Iris Berben

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German actress (born 1950)

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name	Iris Berben
image	Iris Berben-63700.jpg
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caption	Berben in 2025
birth_name	Iris Renate Dorothea Berben
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birth_place	Detmold, West Germany
occupation	Actress
years_active	1968-present
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Biography

Berben was born in Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia. She grew up in Hamburg, where her parents ran a restaurant.

Berben has appeared in about 150 film and television productions since 1969. Berben has played leading roles in a large number of German television productions, including the 1970s sitcom Zwei himmlische Töchter and the 1980s comedy show Sketchup with Diether Krebs. One of her best-known roles is the title character, a no-nonsense police commissioner, in the long-running crime series Rosa Roth between 1994 and 2013. Her film roles include Sergio Corbucci's Western Compañeros (1970) with Franco Nero, the adaptation of Thomas Mann's Die Buddenbrooks (2008), and the barmaid Petra in the sport comedy Eddie the Eagle (2016).

After the Six-Day War in 1967, she traveled to Israel, and afterwards became the partner of the Israeli singer Abi Ofarim. Since then, she has been a supporter of Israel and has also repeatedly campaigned against antisemitism. She had a son, Oliver, in 1971, but never revealed the identity of the father.

In 2010, together with Bruno Ganz, Berben was elected president of the German Film Academy. She served as an SPD delegate to the Federal Convention for the purpose of electing the President of Germany in 2017.

Filmography

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Detectives (1969)
The Man with the Glass Eye (1969)
** (1969)
** (1970)
Compañeros (1970)
Supergirl (1971)
Ulla oder Die Flucht in die schwarzen Wälder (1974, TV film)
Mademoiselle de Scuderi (1976, TV film)
Tea for Three (1976)
Derrick - Series 4, Episode 3: "Eine Nacht im Oktober" (1977, TV)
Zwei himmlische Töchter (1978, TV series)
Derrick - Series 5, Episode 6: "Klavierkonzert" (1978, TV)
Ach du lieber Harry (1980)
** (1983)
Angelo und Luzy (1984, TV series)
** (1984)
** (1984)
Rallye Paris - Dakar (1984)
Beinahe Trinidad (1985)
Sketchup (1985-1986, TV-series)
Rückfahrt in den Tod (1986, TV-film)
Das Erbe der Guldenburgs (1986-1990, TV-series)
** (1988, TV-film)
** (1988)
** (1989, TV film)
** (1990, TV film)
The second Life (1990, TV film)
Saint Peter's Snow (1991, TV-film)
** (1991)
** (1992)
** (1992, TV film)
Dornberger (1992, TV-film)
** (1992, TV film)
A Man for my Wife (1993, TV-film)
** (1994, TV film)
** (1994, TV-film)
** (1995)
Rosa Roth (1994-2013, TV-series, 31 episodes)
** (1996)
Code Red (1997, TV-film)
** (1998, TV-film)
** (1998, TV-film)
** (1998)
Am I beautiful? (1998)
** (1998, TV-film)
** (1999, TV-film)
Ein mörderischer Plan (2000, TV film)
** (2000, TV-film)
** (2001, TV-film)
Wer liebt, hat Recht (2001, TV film)
666 - Traue keinem, mit dem du schläfst! (2001)
** (2002, TV-film)
** (2002, TV-film)
** (2004, TV-film)
Die Patriarchin (2005, TV miniseries)
** (2005, TV-film)
** (2006, TV-film)
** (2006, TV-film)
Afrika, mon amour (2007, TV-miniseries)
** (2007, TV-film)
** (2007, TV-film)
** (2008, TV-film)
Die Buddenbrooks (2008)
** (2009, TV-miniseries)
** (2009)
** (2010, TV-film)
** (2010)
** (2011, TV-film)
** (2012)
** (2013, TV-film)
** (2014)
** (2014, TV-film)
Traumfrauen (2015)
Eddie the Eagle (2015)
** (2016, TV-film)
** (2018, TV-film)
How about Adolf? (2018)
** (2022)
Triangle of Sadness (2022)
The Interpreter of Silence (2023)

Audiobooks (excerpt)

2005: Françoise Sagan, Bonjour Tristesse. Publisher: Random House Audio Köln, .
2006: Minka Pradelski, Und da kam Frau Kugelmann. Publisher: Random House Audio Köln, .
2007: Anna Gmeyner, Manja. Publisher: Hörkultur, .
2010: Petra Hammesfahr, Die Mutter. Publisher: Random House Audio Köln, gekürzt 4 CDs 296 Min.,
2011: Marina Lewycka, Kurze Geschichte des Traktors auf Ukrainisch. Publisher: Random House Audio Köln, .
2011: Iris Berben liest Verbrannte Bücher - Verfemte Komponisten. Publisher: Verlag Herder, .
2015: Brüder Grimm (Brothers Grimm), Brüderchen und Schwesterchen. Publisher: Amor Verlag, .
2015: Brüder Grimm (Brothers Grimm), Frau Holle. Publisher: Amor Verlag, .
2016: Hans Christian Andersen, Die kleine Meerjungfrau (The Little Mermaid). Publisher: Amor Verlag, .
2017: David Walliams, Zombie-Zahnarzt, publisher: Argon Verlag, .
2021: Petra Hammesfahr, Der stille Herr Genardy, publisher: Lübbe Audio, ISBN 978-3-7540-0054-0 (Audiobook-Download)

Awards

Bundesverdienstkreuz 1997
Goldene Europa GALA-Sonderpreis 2000
Scopus Award 2001
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2003
Women's World Award - World Tolerance Award 2004
Bayerischer Verdienstorden 2005
Karl Valentin Order 2007
Platinum Romy Award 2018
Golden Eye Award, Zurich Film Festival 2020
Schiller Prize of the City of Marbach 2023

References

(25 April 2002). "Iris Berben enthüllt ihre Jugendsünden". rp online.
Ralf Euler (23 November 2016), [https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/45-hessen-waehlen-den-bundespraesidenten-mit-14540529.html 45 Hessen wählen mit] ''[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung]]''.
"Biografie Iris Berben – Menschenrechtsbüro der Stadt Nürnberg".
(16 February 2023). "Marbacher Schillerpreis geht an Iris Berben".

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