- Daughter of Johannes Heesters.
- At the age of 19, she suffered potentially disfiguring facial injuries during an automobile accident while on tour in South America.
- Ensemble member of the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus (1954-1972) under the direction of Karl-Heinz Stroux. Ensemble member of the Thalia Theater 1972-1980), Hamburg, under the direction of Boy Gobert. Winner in 2014 of the Nestroy Prize as Best Actress.
- Was married to the German production designer and set decorator Pit Fischer until his death in 2010.
- Trained at the Max-Reinhardt-Seminar in Vienna. Made her debut in 1954 in 'Gigi' at the Wiener Volkstheater.
- Daughter of Flemish actress and opera singer Louisa Ghijs.
- In 1978, she played the first senior female detective in the long-running crime series Tatort. Very active on TV since the 1990s, both in series and made-for-TV movies.
- Her older sister Wiesje (b. 1931) is a pianist in Vienna, Austria.
- Mother of actress Saskia Fischer.
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