Became one of the first movie idols to the postwar generation in the
German-speaking countries with her distinctive "smile under tears".
Her breakthrough performance was in Helmut Käutner's The Last Bridge (1954) (aka "Die letzte Brücke"), a touching performance as a tragic heroine, which won her the Best Actress Award at Cannes.
Pictured on an Austrian 68c commemorative postage stamp issued 24 April 2015, two days before the tenth anniversary of her death.