Trivia

Longtime companion of French director Louis Malle (1970-1973).

She grew up as one of six siblings in a noble Prussian family and took private acting lessons, although her parents didn't allow it.

Former sister-in-law of Renate Roland and Alexandra Paszkowska.

Great-grandaunt of Jul von Weitershausen.

Studied acting at the age of 18 at the Münchner Schauspielschule. As late as 1976, she attended a film school in Los Angeles.

On screen from 1964. Most popular in light comedies and romances by the late 60s. Won the German Filmband in Gold in 1968 as Most Promising Newcomer for her role in 'Engelchen oder die Jungfrau von Bamberg'. Numerous TV guest appearances from the early 80s in shows like Das Traumschiff, Derrick, Der Alte, Tatort, Rosamund Pilcher and Forsthaus Falkenau.

Fluent in English and French.

Her second husband was the radiologist and psychoanalyst Hartmut Wahle (1940-2020).

Best known for her starring role as Annemarie in the TV series 'Der Landarzt'.

Daughter of a Prussian officer, Georg Ferdinand Karl Heinrich Maria Freiherr von Weitershausen (b. Darmstadt, 14 October 1908, d. Munich, 4 January 1962) and his wife Ingeborg (1913-1997).