Wissenswertes

She suffered from Parkinson's disease in later years but she worked regularly on film projects until a stroke in 1997 which made speech more difficult.

Was the original Alice Horton on the Zeit der Sehnsucht (1965) unaired pilot. The role was then assumed by Frances Reid for the TV broadcast who has played her since the show's TV debut.

Appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Lockende Versuchung (1956), Airport (1970) and Coming home - Sie kehren heim (1978).