Date of Birth 27 July 1958, Wehbach, Kirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, GermanyDate of Death 23 May 2009, Wolfratshausen, Bavaria, Germany (breast cancer)Nickname Karin Bar-BurdaHeight 5' 7" (1.7 m)Born 1958 in Wehbach an Der Sieg and raised in Kassel, Germany. After finishing Realschule (high school) she worked as book club agent. Her job led her to Munich, where she was discovered as an actress by students of the academy for film and theater. In 1978 she started her education in the Zinner fil