Born in Essen as Ruth Leeuwerik , she grew up there and in Münster . She began her acting career with stage roles in the late 1940s . In the 1950s she and Dieter Borsche were considered as the ideal couple of the German film . In 1962 she starred in the Helmut Käutner film '' Redhead '' , which was entered in the 12th Berlin International Film Festival . She is a five-time Bambi Award winner . Leuwerik died in Munich on 12 January 2016
12th Berlin International Film Festival
12th Berlin International Film Festival
Ruth Leuwerik