Biografie

Entered films in German silents and entered U.S. films in 1930.

She married a doctor in 1939 and lived with him till his death in Venezuela.

A dark-haired, exotic femme fatale of German silents, she was loaned out to Hollywood in 1930 to appear in German-language versions of American films (under the direction of William Dieterle). The experience did not lead to major offers from the big studios and she returned home after only a year. She was unable to repeat her earlier popularity during the sound era and her career declined, though she still appeared in supporting roles for the remainder of the 1930's.

In 1939 she retired completely from the film business.

She shot her first real feature film in 1923 in Harry Piel's "Abenteuer einer Nacht". After that she lived with relatives in New York for the next two years, her film career was interrupted in this time.