Discovered for the cinema by the director Rolf Thiele.
Made her stage debut at the Thalia Theater in 1951 in 'Ein Monat auf dem Lande'. Lter acted on stages in Berlin, Vienna and Zurich. Her greatest successes were in Colette's 'Gigi' and 'The Rose tattoo' by Tennessee Williams. Acted with the Münchner Kammerspiele from 1967 to 1970 and was an ensemble member of the Thalia Theater in Hamburg from 1971 to 1980.
Diminutive leading lady of 1950s and 60s German films, most noted for her performances in Rolf Thiele's Primanerinnen, the Thomas Mann-adaptation Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull and Helmut Käutner's Der Rest ist Schweigen.