Acting
Gila von Weitershausen
- Born
- Mar 21, 1944 · Age 82
- Place of birth
- Trebnitz, Silesia, Germany [now Trzebnica, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 101
- TV credits
- 85
- Directing credits
- 1
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…
