Eleonore Weisgerber (born August 18, 1947) is a German television
actress. She established a foundation to help research for the
treatment of bipolar disorder.During a 2013 interview with Die Welt
for the article, "Wenn große TV-Stars in die Altersarmut rutschen"
("When big TV stars slip into old age poverty"), she announced that
she was involved in ligitation regarding her actor's pension. Stating
that she had been "bitterly disappointed" to learn how small her
pension would be when she reached retirement age, she criticized the
system's unfairness, noting that German television actors had
historically been credited only for their days of filming when, in
reality, they were expected to perform five days of related work,
learning lines and developing their roles, participating costume and
mask rehearsals, providing dubbing, and making media relations
appearances, as well as filming.During the spring of 2018, Weisgerber
was involved in filming the NDR television film, Armer Irrer (Poor
Irrer).(selection)
actress. She established a foundation to help research for the
treatment of bipolar disorder.During a 2013 interview with Die Welt
for the article, "Wenn große TV-Stars in die Altersarmut rutschen"
("When big TV stars slip into old age poverty"), she announced that
she was involved in ligitation regarding her actor's pension. Stating
that she had been "bitterly disappointed" to learn how small her
pension would be when she reached retirement age, she criticized the
system's unfairness, noting that German television actors had
historically been credited only for their days of filming when, in
reality, they were expected to perform five days of related work,
learning lines and developing their roles, participating costume and
mask rehearsals, providing dubbing, and making media relations
appearances, as well as filming.During the spring of 2018, Weisgerber
was involved in filming the NDR television film, Armer Irrer (Poor
Irrer).(selection)
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