Barbara Becker | |
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| Born | Barbara Feltus [1] November 1, 1966 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Spouse(s) | Boris Becker (1993–2001) Arne Quinze (2009–2011) |
| Children | 2 |
Barbara Becker (born November 1, 1966, as Barbara Feltus) is a German-American [2] designer, former actress and model. [3]
Barbara Becker was born to a Black American father, Harlan Feltus, and a German mother, Ursula. Her father originally went to Europe as a lieutenant in the US medical corps, but became a successful photographer. [4] [5] [6] Her mother was a teacher. [7]
Growing up in Germany, she studied acting and dance. Her early career included both modeling and television roles. [8]
In the autumn of 1991, Feltus met international tennis star Boris Becker. [9] They married in 1993. They have two sons, Noah and Elias. [3] In 2001, their marriage ended in divorce. [1]
Starting in 2006, Becker was the UNICEF ambassador for a program to prevent tetanus in developing countries. [10] Between 2006 and 2009 more than 300 million doses of the vaccine were donated. [11]
Becker and artist Arne Quinze announced their engagement on 6 January 2009. They married on 9 September 2009 at their home in Miami, Florida, and celebrated the wedding on 13 September 2009 in Berlin. Both events were photographed by Miami interior designer Sam Robin. [12] Becker and Quinze divorced in 2011. [13]
Currently, Becker lives in Miami, where she creates and promotes fitness videos [14] in addition to designing and promoting home products. [15]
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Feltus may refer to:
Not only is Boris Becker one of Germany's brightest stars, but his marriage in 1993 to a black actress and model was seen as a powerful symbol of increasingly liberal attitudes in Germany, where inter-racial marriages are still relatively unusual.
Barbara Becker, a former model and actress, is the daughter of a former U.S. Army medical corps officer.
After acting and dance education in Munich , she was soon well in the business of modeling and small television roles. When she married Boris Becker at the age of 27, she was a free spirit for not always exhausting jetset life in hotels and suitcases, after all Bobbele was well and happily on the road between Melbourne and Texas for nine months during his heyday. (English translation of German text)
In the fall of 1991 Becker met Barbara Feltus, a model and aspiring actress, the daughter of an African-American serviceman and a white German woman... "She was spontaneous, very lively," Boris says of Barbara. "I was moody, didn't know whether I should continue tennis, and she brought sunshine into my life. She was the complete opposite of how I was."
In Wien besucht Barbara Becker mit ihrem Ehemann die Swarovski-Geschäftseröffnung. Als Unicef-Pampers-Botschafterin will sie das Bewusstsein schärfen, damit Krankheiten wie Tetanus nicht in Vergessenheit geraten.
Fitness professional, designer, entrepreneur: Barbara Becker is no longer "just the ex of Boris Becker".
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