Maria Becker (28 January 1920, Berlin, Germany - 5 September 2012, Uster, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland) was a German actress and director.

Life and career

After her parents, Maria Fein and Theodor Becker, divorced, Maria Becker lived with her mother in Berlin. From 1933, she visited the Kleistlyzeum in Berlin and the Schule am Meer on Juist, an island in Lower Saxony.[1][2] When the Nazi party rose to power in 1936, she and her mother moved to Vienna, Austria, because her mother was Jewish and thus wasn't allowed to work at the Deutsches Theater. There, Becker visited the Max Reinhardt Seminar, a drama school in Vienna. After the Anschluss happened in 1938, she and her mother fled to Zürich, where she joined the Schauspielhaus Zürich.[1]

After the end of World War II, she had many engagements, including in Vienna, Salzburg, Berlin and Hamburg. She founded the "Schauspieltruppe Zürich" in 1956 with Robert Freitag and Will Quadflieg, and contributed to many TV films and series.[1][3]

Personal life

From 1945 to 1966, she was married to Robert Freitag, with whom she had 3 children: Oliver Tobias, Benedict Freitag, and Christopher, who committed suicide at age 20.[4]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Schauspieler 62". knerger.de. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  2. ↑ "Maria Becker - Munzinger Biographie". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  3. 1 2 "Maria Becker". Historisches Lexikon Schweiz. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Maria Becker - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
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