Iris Berben

Iris Berben

Berben at Lit. Cologne Literature Festival (2007).
Born Iris Berben
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

Awards

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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