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