Gila von Weitershausen

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, , 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.

Selected filmography

(1968), as Katja

Zur Hölle mit den Paukern (1968), as Helena Taft

The Magnificent Tony Carrera (1968), as Ursula Beaulieu

Up the Establishment (1969), as Helene Wohlfahrt

Charley's Uncle (1969) as "Charley" Carla Werner

Student of the Bedroom (1970), as Nicci Krüger

Don't Fumble, Darling (1970), as Christine

11 Uhr 20 (1970, TV miniseries), as Maria Wassem

Slap in the Face (1970), as Eva

Murmur of the Heart (1971), as Freda

(1971), as Steffi

Bloody Friday (1972), as Marion Lotzmann

My Daughter, Your Daughter (1972), as Hella Mattes

Arthur of the Britons (1972, TV series), as Rowena

Cry of the Black Wolves (1972), as Frona Williams

The Pedestrian (1973), as Karin

(1973), as Sybille Loredo

When Mother Went on Strike (1974), as Gloria Perkin

Death Rite (1976), as Martine

(1977), as Jutta

Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte (1978), as Marie Rosenmund

The Unicorn (1978), as Birga Kristlein

(1981, TV film), as Anna

Circle of Deceit (1981), as Greta Laschen

Blood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler (1982, TV miniseries), as Ruth Mönkmann

The Roaring Forties (1982), as Émilie Dubisson

The Captain's Doll (1983, TV film), as Countess Johanna zu Rassentlow

Trenchcoat (1983), as Eva Werner

Patrik Pacard (1984, TV miniseries), as Katrin Pacard

Der Landarzt (1987–1995, TV series, 69 episodes), as Annemarie Mattiesen

Die Wilsheimer (1987, TV series, 6 episodes), as Lilo Ziegler

(1988, TV series, 11 episodes), as Gertrud Bienger

Love and Fear (1988), as Erika

Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988), as German tourist

External links

Alexander Agency Munich

1944 births

Living people

German baronesses

German film actresses

German television actresses

20th-century German actresses

21st-century German actresses

People from the Province of Lower Silesia

People from Trzebnica