Trivia

Becoming a well known human rights and animal welfare activist, she retired from acting in 1983.

Was elected into the Landtag of Bavaria (state parliament) for the Green Party (September 2003).

Mother of the House in the Bavarian state parliament, the first woman to become its President by right of age (2003).

Organized help projects and taught cooking in hospitals for victims of the Chernobyl disaster.

Wrote the novel "Die maßlose Zärtlichkeit" (1970) and several successful children's and cook books.

Attended acting lessons in Copenhagen and Berlin.

After her graduation in 1945, she fled to Danmark, where she worked in a library and as foreign correspondent.

After World War II, she worked as a servant, librarian and foreign correspondent in Danmark.

Romantically linked to Lutz Hochstraate from 1969 to 1988.

Born to Johanna and Richard Goltz, both teachers, she was one of five children.