Marianne Sägebrecht
Biography
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
All Movies (66)
- Watzmann ermittelt · Die Tränen der Madonna2026 · as Maria Hauser
- A Whole Life2023 · as Ahnl
- The Muckles - The Quest for a New Home2022
- Silence2020 · as Lady at the lake
- Schmucklos2019 · as Oma Gerti Schmuck
- Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves House2018 · as Beda Andersson
- Erik & Erika2018 · as Schwester Sigberta
- Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas Ever2016 · as Beda Andersson
- Der Werdenfelser Lumpazivagabundus2014 · as Fortuna
- The Circle2014 · as Erika Rapp
- Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship2014 · as Beda Andersson
- Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen2012
- Omamamia2012 · as Marguerita
- Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder2012 · as Edeltraud Staller
- So ein Schlamassel2010 · as Tante Sarah Silberschatz
- Frau Holle2008 · as Frau Holle
- Immer Wirbel um Marie2008 · as Marie Meyer
- Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest2007 · as Self
- Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester2007 · as Antonia Wiedemann
- Bezaubernde Marie2007 · as Marie Meyer
- Charlotte und ihre Männer2005 · as Charlotte
- Marga Engel gibt nicht auf2004 · as Marga Engel
- Großglocknerliebe2004 · as Anneliese
- Marga Engel kocht vor Wut2003 · as Marga Engel
- Marga Engel schlägt zurück2001 · as Marga Engel
- Scheidung auf amerikanisch2001 · as Betty
- Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt2001 · as Veronica
- Without Family2000 · as Mère Barberin
- Am Ende siegt die Liebe2000 · as Anna Linke
- Il ritorno del piccolo Lord2000 · as Fräulein Klara
- Santa's Secretary1999 · as Marlène Veber
- Ganz unten, ganz oben1999 · as Elli Schulze
- Ich wünsch Dir Liebe1999 · as Uschi
- Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar1999 · as Bonemine
- Spanish Fly1998 · as Rosa
- Left Luggage1998 · as Mrs. Silberschmidt
- Eine Frau nach Maß1998 · as Margret
- And Suddenly Everything Was Different1997 · as Marlies Schöne
- Soleil1997 · as Tata Jeannette
- Lorenz im Land der Lügner1997 · as Tante Martha
- The Ogre1996 · as Frau Netta
- Katrin und Wladimir1996 · as Hilda Weigand
- All Men Are Mortal1995 · as Annie
- Luise knackt den Jackpot1995 · as Luise
- Il piccolo lord1995 · as Klara
- Beauville1995
- Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn1994 · as Marion Bruckmüller
- Erotique1994 · as Hilde (segment 'Taboo Parlor')
- Mona Must Die1994 · as Mona von Snead
- Mr. Bluesman1993 · as Emma
- The Milky Life1993 · as Aloha
- Dust Devil1992 · as Dr. Leidzinger
- Martha and I1990 · as Martha
- Herz mit Löffel1990 · as Klientin
- Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja1989 · as Braut
- The War of the Roses1989 · as Susan
- Rosalie Goes Shopping1989 · as Rosalie Greenspace
- Moon Over Parador1988 · as Magda
- One Day1988
- Bagdad Cafe1987 · as Jasmin Münchgstettner
- Crazy Boys - A Handful of Pleasure1987 · as Frl. Hermann
- Sugarbaby1985 · as Marianne
- Ein irres Feeling1984 · as Alfa's mother
- Im Himmel ist die Hölle los1984 · as Journalist
- The Swing1983 · as Tandlerin
- C.O.D.1981 · as Freda
All TV Shows (39)
- Bier Royal2019 · as Rosa Seidl
- München Grill2018 · as herself
- Inkas Küche2016 · as Self
- MDR um 42014 · as Self
- Was glaubt2012 · as Self
- Museums-Check mit Markus Brock2010 · as Self
- Der Sonntags-Stammtisch2007 · as Self
- Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!2006 · as Self
- Unter 4 Augen2004 · as Self
- Menschen bei Maischberger2003 · as Self
- Sans famille2000 · as Mère Barberin
- Menschen der Woche2000 · as Self
- Volle Kanne1999 · as Self
- Beckmann1999 · as Self
- Alpha Forum1998 · as Self
- Leute heute1997 · as Self
- Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt1997 · as Eva
- Tietjen und Bommes1997 · as Self
- alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio1994 · as Self
- Inspector Rex1994 · as Tanja Kraus
- Brisant1994 · as Self
- Riverboat1992 · as Self
- Boulevard Bio1991 · as Self
- DAS!1991 · as Self
- Café Meineid1990 · as Anna Liebl
- Zeil um Zehn1990 · as Self
- ZDF-Mittagsmagazin1989 · as Self
- Blam!1985
- Wortwechsel1982 · as Self
- Das Traumschiff1981 · as Sister Magdalena
- Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
- Anderland1980 · as Verkäuferin
- Heut' abend1980 · as Self
- NDR Talk Show1979 · as Self
- SOKO München1978 · as Frieda
- Kölner Treff1976 · as Self
- Stars in the Ring1959 · as Self
- German Film Award1951 · as Self
- Bambi1948 · as Self







