Born in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, she studied with Anna Bahr-Mildenburg in Munich and with Henny Wolff in Hamburg.

In 1965, she appeared there as the mother of Stolzius in the premiere of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Die Soldaten.

[1] She performed in opera recordings by the broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk, such as Verdi's Falstaff with Mario Rossi conducting, where she sang Meg Page alongside Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in the title role.

In 1954 and 1955 she appeared as Mary in Der fliegende Holländer, in 1958 to 1961 every year as Magdalene in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, in 1962 as Erda in Das Rheingold and Ortrud in Lohengrin.

[1] In 1962 she was a guest at the Hamburg State Opera as the Nurse in Die Frau ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss, staged by Oscar Fritz Schuh and conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, alongside Franz Crass and Helga Pilarczyk, among others.