Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 1997.Before starting her career in show business, she worked as a medical lab assistant and assistant magazine editor.Measurements:45 1/2-36 1/2-44 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)Received the Bavarian Cross of Merit (17 July 2003).Gave birth to her daughter Daniela in 1967.Opened the theater-café "Tatzelwurm" in Munich (1982).While running "Mutti-Bräu", a bar and meeting place for artists, in the 1970s, she became "the mother of Munich's subculture" and founded her own theater group "Opera curiosa".During its 8-season-run, the "Opera curiosa" performed in Hamburg, Berlin and at the Bavarian State Theater. The ensemble's best known members included Nina Hagen and Konstantin Wecker .Turned down a role in Mel Brooks' "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" (1993).Turned down a role in Woody Allen's "Shadows and Fog" (1992).Her book "Meine Überlebenssuppen" (My surviving soups) became a bestseller in Germany.One of Germany's most popular actresses.Wrote two books about her life, the first in 1994, and the second in 2007.Turned down a role in Peter Hyams' "End of Days" (1999).Director Percy Adlon once called her "The Marlene Dietrich of Bavaria".