Education
Baumgartner studied at the Otto-Falckenberg-Schule, a theatre academy in Munich, after which she took theatre roles in Mannheim and Hamburg and minor roles in television shows.
Baumgartner studied at the Otto-Falckenberg-Schule, a theatre academy in Munich, after which she took theatre roles in Mannheim and Hamburg and minor roles in television shows.
In her roles, she usually plays persons typical for the Bavaria region in Germany. Her breakthrough came in 1982 when she starred in “Die Rumpelhanni”, a television series, where she played the main role by the same name. She is also remembered for playing several roles in Derrick.
In 1998, she directed for the first time in “Die Ehrabschneider”.
