Trivia

Played "Maria von Trapp" in The Trapp Family (1956), the original version of The Sound of Music (1965).

She and O.W. Fischer, her co-star in several movies, were considered Germany's favorite couple in the 1950s.

German voice of Maureen O'Hara in the movie Jamaica Inn, when dubbed in 1951.

Lives in her house in Nymphenburg, Bavaria, together with her husband. (2008)

Was mentioned by Heinz Rudolf Kunze in his song "Brille" ("Glasses"). He sang about kissing her photo on a cover of a magazine.