Marianne Sägebrecht
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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.
Known for
Credits
The War of the Roses (1989)
as Susan
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar (1999)
as Bonemine
Bagdad Cafe (1987)
as Jasmin Münchgstettner
Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship (2014)
as Beda Andersson
Dust Devil (1992)
as Dr. Leidzinger
The Muckles - The Quest for a New Home (2022)
Actor
The Ogre (1996)
as Frau Netta
A Whole Life (2023)
as Ahnl
Moon Over Parador (1988)
as Magda
Ich wünsch Dir Liebe (1999)
as Uschi
Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas Ever (2016)
as Beda Andersson
Erotique (1994)
as Hilde (segment 'Taboo Parlor')
All Men Are Mortal (1995)
as Annie
And Suddenly Everything Was Different (1997)
as Marlies Schöne
Left Luggage (1998)
as Mrs. Silberschmidt
Sugarbaby (1985)
as Marianne
Soleil (1997)
as Tata Jeannette
Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves House (2018)
as Beda Andersson
The Milky Life (1993)
as Aloha
C.O.D. (1981)
as Freda
Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989)
as Rosalie Greenspace
The Circle (2014)
as Erika Rapp
Watzmann ermittelt · Die Tränen der Madonna (2026)
as Maria Hauser
Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder (2012)
as Edeltraud Staller
Without Family (2000)
as Mère Barberin
Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn (1994)
as Marion Bruckmüller
Il ritorno del piccolo Lord (2000)
as Fräulein Klara
Crazy Boys - A Handful of Pleasure (1987)
as Frl. Hermann
Luise knackt den Jackpot (1995)
as Luise
Am Ende siegt die Liebe (2000)
as Anna Linke
Frau Holle (2008)
as Frau Holle
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest (2007)
as Self
Immer Wirbel um Marie (2008)
as Marie Meyer
Santa's Secretary (1999)
as Marlène Veber
Marga Engel gibt nicht auf (2004)
as Marga Engel
Im Himmel ist die Hölle los (1984)
as Journalist
Herz mit Löffel (1990)
as Klientin
Spanish Fly (1998)
as Rosa
Mr. Bluesman (1993)
as Emma
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen (2012)
Actor
Mona Must Die (1994)
as Mona von Snead
Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt (2001)
as Veronica
Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester (2007)
as Antonia Wiedemann
Ganz unten, ganz oben (1999)
as Elli Schulze
Omamamia (2012)
as Marguerita
Eine Frau nach Maß (1998)
as Margret
Il piccolo lord (1995)
as Klara
Martha and I (1990)
as Martha
Marga Engel kocht vor Wut (2003)
as Marga Engel
Lorenz im Land der Lügner (1997)
as Tante Martha
Charlotte und ihre Männer (2005)
as Charlotte
Erik & Erika (2018)
as Schwester Sigberta
Schmucklos (2019)
as Oma Gerti Schmuck
Großglocknerliebe (2004)
as Anneliese
The Swing (1983)
as Tandlerin
Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja (1989)
as Braut
Ein irres Feeling (1984)
as Alfa's mother
Scheidung auf amerikanisch (2001)
as Betty
Marga Engel schlägt zurück (2001)
as Marga Engel
Beauville (1995)
Actor
So ein Schlamassel (2010)
as Tante Sarah Silberschatz
Der Werdenfelser Lumpazivagabundus (2014)
as Fortuna
Katrin und Wladimir (1996)
as Hilda Weigand
Bezaubernde Marie (2007)
as Marie Meyer
One Day (1988)
Actor
Silence (2020)
as Lady at the lake