Achieved early popular fame as the Indian girl in the filmed Karl May adaptation Winnetou and the Crossbreed. Her second big hit was the comedy role of Barbara in Zur Sache, Schätzchen. During the sixties, she appeared in a spate of the fashionable 'Pauker' films, aimed at young audiences. From the mid-70s, more active as a TV guest star and also as TV presenter of game and talk shows.