Began collaboration with filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder; played first leading role in a Fassbinder film, "Das Kaffeehaus/The Coffee House"

Played what was has become perhaps her best-remembered part, the title role in Fassbinder's "The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant"

Last leading role in a Fassbinder film, "Frauen in New York/Women in New York"

Last film with Fassbinder, "Berlin Alexanderplatz"

Last major films for a number of years, "Bittere Ernte/Bitter Harvest" and "La Moitie de l'amour/Half of Love"

Returned to films to play a leading role in the low-budget spoof shocker, "Terror 2000"