The elder sister of actor Grete Weixler, she first appeared in silent film shorts for director Alwin Neuß (1879–1935) in 1911.

[2] Hofer began casting Weixler in a number of comedies presenting her as a comedic, temperamental, independent-minded but endearing teenager, often replete in her soon-to-be signature sailor outfit.

[3] She often appeared opposite popular German actor and director Ernst Lubitsch and matinee idol Bruno Kastner in her early films with Hofer.

[4] Weixler made approximately eleven films with Hofer, and her role as a brassy teen became popular with German filmgoers.

[1] In 1921, five years after her death, Dorittchens Vergnügungsreise (Dorritchen's Pleasure Cruise) was re-released to the German public.