Besides her activity as a performing artist she was also engaged in racehorses and she owned her own racing stable.
She grew up in a family where art was an important part. Her father was a sculptor, her mother was an opera singer and her sister Elli Leux - she already died in 1929 at the age 31 - was a singer too.
She begann her career as singer in 1914 on different stages in Berlin before she entered the film business in the same year with "Eine Frau auf Pump gesucht" (14).
In 1925 she retired from the film business and dedicated to the theater exclusively. She appeared both as a singer and actress on different stages.
Only in the 50s she returned to the screen and impersonated support roles.