Actress Monika Hansen: Meret Becker announces her mother’s death

The Berlin cultural scene loses a formative personality: actress Monika Hansen died at the age of 82. The news about her death became known about her daughter Meret Becker (56) Instagram account, who said goodbye to emotional words there.

“The most beautiful woman in the world went, she is free as she was always,” wrote the 56-year-old in her emotional post. To do this, she shared an old black and white photo of her mother. The Instagram contribution was commented on by numerous celebrities and friends who praised their condolences and honored Monika Hansen.

In April of this year, Hansen showed up public on her 82nd birthday. At the BZ Culture Prize in the Theater am Potsdamer Platz, she celebrated Meret and Ben Becker (60) together with her children.

Monika Hansen shaped the German theater and film landscape for decades. She led her career through various renowned productions, where she worked with directors such as Wim Wenders, Luc Bondy and Rosa von Praunheim. In particular, her work on the theater made her a respected size of the Berlin cultural scene.

Until 1971 Hansen was married to actor Rolf Becker (90), from this marriage her children Ben and Meret Becker, both also successful actors. Later she led a relationship with theater legend Otto Sander, who died in 2013 at the age of 72.