Gila von Weitershausen

Gila von Weitershausen

Born 1944-03-21 (age 82) Trebnitz, Silesia, Germany [now Trzebnica, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]
View on IMDb ↗

Biography

Gisela "Gila" Freiin von Weitershausen (born 21 March 1944) is a German actress. Born in Trebnitz (today Trzebnica), Lower Silesia, Germany (today Poland) into an aristocratic family, she has three brothers and two sisters and is the great-granddaughter of former German Chancellor Georg Graf von Hertling.

Gila von Weitershausen became popular in the late 1960s when she appeared in German comedy films, for example alongside Uschi Glas. One of the films from that period about Swinging Sixties Bavaria, Engelchen, gave her the nickname Engelchen ("Little Angel"), which was used by the tabloid press for decades. In one of her best-known roles, she played a prostitute in the 1971 film Murmur of the Heart. She also appeared several times as "Rowena" in the British TV series Arthur of the Britons. By common consensus one of her best performances was in Circle of Deceit (1981), a film directed by Volker Schlöndorff, where she played with Hanna Schygulla and Bruno Ganz. Von Weitershausen regularly appears in television movies to this day.

She was married to fellow actor Martin Lüttge from 1966 until 1972. Between 1970 and 1973, she had a relationship with movie director Louis Malle, who is the father of her son, Manuel Cuotemoc (born 1971). Since 1994, she has been married to Hartmut Wahle.

Source: Article "Gila von Weitershausen" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Photos

Known For

Murmur of the Heart
Murmur of the Heart

1971

as Freda, prostitute

Circle of Deceit
Circle of Deceit

1981

as Greta Laschen

Cry of the Black Wolves
Cry of the Black Wolves

1972

as Frona Williams

Itinerary of a Spoiled Child
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child

1988

as German tourist in Africa

X312 - Flight to Hell
X312 - Flight to Hell

1971

as Miss Steffi

Trenchcoat
Trenchcoat

1983

as Eva Werner

The Pedestrian
The Pedestrian

1973

as Karin

Black and White Like Day and Night
Bloody Friday
Bloody Friday

1972

as Marie Lotzmann

Love and Fear
Love and Fear

1988

as Erika

Confused Feelings
Confused Feelings

1981

as Anna

Zur Hölle mit den Paukern
Zur Hölle mit den Paukern

1968

as Helena Taft

Death Rite
Death Rite

1975

as Martine

The Education in Love of Valentin
The Education in Love of Valentin

1976

as Gisèle Bertrand

Utta Danella - Die Hochzeit auf dem Lande
Utta Danella - Die Hochzeit auf dem Lande

2002

as Doña Joanna Martinez

Utta Danella - Eine Liebe in Venedig
Das Einhorn
Das Einhorn

1978

as Birga Kristlein

Glorious Times in the Spessart
Glorious Times in the Spessart

1967

as Gundel (uncredited)

Charleys Onkel
Charleys Onkel

1969

as Carla "Charley" Werner