Josephine Berner

Josephine Berner (1902-1933) was a Brunanter actress.

Biography
Berner was born in Donderstad in 1902. Her family moved to France in 1907 and there she began acting in small roles. She returned to Brunant in 1922 and was cast in the romance film De Prinses (1924) alongside actor Joe Bertin. They fell in love and had a son Martin in 1925, but Joe left her that year. She married Philip Melker in 1928, who adopted her son and gave him his last name. Berner would could make talking films and was fired by her film company. She entered a period of depression and died penniless in 1933 from overdrinking.

Berner was the grandmother of actress Cristiane Melker