Oliver, in 1971, but never revealed the identity of the father.[1]

In 2010, together with Bruno Ganz she was elected president of the German Film Academy.

Filmography

  • Detektive (1968)
  • Brandstifter (1969)
  • Stehaufmädchen (1970)
  • Vamos a matar, compañeros
  • Supergirl - Das Mädchen von den Sternen
  • Duett zu dritt (1976)
  • Derrick - Season 4, Episode 3: "Eine Nacht im Oktober" (1977)
  • Zwei himmlische Töchter (1978)
  • Derrick - Season 5, Episode 6: "Klavierkonzert" (1978)
  • Ach du lieber Harry (1980)
  • Schwarzfahrer (1982)
  • Beinahe Trinidad (1985)
  • Sketchup (1985–1986)
  • Das Erbe der Guldenburgs (1986–1990)
  • Tagebuch für einen Mörder (1988)
  • Drei D (1988)
  • Zabí král (1991)
  • Rennschwein Rudi Rüssel (1994)
  • Bin ich schön? (1997/98)
  • Andrea & Marie (1998)
  • Ein mörderischer Plan (2000)
  • Das Teufelsweib (2000)
  • Dienstreise (2001)
  • Wer liebt, hat Recht (2001)
  • 666 – Traue keinem, mit dem du schläfst! (2001)
  • Fahr zur Hölle, Schwester (2002)
  • Die schöne Braut in Schwarz (2002)
  • Schöne Witwen küssen besser (2004)
  • Die Patriarchin (2005)
  • Das Kommando (2005)
  • Silberhochzeit (2005)
  • Die Buddenbrooks (2008)

Awards

  • Bundesverdienstkreuz 1997
  • Goldene Europa GALA-Sonderpreis 2000
  • Scopus Award 2001
  • Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 2003
  • Women's World Award - World Tolerance Award 2004
  • Bayerischer Verdienstorden 2005
  • Karl-Valentin-Orden 2007

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Iris Berben enthüllt ihre Jugendsünden". From an interview with the Reader's Digest (in German). rp online. 25 April 2002. Retrieved 6 July 2010. 

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