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