
Ingrid Caven
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Ingrid Caven (born Ingrid Schmidt; August 3, 1938) is a German actress best known for her roles in several films directed by her husband, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including Love Is Colder Than Death (1969), Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970), and The American Soldier (1970). She continued to appear in Fassbinder's films after their 1972 divorce until his death in 1982.
Known for
Credits

Suspiria (2018)
as Miss Vendegast

Time Regained (1999)
as Russian Princess

Sleeping Beauty (2017)
as La méchante fée

My Little Loves (1974)
as Mother

Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense (2010)
as Self

Satan’s Brew (1976)
as Lisa

Playing with Fire (1975)
as The servant of the brothel

In a Year with 13 Moons (1978)
as Zora la rouge

Gold Flakes (1976)
Actor

My Favorite Season (1993)
as La femme du bar

Off Season (1992)
as Lila

Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
as Statistin

Haytabo (1971)
as (uncredited)

Despair (1978)
as Hotel Manager

Joan's Dream (1975)
Actor

The Satin Spider (1986)
as La directrice

Day of the Idiots (1981)
as Dr. Laura

The Roaring Fifties (1983)
as Claudine

Sixteen Moments of My Life (2026)
as self

I Only Want You to Love Me (1976)
as Sewing machine saleswoman

The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
as Hans's great love

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven (1975)
as Corinna

In Memoriam Daniel Schmid Werner Schroeter (2012)
as Self

The Coffee House (1970)
as Placida

Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)
as Dora

Fox and His Friends (1975)
as Singer in Bar

Devil's Paradise (1987)
as Madame

Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice (2012)
as Self

Martha (1974)
as Ilse

Love Is Colder Than Death (1970)
as Zweite Prostituierte

Silent Night (1995)
as Sängerin

Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter (2011)
as Self

Der Mond is nur a nackerte Kugel (1981)
Actor

35 Shots of Rum (2009)
as Joséphine's German Aunt

Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King (1972)
as Lola Montez

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
as Neighbor

Nea (1976)
as Anne
Ingrid Caven at Pigall's (1978)
as Self

Petite intrusion dans l’univers incandescent de Werner Schroeter (2012)
as Self

Fear of Fear (1976)
as Edda

The Niklashausen Journey (1970)
as Schreiendes Mädchen

Here’s Looking at You, Boy (2007)
as Self

The Death of Maria Malibran (1972)
Actor

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me (1992)
as Self

Gods of the Plague (1970)
as Magdalene Fuller
Today We're Playing Boss (1981)
Actor

The American Soldier (1976)
as Singer

The Ancestress (1971)
as Geist
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 (1971)
as Self

Violanta (1978)
as Alma

Fassbinder's Women (2000)
as Self

Tonight or Never (1973)
as Artist

Rio das Mortes (1971)
as Hannas Kollegin

Dirty Daughters oder Die Hure und der Hurensohn (1982)
Actor

La Paloma (1974)
as Viola Schlumpf, aka 'La Paloma'

The Portuguese Woman (2019)
as Passageira

Shadow of Angels (1976)
as Lily Brest

Malou (1981)
as Malou

Adele Spitzeder (1972)
Actor

Looping (1981)
as Lissy

Weitertanzen (2008)
as Maja Mertens

Deepfrozen (2006)
as Vicky

Frühstück in Rom (1965)
as Sandra

Yearning for Sodom (1989)
as Self

1 Berlin-Harlem (1974)
Actor





