- Maria Fein was born on April 7, 1892 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. She was an actress, known for Die Kaukasierin (1917), Die Erlösung des Reimundus (1918) and Das Lied der Nornen (1919). She was married to Theodor Becker. She died on September 15, 1965 in Zürich, Switzerland.
- SpouseTheodor Becker (divorced, 1 child)
- Mother of actress Maria Becker.
- When the war broke out, Maria Fein was at the Côte d'Azur in France at this time. Thanks to the intervention of her daughter Maria Becker, who already lived in Switzerland, she was able to enter Switzerland too. From there she emigrated to England and the USA where she continued to play theater and organized readings.
- In 1964 Fein told of her experiences in Berlin theaters prior to 1933 in a twelve episode documentary presented by the German network Norddeutscher Rundfunk.
- Maria Fein spent her last years in Switzerland where she continued her theater career in Luzern (e.g. "Elektra").
- Over the remainder of the war years Fein was active in Zurich giving evening recitations.
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