Actress, Singer. She was a German film and television actress who was best known for her resemblance to American actress and icon Marilyn Monroe. This earned her the nickname of "Berlin's Marilyn Monroe" and she became a sex symbol due to her appearances on numerous magazine covers and due to her acting work in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. She will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Polly Nichols' the first victim of Whitechapel murderer Jack the Ripper in the crime mystery thriller film, "A Study In Terror" (1965). The film which was directed by James Hill, written for the screen by Derek Ford, based on characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and which also starred John Neville, Donald Houston, Frank Finlay, John Fraser, John Cairney, and a young Judi Dench, tells the story of the great master detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. John H. Watson who joins the hunt for the notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper. She is also best remembered for playing the role of 'Joan Van Meeren' in four episodes of the crime television series, "Gestatten - Mein Name ist Cox," in 1965. She was born as Uschi Müller in Berlin, Germany, on March 14, 1932. She was educated at the Schauspielschule of the Shillertheater in Berlin, Germany, in 1956, and took ballet lessons. She also engaged in the stage in Zurich, Switzerland, from 1957 to 1959, and studied under actor, film producer, and theatre director, Gustaf Gründgens at the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Germany, in 1959, before eventually turning to appear in film and on television. She made her actual film debut in an uncredited role in the comedy romance film, "Fanfaren der Liebe" (1951), which was directed by Kurt Hoffmann, and which also starred Dieter Borsche, Inge Egger, and Grethe Weiser. Besides, "Fanfaren der Liebe" (1951), and "A Study In Terror" (1965), her many other film credits include, "Ich hab' mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren" (1952), "Straßenbummel" (1953), "Fireworks" (1954), "Heimatland" (1955), "Der Vogelhändler" (1956), "Musikparade" (1956), "Ein Mann muß nicht immer schön sein" (1956), "Frauen sind für die Liebe da" (1957), "Das Mädchen ohne Pyjama" (1957), "Das Glück liegt auf der Straße" (1957), "Zwei Bayern im Harem" (1957, in which she performed the song, "Es kam ein Schiff nach Nicaragua"), "Gruß und Kuß vom Tegernsee" (1957), "Wenn die Bombe platzt" (1958), "Hoopla, Now Comes Eddie" (1958), "Sehnsucht hat mich verführt" (1958), "Der lachende Vagabund" (1958), "Stefanie" (1958), "The Head" (1959), "Heimat, deine Lieder" (1959), "The High Life" (1960), "Zum Geburtstag" (1960), "The 1,000 Eyes Of Dr. Mabuse" (1960), "Gaslicht" (1960), "Eine hübscher als die andere" (1961), "Küß mich Kätchen" (1961), "Story Of San Michele" (1962), "Escape From East Berlin" (1962), "Hoppla aufs Sofa" (1963), "Plüsch, Plissees und Pleureusen" (1963), "Es war mir ein Vergnügen" (1963), "Im Tingeltangel tut sich was" (1964), "Geliebte Barbaren" (1964), "Das Haus auf dem Hügel" (1964), "Ganz harmlos fing es an" (1964), "That Man In Istanbul" (1965), "El marqués" (1965), "Der Spleen des George Riley" (1965), "Irrungen - Wirrungen" (1966), "Z7 Operation Rembrandt" (1966), "Top Crack" (1967), "Stine" (1967), "Der Schpunz" (1967), "Weiße Haut auf schwarzem Markt" (1969), "The Bordello" (1971), "$" (1971), "Naughty Nymphs" (1972), "All People Will Be Brothers" (1973), "Gesang im Marmorbad" (1973), "Fox And His Friends" (1975), "Satan's Brew" (1976), "Spiel der Verlierer" (1978), "Just A Gigolo" (1978), "Ein sturer Bock" (1981), "Die unglaublichen Abenteuer des Guru Jakob" (1983), "Die Story" (1984), "Das Wunder" (1985), "The Venus Trap" (1988), "Erebos" (1988), "Die Gunst der Sterne" (1988), and "Der Kaiser von Neukölln" (1988). During her film career, she often worked with the likes of Fritz Lang and Rainier Marie Fassbinder. Besides the four episodes of the crime television series, "Gestatten - Mein Name ist Cox," in 1965, her many other television credits include, "Die Firma Hesselbach," "Die sanfte Tour," "Fernfahrer," "Gewagtes Spiel," "Dem Täter auf der Spur," "Im Auftrag von Madame," "World On A Wire," "Hamburg Transit," "Kommissariat IX," "Der ganz normale Wahnsinn," "Berlin Alexanderplatz," "Direktion City," "Achtung Zoll!" "Rom ist in der kleinsten Hütte," "Mandara," "The Adventures Of Dr. Bayer," "Liebling Kreuzberg," "Mrs. Harris," "Der Prins muss her," "Head Over Heels," "Großstadtrevier," "Drei Damen vom Grill," "The Country Doctor," "Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten," "Wolff's Turf," "Elbflorenz," "Die Wache," and "Notaufnahme." Her last role was playing 'Margot Weigel' in sixty-three episodes of the popular German television soap opera, "Unter uns," from 1994 to 2005. She was a mainstay in films until the 1980s and then television until the 2000s. She passed away from cancer in Cologne, Germany, on April 12, 2006, at the age of 74, and she was buried in the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf in Nikolassee, Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany. She never married nor had any children. She was featured in the 'In Memory Of' part of the documentary film, "Fassbinder's World On A Wire - Looking Ahead To Today" (2010).