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Returned to university to study medicine from 1971 to 1974.

Practicing internist in Munich until 1997.

Said she never considered herself a talented actress.

In a relationship with the journalist Peter Hamm since the mid-1980s.

Daughter of a businessman and a pianist, on stage from the age of ten.

Son Thomas Freund: b. March 8th, 1957, d. September 24th, 2016. Married to Gabi, children Julia and Benedikt. Son Gregor Freund: married to Cecilia, children Andreas and Tatjana.

Her film career began in 1950 after she was 'discovered' by the director Viktor Tourjansky.

Daughter of Rudolf Schindler, stepdaughter of Rudolf Koch, sister of Rudolf Koch, mother of Thomas and Gregor Freund.

After they divorced her former husband married Petra Schürmann.

Born at 4 p.m.-CET