The actress Gertrud Meyen appeared at the end of the 30's in movies for the first time. Her career lasted only few years and was nearly concluded after 1945.
She lived many years in Munich, but died in a retirement home in Hamburg.
She was the German voice of Julie Adams, Dame Celia Johnson, Dorothy Malone,Claire Trevor and French actress Jeanne Moreau.
In 1954 she became stage actress at the Deutsches Theater Göttingen.