Name
Marianne Sägebrecht
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1945-08-27 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
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).
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- 1989 The War of the Roses as Susan
- 2000 Without Family as Mère Barberin
- 1987 Bagdad Cafe as Jasmin Münchgstettner
- 1984 Im Himmel ist die Hölle los as Journalist
- 1992 Dust Devil as Dr. Leidzinger
- 1997 Soleil as Tata Jeannette
- 1999 Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar as Bonemine
- 1985 Sugarbaby as Marianne
- 2014 Der Werdenfelser Lumpazivagabundus as Fortuna
- 1988 Moon Over Parador as Magda
- 1998 Left Luggage as Mrs. Silberschmidt
- 1989 Rosalie Goes Shopping as Rosalie Greenspace
- 1994 Erotique as Hilde (segment 'Taboo Parlor')
- 1993 Mr. Bluesman as Emma
- 1998 Spanish Fly as Rosa
- 2012 Omamamia as Marguerita
- 2000 Am Ende siegt die Liebe as Anna Linke
- 2007 Bezaubernde Marie as Marie Meyer
- 1999 Ganz unten, ganz oben as Elli Schulze
- 2010 So ein Schlamassel as Tante Sarah Silberschatz
- 1996 The Ogre as Frau Netta
- 2012 Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder as Edeltraud Staller
- 1994 Mona Must Die as Mona von Snead
- 1995 All Men Are Mortal as Annie
- 1990 Herz mit Löffel as Klientin
- 2001 Marga Engel schlägt zurück as Marga Engel
- 2003 Marga Engel kocht vor Wut as Marga Engel
- 2014 The Circle as Erika Rapp
- 1995 Luise knackt den Jackpot as Luise
- 2014 Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship as Beda Andersson
- 2022 The Muckles - The Quest for a New Home
- 1984 Ein irres Feeling as Alfa's mother
- 1999 Ich wünsch Dir Liebe as Uschi
- 1990 Martha and I as Martha
- 2005 Charlotte und ihre Männer as Charlotte
- 1981 C.O.D. as Freda
- 2001 Scheidung auf amerikanisch as Betty
- 2007 Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest as Self
- 2004 Großglocknerliebe as Anneliese
- 2008 Immer Wirbel um Marie as Marie Meyer
- 2007 Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester as Antonia Wiedemann
- 2004 Marga Engel gibt nicht auf as Marga Engel
- 2001 Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt as Veronica
- 2023 A Whole Life as Ahnl
- 1987 Crazy Boys - A Handful of Pleasure as Frl. Hermann
- 1983 The Swing as Tandlerin
- 2008 Frau Holle as Frau Holle
- 2012 Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
- 1996 Katrin und Wladimir as Hilda Weigand
- 1999 Santa's Secretary as Marlène Veber
- 2000 Il ritorno del piccolo Lord as Fräulein Klara
- 1995 Il piccolo lord as Klara
- 1993 The Milky Life as Aloha
- 1989 Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja as Braut
- 2020 Silence as Lady at the lake
- 2016 Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas Ever as Beda Andersson
- 1997 And Suddenly Everything Was Different as Marlies Schöne
- 1994 Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn as Marion Bruckmüller
- 2018 Erik & Erika as Schwester Sigberta
- 1997 Lorenz im Land der Lügner as Tante Martha
- 2018 Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves House as Beda Andersson
- 2019 Schmucklos as Oma Gerti Schmuck
- 1995 Beauville
- 1998 Eine Frau nach Maß as Margret
- 1988 One Day
- 2026 Watzmann ermittelt · Die Tränen der Madonna as Maria Hauser
- 1994 Inspector Rex ( 1 episode ) as Tanja Kraus
- 1980 Heut' abend ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 ZDF-Mittagsmagazin ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1990 Café Meineid ( 1 episode ) as Anna Liebl
- 1994 alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt ( 1 episode ) as Eva
- 1959 Stars in the Ring ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2006 Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1981 Wetten, dass..? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1980 Anderland ( 1 episode ) as Verkäuferin
- 1978 SOKO München ( 3 episodes ) as Frieda
- 1985 Blam! ( 1 episode )
- 2016 Inkas Küche ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2000 Sans famille ( 2 episodes ) as Mère Barberin
- 2018 München Grill ( 1 episode ) as herself
- 1997 Leute heute ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 Bier Royal ( 2 episodes ) as Rosa Seidl
- 2010 Museums-Check mit Markus Brock ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1951 German Film Award ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1948 Bambi ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 Volle Kanne ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2007 Der Sonntags-Stammtisch ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Menschen bei Maischberger ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2000 Menschen der Woche ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1976 Kölner Treff ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1997 Tietjen und Bommes ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1991 Boulevard Bio ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2012 Was glaubt ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1991 DAS! ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1998 Alpha Forum ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2014 MDR um 4 ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1979 NDR Talk Show ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1999 Beckmann ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1982 Wortwechsel ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Riverboat ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1990 Zeil um Zehn ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2004 Unter 4 Augen ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1981 Das Traumschiff ( 1 episode ) as Sister Magdalena
- 1994 Brisant ( 1 episode ) as Self
