Uschi Glas
She became her husband’s lifesaver
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Uschi Glas’s private life was as dramatic as in the film: the actress became her husband’s lifesaver – twice.
Actress Uschi Glas, 79, describes her second husband Dieter Hermann, 73, as “the love of my life.” And like you in an interview with “Bunte” revealed, she even saved his life twice.
Fate or great luck?
The actress first reacted when he suffered an allergic shock from a wasp sting in the garden of her house in Munich’s Nymphenburg district. “What alarmed me was his tone. I immediately ran after him when he collapsed, white as a sheet,” she told the magazine about the dramatic moments. “Together with his two daughters, I persuaded him to stay with us until the emergency doctor came.” Once again, Dieter Hermann was able to count on the active support of his famous wife. One morning, an aneurysm burst in the entrepreneur’s brain. In the middle of the conversation he suddenly became unresponsive. “The doctors still say to this day that it is a miracle that Dieter survived. Was it fate or great luck that I was still in the room and was able to react so quickly? At that time we lived outside Munich and it took a while for the emergency doctor to arrive place was.”
After these dramatic experiences, she is even more grateful. “I appreciate my great good fortune. I don’t often think about death either.” Nevertheless, it is of course “absolutely clear to her that everyone has to die.” She is very happy that she is healthy and fit. Nothing to be taken for granted: After all, she will be 80 years old on March 2nd. It could be over so quickly – as the sudden death of her colleague and friend Elmar Wepper (1944-2023) showed.
She is a “forward looker”
She also looked back on her failed marriage to film producer Bernd Tewaag (born 1948). The two were married from 1981 to 2003 and have three children together. “Everyone who separates after years knows the feeling that a failed relationship leaves behind. I completely withdrew back then and went through a phase of mourning.” Afterwards, however, she stood up again and looked ahead. In general, she is “a forward-looking person”. A trait that she developed early on. Experiences of bullying in school made her strong. “In moments like this you can either hide and suffer for your whole life or you think: Now more than ever! I’ve always had this stubborn attitude and just thought: I’ll show you!”
She learned early on to be her own best friend. She also always appeared self-confident on the film set and spoke her mind “whenever a director tried to exploit his power.” She also always wanted to be financially independent. “I wanted to be independent and never dependent on a man. That’s why I became a mother relatively late. At the age of 33.”
She has a lot in common with her second husband
She also found the great love of her life late. She has been married to Dieter Hermann since 2005, so next year the couple will be celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. “You can’t compare the two marriages,” says the “Get to the point, darling” legend. In her first marriage she was young and searching, and she also had to take responsibility for three children. Things were different with her second husband: “Dieter and I knew exactly who we were when we met.” The couple is similar in many ways. “Our values, the way we deal with people. We’re also both early risers and really enjoy breakfast together.”