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Birth name Iris BerbenNationality GermanBirth 12 august 1950 (74 years) at Detmold (
German)
Awards Bavarian Order of Merit, Munich "München leuchtet" award, Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
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.
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.
In 2010, together with Bruno Ganz she was elected president of the German Film Academy.
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