She emerged as a star during the Weimar Republic, but because she was Jewish she faced increasing persecution following the Nazi takeover in 1933.
She was involved with various exile groups, and was employed by the BBC (for the German Service) during the Second World War where she worked alongside Bruno Adler.
[1][2] Following the Allied victory over the Nazis, and occupation of Germany she returned to Berlin.
In 1947 she appeared in the rubble film And the Heavens Above Us alongside Hans Albers and Lotte Koch.
[3] She forged a career as a character actress, appearing in a number of East German films.