The actress Ingrid Steeger (75) can no longer live alone at home in the future. She announced that herself in an interview with the "Bild" newspaper: "I have to go to a nursing home, preferably in assisted living, I would like to take my dog ​​Lumpi with me." She is currently in a clinic after a fall in her own four walls. "I fell back at home, I'm in the hospital right now," said Steeger.

As early as January 2020, the TV icon made her poor health public in a conversation with the "Bild" newspaper. On New Year's Day 2020, she suffered a cardiac arrest while walking. Her companion resuscitated her and a short time later a defibrillator system was installed in a hospital.

Born in Berlin, she became known nationwide alongside TV stars such as Elisabeth Volkmann (1936-2006) and Peer Augustinski (1940-2014) in the 1970s slapstick series "Klimbim". She was last seen in the Peter Thorwarth film "Goldene Zeiten" in 2006 alongside Wotan Wilke Möhring (55) and "Das A-Team" star Dirk Benedict (77).