Wissenswertes

Mother of Alex Tewaag, Ben Tewaag and Julia Tewaag.

Filed a lawsuit against consumer organization "Stiftung Warentest" which revealed that her skin care creme causes rash. Many comedians made their jokes about the "affair" for months (2004).

Published her autobiography "Mit einem Lächeln" (With a smile) in 2004.

Received six Golden Otto Awards by German teenage magazine "Bravo" between 1969 and 1973.

In 2003, she appeared in underwear for pictures, published in the German edition of "Maxim".

Sidelined as a singer of German 'Schlager', releasing her first album (produced by Giorgio Moroder) in 1970.

Published a 1996 cookbook, titled' Gesund, schlank und schön'.

Achieved early popular fame as the Indian girl in the filmed Karl May adaptation Winnetou and the Crossbreed. Her second big hit was the comedy role of Barbara in Zur Sache, Schätzchen. During the sixties, she appeared in a spate of the fashionable 'Pauker' films, aimed at young audiences. From the mid-70s, more active as a TV guest star and also as TV presenter of game and talk shows.

First worked as a secretary.

Got into films after a chance meeting with the producer Horst Wendlandt, who cast her in his Edgar Wallace thriller The Sinister Monk (billed as 'Ursula Glas').