Marianne Sägebrecht
Known for: Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Marianne Sägebrecht (born 27 August 1945, Starnberg, Bavaria) is a German actress, most famous for her appearance in the movies Sugarbaby, Bagdad Café, and The War of the Roses. This Rubenesque character player with a heart-shaped face and child-like features began her career as a leading producer and performer of Germany's alternative theater/cabaret scene. The eclectic background of Marianne Sägebrecht included stints as a medical lab assistant and magazine assistant editor before she found her calling in show business. Claiming to be inspired by Bavaria's mad King Ludwig II, she became known as the "mother of Munich's sub-culture" as producer and performer of avant-garde theater and cabaret revues, particularly with her troupe Opera Curiosa. Spotted by director Percy Adlon in a 1977 production of Adele Spitzeder in which she essayed the role of a delicate prostitute, Sägebrecht was cast as Madame Sanchez/Mrs. Sancho Panza in Adlon's TV special Herr Kischott (1979), a spin on Don Quixote. The director put her in his 1983 feature The Swing in a small role and then created the leading role of Marianne, an overweight mortician in love with a subway conductor, in Sugarbaby (1985) especially for her. American films beckoned as well and Sägebrecht was often cast in roles tailored to her unique abilities. Paul Mazursky reworked the part of a teutonic masseuse for her in Moon over Parador (1988) while Danny DeVito tailored the part of the German housekeeper for a divorcing couple in The War of the Roses (1989). Returning to Germany, she shone as the timid maid in the 1930s who marries her Jewish employer for convenience then falls in love in Martha and I (1990; released in the USA in 1995). Sägebrecht headlined the black comedy as an unhappy wife whose straying husband plots her death in Mona Must Die (1994) and had small supporting parts in The Ogre (1996) and Left Luggage (1998). Description above from the Wikipedia article Marianne Sägebrecht, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Volle Kanne
Self
1999
Series
DAS!
Self
1991
Series
SOKO München
Frieda
1978
Alpha Forum
Self
1998
Series
Leute heute
Self
1997
Series
MDR um 4
Self
2014
Series
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
Series
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Series
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self
1994
Series
Inspector Rex
Tanja Kraus
1994
Series
Riverboat
Self
1992
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
Self
1989
Menschen bei Maischberger
Self
2003
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
Beckmann
Self
1999
Menschen der Woche
Self
2000
Series
Brisant
Self
1994
Series
Das Traumschiff
Sister Magdalena
1981
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
Self
2007
Tietjen und Bommes
Self
1997
German Film Award
Self
1951
Wortwechsel
Self
1982
Series
Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!
Self
2006
Series
Boulevard Bio
Self
1991
Series
Heut' abend
Self
1980
Series
Café Meineid
Anna Liebl
1990
Series
Stars in der Manege
Self
1959
Film
The War of the Roses
Susan
1989
Film
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Bonemine
1999
Film
A Whole Life
Ahnl
2023
Zeil um Zehn
Self
1990
Film
Bagdad Cafe
Jasmin Münchgstettner
1987
Museums-Check mit Markus Brock
Self
2010
Film
Moon Over Parador
Magda
1988
Film
Dust Devil
Dr. Leidzinger
1992
Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt
Eva
1997
Anderland
Verkäuferin
1980
Film
The Ogre
Frau Netta
1996
Film
The Milky Life
Aloha
1993
Was glaubt
Self
2012
Film
The Muckles - The Quest for a New Home
2022
Film
Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship
Beda Andersson
2014
Series
Bier Royal
Rosa Seidl
2019
Inkas Küche
Self
2016
Film
The Circle
Erika Rapp
2014
Film
Without Family
Mère Barberin
2000
Film
Left Luggage
Mrs. Silberschmidt
1998
Film
Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas Ever
Beda Andersson
2016
Film
Erotique
Hilde (segment 'Taboo Parlor')
1994
Unter 4 Augen
Self
2004
Blam!
1985
Film
Soleil
Tata Jeannette
1997
Film
All Men Are Mortal
Annie
1995
Ich wünsch Dir Liebe
Uschi
1999
Herz mit Löffel
Klientin
1990
And Suddenly Everything Was Different
Marlies Schöne
1997
Film
Rosalie Goes Shopping
Rosalie Greenspace
1989
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
Self
2007
Film
Sugarbaby
Marianne
1985
Film
C.O.D.
Freda
1981
Series
Sans famille
Mère Barberin
2000
Film
Il ritorno del piccolo Lord
Fräulein Klara
2000
Film
Frau Holle
Frau Holle
2008
Mona Must Die
Mona von Snead
1994
Film
Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja
Braut
1989
Series
München Grill
herself
2018
Watzmann ermittelt · Die Tränen der Madonna
Maria Hauser
2026
Film
Spanish Fly
Rosa
1998
Film
Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves House
Beda Andersson
2018
Film
Mr. Bluesman
Emma
1993
Film
So ein Schlamassel
Tante Sarah Silberschatz
2010
Film
Ein irres Feeling
Alfa's mother
1984
Film
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012
Ganz unten, ganz oben
Elli Schulze
1999
Film
Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester
Antonia Wiedemann
2007
Film
Erik & Erika
Schwester Sigberta
2018
Film
The Swing
Tandlerin
1983
Film
Santa's Secretary
Marlène Veber
1999
Film
Am Ende siegt die Liebe
Anna Linke
2000
Film
Il piccolo lord
Klara
1995
Film
Martha and I
Martha
1990
Luise knackt den Jackpot
Luise
1995
Film
Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt
Veronica
2001
Film
Omamamia
Marguerita
2012
Film
Eine Frau nach Maß
Margret
1998
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
Tante Martha
1997
Film
Im Himmel ist die Hölle los
Journalist
1984
Film
Immer Wirbel um Marie
Marie Meyer
2008
Film
Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder
Edeltraud Staller
2012
Scheidung auf amerikanisch
Betty
2001
Film
Marga Engel kocht vor Wut
Marga Engel
2003
Film
Marga Engel schlägt zurück
Marga Engel
2001
Film
Silence
Lady at the lake
2020
Film
Großglocknerliebe
Anneliese
2004
Film
Schmucklos
Oma Gerti Schmuck
2019
Film
One Day
1988
Film
Bezaubernde Marie
Marie Meyer
2007
Der Werdenfelser Lumpazivagabundus
Fortuna
2014
Katrin und Wladimir
Hilda Weigand
1996
Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn
Marion Bruckmüller
1994
Film
Crazy Boys - A Handful of Pleasure
Frl. Hermann
1987
Film
Marga Engel gibt nicht auf
Marga Engel
2004
Beauville
1995
Charlotte und ihre Männer
Charlotte
2005