Actress. She will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Mrs. Edith Frank' in the biographical family film drama, "The Diary Of Anne Frank" (1959). The film which was directed by George Stevens, which was written for the screen by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, and which was based on the book, "Anne Frank: The Diary Of Anne Frank," by Anne Frank, which also starred Millie Perkins, Shelley Winters, Joseph Schildkraut, Ed Wynn, and Richard Beymer, tells the true story of a teenage Jewish girl named Anne Frank and her family who are forced into hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. She also played the role of 'Mrs. Anne Frank' on Broadway in New York City, New York, in the stage production of the play, "The Diary of Anne Frank" (October 05, 1955, to June 22, 1957). She will also be best remembered for playing the role of 'Rose Hanchen' in the episode entitled, "Season For Vengeance," of the television series, "Sam Benedict," which originally aired on March 30, 1963, and which also starred Edmond O'Brien, Richard Rust, and Paul Lukas, tells the story of a woman who readily admits to trying to kill a well-respected local philanthropist with her car and claims she intended to kill him and wants no defense. Sam takes her case anyway and discovers that both the woman and the man she hit were inmates in a Nazi concentration camp. She was born as Auguste Barbara Huber on July 27, 1914, in Wiener Neustadt, Austria-Hungary. She made her actual film debut playing the role of 'Hedi Baumann' in the film drama, "Tanzmusik" (1935). The film which was directed by J.A. Hübler-Kahla, which was written for the screen by Max Niederberger and Maria Stephan, and which also starred Liane Haid, Herman Thimig, Hans Thimig, Leo Slezak, and Georg Alexander, tells the story of the age-old conflict between classical music by Beethoven and jazz, as played out in the marital problems of a couple. Besides, playing the role of 'Hedi Baumann' in the film drama, "Tanzmusik" (1935), and playing the role of 'Mrs. Edith Frank' in the biographical family film drama, "The Diary Of Anne Frank" (1959), her many other film credits include, "Buchhalter Schnabel" (1935), "Waltz Around The Stefanstower" (1935), "Savoy-Hotel 217" (1936), "The Cabbie's Song" (1936), "The Man Who Is Talked About" (1937), "Land der Liebe" (1937), "The Unexcused Hour" (1937), "Between The Parents" (1938), "Kleiner Mann - ganz groß!" (1938), "The Girl Of Last Night" (1938), "Der Optimist" (1938), "Marguerite : 3" (1939), "Wie konntest Du, Veronika!" (1940), "Herz - modern möbliert" (1940), "So gefällst Du mir" (1941), "Jenny und der Herr im Frack" (1941), "Gabriele Dambrone" (1941), "Am Abend nach der Oper" (1945), and "Wie ein Dieb in der Nacht" (1945). Besides, playing the role of 'Rose Hanchen' in the episode entitled, "Season For Vengeance," of the television series, "Sam Benedict," which originally aired on March 30, 1963, and which also starred Edmond O'Brien, Richard Rust, and Paul Lukas, tells the story of a woman who readily admits to trying to kill a well-respected local philanthropist with her car and claims she intended to kill him and wants no defense. Sam takes her case anyway, and discovers that both the woman and the man she hit were inmates in a Nazi concentration camp, her many other television credits include, "Danger," "Suspense," "The Doctor," "Robert Montgomery Presents," "The Philco Television Playhouse," "The Further Adventures Of Ellery Queen," and "Playhouse 90." On Broadway in New York City, New York, besides her playing the role of 'Mrs. Anne Frank' on Broadway in New York City, New York, in the stage production of the play, "The Diary of Anne Frank" (October 05, 1955, to June 22, 1957), she also played thr role of 'Lili Engel' in "Flight Into Egypt" (March 18, 1952, to April 19, 1952), and the original role of 'Margot Wendice' in "Dial "M" For Murder" (October 29, 1952, to February 27, 1954), which was also the same role that actress Grace Kelly played in Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film version of the play. Her last television role was playing 'Maria Parsons' in the episode entitled, "The Hell Walkers," of the classic anthology television series, "The DuPont Show Of The Week," which also starred Caroline Brenner, Curd Jürgens, George Voskovec, Eda Reiss Merin, and John Mills, tells the story of after serving a 15-year sentence for his crimes in the administration of a Nazi extermination camp, Kleingert goes to Paris, hoping to escape his past. There, in his hotel, Davis shows up and tells him that a man whose son died in the camp hired him to remind Kleingert every day of his terrible crimes. She retired from acting shortly thereafter. She passed away from heart failure in Mount Kisco, New York, on July 12, 1993, at the age of 78. She was cremated and her ashes were reportedly scattered in secret on the shores of Traunsees and across Lake Traunsee in Oberosterreich, Upper Austria. She was the mother of actress Bibi Besch (1942-1996), and the grandmother of actress Samantha Mathis, who appeared in the film, "Pump Up The Volume" (1990), and dated the actor Christian Slater.