- Mother of Vivian Naefe.
- During the shooting of Sand, Love and Salt (1957) she had a fight scene with Isabelle Corey. Naefe stumbled and hit the ground hard with the back of her head. She was very seriously injured. After this accident she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Confined to a wheelchair, then to her bed, crippled and partially blind, she hardly left her room. She allegedly died alone, neglected by friends.
- Studied acting at Ackerman's Theatre School in Berlin in 1940.
- Discovered for the screen by director Rolf Meyer.
- Grandmother of Katharina Eyssen.
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