Baroness Gila von Weitershausen (German: [ˈɡiË .la fÉ"n
ˈvaɪ.̯tÉ s,haʊ̯znÌ©] (listen); born March 21, 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 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 oder Die Jungfrau von Bamberg [de], 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 Die Fälschung (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.
ˈvaɪ.̯tÉ s,haʊ̯znÌ©] (listen); born March 21, 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 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 oder Die Jungfrau von Bamberg [de], 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 Die Fälschung (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.
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