Leading Austrian stage actress, an officer's daughter. Trained at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, she appeared in more than 100 classic plays by authors like Shakespeare, Coward and Chekhov. A versatile actress, she excelled at both serious drama and boulevard-style comedy. She was a long-standing member of the Theater in der Josefstadt. In films, she acted opposite stars like Curd Juergens, Hans Moser and O.W. Fischer.