Her only English language role was as Irma Bunt in the James Bond film
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) (1969). She was not able to enjoy her
new success. She died of a heart attack less than a week after that
film's release.
She did live to see her performance in On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
Smoky-voiced character actress, on stage from 1933. From 1937, member of the ensemble cast of the Volksbühne Berlin. Appeared in post-war German films. Her voice was extensively used for dubbing Hollywood stars, such as Lana Turner, into German.
Her career began at 14 in a stage production of 'Joan of Arc'.