Trivia

Turned down roles in Mel Brooks Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), Woody Allen's Shadows and Fog (1991), and Peter Hyams's End of Days (1999)(1999).

Director Percy Adlon once called her "The Marlene Dietrich of Bavaria".

While running "Mutti-Bräu", a bar and meeting place for artists, in the 1970s, she became "the mother of Munich's subculture" and founded her own theater group "Opera curiosa".

One of Germany's most popular actresses.

Wrote two books about her life, the first in 1994, and the second in 2007.

Her book "Meine Überlebenssuppen" (My surviving soups) became a bestseller in Germany.

Received the Bavarian Cross of Merit (17 July 2003).

Before starting her career in show business, she worked as a medical lab assistant and assistant magazine editor.

During its 8-season-run, the "Opera curiosa" performed in Hamburg, Berlin and at the Bavarian State Theater. The ensemble's best known members included Nina Hagen and Konstantin Wecker.

Lives in her house at the Starnberger See in Bavaria. (2008)

Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 1997.

Gave birth to her daughter Daniela in 1967.

Opened the theater-café "Tatzelwurm" in Munich (1982).