Biographie

Received acting lessons from Julia Serda and Hans Junkermann in Berlin.

German dubbing voice of Katharine Hepburn, Ava Gardner, Maureen O'Hara and Hedy Lamarr.

Beside her acting jobs, she ran a fashion store and wrote articles for "Film und Frau" magazine.

Intelligent leading lady of Ufa films in the 1930's and early 40's. On stage from 1933 at the Berlin Schlosstheater, Carola invariably played complex, emancipated women, usually in musical comedy and (in that specifically German genre), the 'Heimatfilm'. She graduated to character roles by the 1960's and was still active in television well into her nineties.

In 1941 she married a major of the Luftwaffe, Arved Krüger. He was shot during action above Malta in 1942. Their son Arved-Michael was born later that year.