Stage, screen, and television actress.
At the age of ten, she began studying dance at Tatjana Gsovsky's Berlin dance school and made her first appearances as a ballerina in 1941. Around the same time, she began training at the UFA acting school. In 1942 she played her first small film roles. Her roles in simple, sentimental but extremely successful movies such as "Schwarzwaldmädel" (1950) and "Grün ist die Heide" (1951) - often with Rudolf Prack as a co-star - made her one of the first great stars of Germany's post-war cinema. In 1950 she receives the "Bambi" as the most popular German film actress. Credits include "Am Brunnen vor dem Tore" (1952), "Die Privatsekretärin" (1953), "Dany, bitte schreiben Sie" (1956), "Menschen im Hotel" (1959), "The Secret Ways" (1960), "Der Traum von Lieschen Müller" (1961), and "The Bridge at Remagen" (1969). From the 1960s, she was increasingly seen on television and especially on stage, portraying Eliza Doolittle in productions of "My Fair Lady" in Zurich and Munich. She also appeared as Wedekind's "Lulu" and played in works by Tennessee Williams.
She was buried with her son Pierre, who died at the age of 16 from cancer.
At the age of ten, she began studying dance at Tatjana Gsovsky's Berlin dance school and made her first appearances as a ballerina in 1941. Around the same time, she began training at the UFA acting school. In 1942 she played her first small film roles. Her roles in simple, sentimental but extremely successful movies such as "Schwarzwaldmädel" (1950) and "Grün ist die Heide" (1951) - often with Rudolf Prack as a co-star - made her one of the first great stars of Germany's post-war cinema. In 1950 she receives the "Bambi" as the most popular German film actress. Credits include "Am Brunnen vor dem Tore" (1952), "Die Privatsekretärin" (1953), "Dany, bitte schreiben Sie" (1956), "Menschen im Hotel" (1959), "The Secret Ways" (1960), "Der Traum von Lieschen Müller" (1961), and "The Bridge at Remagen" (1969). From the 1960s, she was increasingly seen on television and especially on stage, portraying Eliza Doolittle in productions of "My Fair Lady" in Zurich and Munich. She also appeared as Wedekind's "Lulu" and played in works by Tennessee Williams.
She was buried with her son Pierre, who died at the age of 16 from cancer.
Stage, screen, and television actress.
At the age of ten, she began studying dance at Tatjana Gsovsky's Berlin dance school and made her first appearances as a ballerina in 1941. Around the same time, she began training at the UFA acting school. In 1942 she played her first small film roles. Her roles in simple, sentimental but extremely successful movies such as "Schwarzwaldmädel" (1950) and "Grün ist die Heide" (1951) - often with Rudolf Prack as a co-star - made her one of the first great stars of Germany's post-war cinema. In 1950 she receives the "Bambi" as the most popular German film actress. Credits include "Am Brunnen vor dem Tore" (1952), "Die Privatsekretärin" (1953), "Dany, bitte schreiben Sie" (1956), "Menschen im Hotel" (1959), "The Secret Ways" (1960), "Der Traum von Lieschen Müller" (1961), and "The Bridge at Remagen" (1969). From the 1960s, she was increasingly seen on television and especially on stage, portraying Eliza Doolittle in productions of "My Fair Lady" in Zurich and Munich. She also appeared as Wedekind's "Lulu" and played in works by Tennessee Williams.
She was buried with her son Pierre, who died at the age of 16 from cancer.
At the age of ten, she began studying dance at Tatjana Gsovsky's Berlin dance school and made her first appearances as a ballerina in 1941. Around the same time, she began training at the UFA acting school. In 1942 she played her first small film roles. Her roles in simple, sentimental but extremely successful movies such as "Schwarzwaldmädel" (1950) and "Grün ist die Heide" (1951) - often with Rudolf Prack as a co-star - made her one of the first great stars of Germany's post-war cinema. In 1950 she receives the "Bambi" as the most popular German film actress. Credits include "Am Brunnen vor dem Tore" (1952), "Die Privatsekretärin" (1953), "Dany, bitte schreiben Sie" (1956), "Menschen im Hotel" (1959), "The Secret Ways" (1960), "Der Traum von Lieschen Müller" (1961), and "The Bridge at Remagen" (1969). From the 1960s, she was increasingly seen on television and especially on stage, portraying Eliza Doolittle in productions of "My Fair Lady" in Zurich and Munich. She also appeared as Wedekind's "Lulu" and played in works by Tennessee Williams.
She was buried with her son Pierre, who died at the age of 16 from cancer.
Bio by: Fritz Tauber
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