After retiring in 1993, she has released new songs since 2001.
Has two sons, Marco (born in 1973 from her first marriage) and Don (born in 1983 from her second marriage).
Besides her apprenticeship with the German post, she attended private singing lessons.
Lost her father, a German soldier, during World War II.
Born in the Memel Territory of the then German East Prussia, she emigrated to West Germany with her mother and her brother in the final days of World War II.