Career
She appeared in many East German (German Democratic Republic) productions and is best known outside Germany for her leading role as the young princess in. In 1949 she moved to Leipzig in the German Democratic Republic with her mother. She attended the ballet school of the Leipzig Opera and the State Ballet School, Berlin and became a ballet dancer.
She met the film director Kurt Maetzig who suggested she study acting and screen test for a film, she then studied acting at the Academy of Film and Television in Potsdam.
Her second marriage is to the actor and playwright Hasso von Lenski.
