
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

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

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

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

Time Regained (1999)
as Russian Princess

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

Sleeping Beauty (2017)
as La méchante fée

The Satin Spider (1986)
as La directrice

Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
as Statistin

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

Love Is Colder Than Death (1970)
as Zweite Prostituierte

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

Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)
as Dora

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven (1975)
as Corinna

Fox and His Friends (1975)
as Singer in Bar

My Little Loves (1974)
as Mother

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

Haytabo (1971)
as (uncredited)

Gold Flakes (1976)
Actor

In Memoriam Daniel Schmid Werner Schroeter (2012)
as Self

My Favorite Season (1993)
as La femme du bar

Despair (1978)
as Hotel Manager

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

Satan’s Brew (1976)
as Lisa

Fear of Fear (1976)
as Edda

The Roaring Fifties (1983)
as Claudine

Silent Night (1995)
as Sängerin

Fassbinder's Women (2000)
as Self

Day of the Idiots (1981)
as Dr. Laura

Gods of the Plague (1970)
as Magdalene Fuller

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

Off Season (1992)
as Lila

Nea (1976)
as Anne

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

Devil's Paradise (1987)
as Madame

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

Joan's Dream (1975)
Actor

The Ancestress (1971)
as Geist
Today We're Playing Boss (1981)
Actor

Martha (1974)
as Ilse

Der Mond is nur a nackerte Kugel (1981)
Actor

The Coffee House (1970)
as Placida
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 (1971)
as Self

Sixteen Moments of My Life (2026)
as self

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

The Death of Maria Malibran (1972)
Actor

Rio das Mortes (1971)
as Hannas Kollegin

Tonight or Never (1973)
as Artist

Malou (1981)
as Malou

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

Looping (1981)
as Lissy

The Niklashausen Journey (1970)
as Schreiendes Mädchen

The Portuguese Woman (2019)
as Passageira
Ingrid Caven at Pigall's (1978)
as Self

1 Berlin-Harlem (1974)
Actor

Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice (2012)
as Self

Adele Spitzeder (1972)
Actor

The American Soldier (1976)
as Singer

Deepfrozen (2006)
as Vicky

Shadow of Angels (1976)
as Lily Brest

Violanta (1978)
as Alma

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

Frühstück in Rom (1965)
as Sandra

Weitertanzen (2008)
as Maja Mertens

Yearning for Sodom (1989)
as Self





