Maria Körber

Maria Körber, daughter of stage director Veit Harlan and actress Hilde Körber, was born and raised in Berlin. She attended drama school at the Berliner Hebbel-Theater under Ernst Schröder and took private lessons from Marlise Ludwig.

She made her stage debut in Sartre's *Die Fliegen* in 1948. Her first steady engagement was at the Staatstheater Oldenburg. Other venues in her stage career included Theater im Zimmer Hamburg, Stadttheater Bielefeld, Tribüne Berlin, Theater am Kurfürstendamm Berlin, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Hessische Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Bühnen der Freien Hansestadt Bremen, Renaissance-Theater Berlin, and Thalia-Theater Hamburg.

Maria Körber appeared in television productions since 1956. She also worked in radio broadcasting and engaged in dubbing.

She speaks English and knows some French and Russian. She is married to the actor Joachim Kerzel. Her son Sebastian is from her former marriage to the actor Walter Buschhoff. She lives in Berlin.