Hoping to make her breakthrough in Hollywood, she attended acting
lessons with Martin Landau.
Gave birth to her first child Simon Thomas (1 July 2006).
Did a colonoscopy on stern TV (1990) to draw the public's attention on colon
cancer (2003).
Is fluent in six languages.
After she had posed in lingerie for "Gala" magazine, she gave up her
job as newsreader on Tagesschau (1952) because the show's executives criticized
her publicly (1999).