Helga Anders (11 January 1948 – 30 March 1986)[1] was an Austrian actress.
She was born Helga Scherz in
Innsbruck, to an Austrian father and a German mother, and she grew up in
Ruhpolding and
Bielefeld after her parents divorced. She made her stage debut at the age of eight. [citation needed]
Anders is best known in Great Britain for her part in the Yugoslav-West German television series The White Horses, and is also remembered for playing several roles in the German TV series Derrick.[citation needed]
She appeared as one of 28 women under the banner
We've had abortions! (Wir haben abgetrieben!) on the cover page of the West German magazine Stern on 6 June 1971. In that issue, 374 women publicly stated that they had had pregnancies terminated, which at that time was illegal.[2]
Death
Her addictions with alcohol and drugs resulted in her death at 38. She died of heart failure in
Haar, Bavaria, West Germany.[citation needed]