Almut Eggert was born in Rostock, Germany, to a family of refinement and means, with her father, Walter Eggert, being a stage director and her mother, Agnes-Marie Grisebach, an actress and author. After completing her schooling in 1951, the family relocated to Heidelberg, where Almut pursued a diploma in cosmetology. However, it remains unclear whether she practiced this profession for an extended period, as by 1956, she had moved to Berlin to study acting at a drama school. Upon graduating in 1959, she married actor Wolfgang Spier, adopting the surname Eggert-Spier, and bore him two daughters, one of whom was adopted. The couple's union ended in divorce in 1965.
Almut's performing career commenced in 1958, when she took to the stage at the Vaganten Bühne in Berlin's Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district. For the next fifteen years, she secured leading roles at various theatres in Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Stuttgart. Between 1972 and 1973, she joined the ensemble of the renowned Berlin cabaret Die Stachelschweine.
Following her screen debut in 1958, Almut appeared in a multitude of television films, primarily in supporting roles but occasionally in lead roles in comedies and romances such as Wiedersehen auf Raten (1963),Die Liebenden von Florenz (1966),and Klein Erna auf dem Jungfernstieg (1969). She also made guest appearances in TV shows like Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) and Tatort (1970). Moreover, she had a recurring role as a highway police chief inspector in Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996),an action series replete with car chases, fight scenes, and spectacular explosions.
Almut Eggert's most extensive body of work was in voice dubbing. She was the German synchronizing voice for numerous stars, including Candice Bergen, Lee Remick, Madeline Kahn, Raquel Welch, Gena Rowlands, Ursula Andress, and Stella Stevens, among many others. She gained recognition in Germany for her work on horror movies, including the Dracula and Nightmare on Elm Street franchises. Furthermore, she provided the German voice for Lorraine Gary (as Ellen Brody) in Jaws (1975) and Adrienne Barbeau (as Stevie Wayne) in John Carpenter's The Fog (1980). Additionally, she adapted scripts for German consumption, including Murder, She Wrote (1984).
As Almut's performing career began to wane in the late 1990s, she continued her dubbing work well into the next decade.
