Hildegard Behrens was born on February 9, 1937 in Varel, Lower Saxony, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Metropolitan Opera Presents (1977), Der Ring des Nibelungen: 3. Tag - Götterdämmerung (1990) and Der Ring des Nibelungen: 1. Tag - Die Walküre (1990). She was married to Seth Schneidmann. She died on August 18, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.