Iris Berben

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	1968–present
Partner(s)	Gabriel Lewy (1974–2006) Heiko Kiesow (2007–present)

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 (1970)
• Supergirl - Das Mädchen von den Sternen (1971)
• Duett zu dritt (1976)
• Derrick - Season 4, Episode 3: "Eine Nacht im Oktober" (1977)
• Zwei himmlische Töchter (1978, TV series)
• Derrick - Season 5, Episode 6: "Klavierkonzert" (1978)
• Ach du lieber Harry (1980)
• Schwarzfahrer (1983)
• Angelo und Luzy (1984, TV series)
• Beinahe Trinidad (1985)
• Sketchup (1985–1986, TV series)
• Das Erbe der Guldenburgs (1986–1990, TV series)
• Tagebuch für einen Mörder (1988)
• Drei D (1988)
• Žabí král (The Frog Prince) (1991)
• Cosimas Lexikon (1992)
• Rennschwein Rudi Rüssel (1994)
• Rosa Roth (1994–2013, TV series)
• Andrea und Marie (1998)
• Frau Rettich, die Czerni und ich (1998)
• Bin ich schön? (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 (2006)
• Frühstück mit einer Unbekannten (2007)
• Die Buddenbrooks (2008)
• Anleitung zum Unglücklichsein (2012)

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

External links

• Iris Berben at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website (German)
• Laudation on the occasion of the awarding with the Leo-Baeck-Preis 2002 to Iris Berben on 3 September 2002 by Paul Spiegel (German)