Born in Ovenhausen, Höxter, on 9 September 1919, Litto attended the town's primary and secondary schools.
From the age of 16, she received training in ballet at the Tanzschule Carus in Holzminden and, when 18, at the Folkwangschule in Essen.
Thereafter she danced in various films including Third from the Right, Melody of Fate, Maya of the Seven Veils and, taking the lead role, in Queen of the Arena.
After performing in Hamlet, in 1955 she starred as the snake in Werner Egk's Irische Legende at the Salzburg Festival.
The couple continued to appear in television productions until her husband's sudden death in December 1978.