Wissenswertes

Her autobiography "Ich hab ja gewusst, dass ich fliegen kann" (I Knew That I Could Fly) became a bestseller (2006).

Since February 2003, she has been President of the German Film Academy.

Lives in Grünwald near Munich, Germany.

Founded - together with Michael Verhoeven - the film production company "Sentana" to finance difficult projects like Die weiße Rose (1982) or Das schreckliche Mädchen (1990).

Born to Josef Berger, a musician, and his wife Therese Jany, a teacher, her parents both died on 8 August (her father in 1984, her mother in 2001).

In 1963 she was offered a five-year-contract by a major Hollywood studio, but decided to return to Europe for personal reasons.

Is active in environment protection and peace movement.

Played the "Buhlschaft" in the famous "Jedermann" play at the Salzburg Theatre Festival between 1974 and 1982.

Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival in 1998.

Head of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival in 1977.

Mother of Simon Verhoeven and Luca Verhoeven.

In 1957, when she accepted her first movie role, she was suspended by her drama school, the notable Max-Reinhardt-Seminar.

At the age of 5, she started attending ballet lessons.

Singer of "Lili Marleen" in Europe.

Senta is her real name and she started as a stage actress; then she got the chance to say one line ('The Russians are coming!') in "The Journey" with Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr. Appearances in subsequent English-language films such as "The Victors", "Major Dundee", "The Quiller Memorandum", "Cast a Giant Shadow" and "Our Man In Marrakesh" followed, but she never left German films to concentrate on Hollywood fame.