In late 1932, Ullrich played opposite Werner Krauss in "Rauhnacht" in Berlin.

In 1933, she performed with Hans Jaray in Leise flehen meine Lieder (Lover Divine, in English).

During one of her performances, she was spotted by actor and filmmaker Luis Trenker, who cast her in the leading role of Erika in Der Rebell (1932).

By 1941, for Annelie, she earned for the film studio Ufa the then record sum of 6.5 million Reichsmark and garnered Ullrich the Coppa Volpi award in Venice.

[2] In South America, she met her future husband, Count Wulf Dietrich zu Castell, director of Munich-Riem airport.