Benno Besson
- Birthday: 11/4/1922
- Deathday: 2/16/2006
- Place of birth: Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
- Fame for: Crew
Biography
Benno Besson, born René-Benjamin Besson, was a Swiss stage actor, stage and screen director, and writer. He had great success as director at Volksbühne Berlin, Deutsches Theater and Berliner Ensemble in East-Berlin, where he went by an invitation of Bertolt Brecht in 1949.