
Marianne Sägebrecht
Known for Acting · 105 credits
- Born
- 1945-08-27 (age 80)
- 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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Known For
TV Shows (39)

DAS!
1991
as Self
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self

Leute heute
1997
as Self

SOKO München
1978
as Frieda

NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self

MDR um 4
2014
as Self
Alpha Forum
1998
as Self

Kölner Treff
1976
as Self

Riverboat
1992
as Self

Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self

Bambi
1948
as Self

Beckmann
1999
as Self
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
1989
as Self

Inspector Rex
1994
as Tanja Kraus

Das Traumschiff
1981
as Sister Magdalena
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003
as Self
Menschen der Woche
2000
as Self

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
2007
as Self
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
as Self

Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!
2006
as Self

Brisant
1994
as Self

Boulevard Bio
1991
as Self

Heut' abend
1980
as Self

Stars in the Ring
1959
as Self
Wortwechsel
1982
as Self

Café Meineid
1990
as Anna Liebl
Museums-Check mit Markus Brock
2010
as Self
Zeil um Zehn
1990
as Self
Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt
1997
as Eva
Was glaubt
2012
as Self
Anderland
1980
as Verkäuferin
Unter 4 Augen
2004
as Self
Blam!
1985

Sans famille
2000
as Mère Barberin

München Grill
2018
as herself

Bier Royal
2019
as Rosa Seidl
Inkas Küche
2016
as Self
Movies (66)

The War of the Roses
1989
as Susan

Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999
as Bonemine

Bagdad Cafe
1987
as Jasmin Münchgstettner

Il piccolo lord
1995
as Klara

Il ritorno del piccolo Lord
2000
as Fräulein Klara

A Whole Life
2023
as Ahnl

Moon Over Parador
1988
as Magda

The Ogre
1996
as Frau Netta

Dust Devil
1992
as Dr. Leidzinger

Erotique
1994
as Hilde (segment 'Taboo Parlor')

Omamamia
2012
as Marguerita

Without Family
2000
as Mère Barberin

Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas Ever
2016
as Beda Andersson

Rosalie Goes Shopping
1989
as Rosalie Greenspace

Mr. Bluesman
1993
as Emma

Spanish Fly
1998
as Rosa

The Swing
1983
as Tandlerin

Sugarbaby
1985
as Marianne

All Men Are Mortal
1995
as Annie

C.O.D.
1981
as Freda

Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012

Left Luggage
1998
as Mrs. Silberschmidt

Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves House
2018
as Beda Andersson
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
2007
as Self

Im Himmel ist die Hölle los
1984
as Reporterin

The Circle
2014
as Erika Rapp

Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship
2014
as Beda Andersson

The Muckles - The Quest for a New Home
2022

Schmucklos
2019
as Oma Gerti Schmuck

Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder
2012
as Edeltraud Staller

Erik & Erika
2018
as Schwester Sigberta
Mona Must Die
1994
as Mona von Snead

Martha and I
1990
as Martha

The Milky Life
1993
as Aloha

Soleil
1997
as Tata Jeannette
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1997
as Tante Martha

Crazy Boys - A Handful of Pleasure
1987
as Frl. Hermann
Ich wünsch Dir Liebe
1999
as Uschi
Scheidung auf amerikanisch
2001
as Betty
And Suddenly Everything Was Different
1997
as Marlies Schöne

Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester
2007
as Antonia Wiedemann

So ein Schlamassel
2010
as Tante Sarah Silberschatz

Marga Engel gibt nicht auf
2004
as Marga Engel
Charlotte und ihre Männer
2005
as Charlotte

Frau Holle
2008
as Frau Holle
Luise knackt den Jackpot
1995
as Luise

Eine Frau nach Maß
1998
as Margret

Immer Wirbel um Marie
2008
as Marie Meyer

Ein irres Feeling
1984
as Alfa's mother

Marga Engel kocht vor Wut
2003
as Marga Engel

Marga Engel schlägt zurück
2001
as Marga Engel

Silence
2020
as Lady at the lake
Beauville
1995
Ganz unten, ganz oben
1999
as Elli Schulze

Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja
1989
as Braut

Großglocknerliebe
2004
as Anneliese

Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt
2001
as Veronica

Am Ende siegt die Liebe
2000
as Anna Linke

Santa's Secretary
1999
as Marlène Veber

Bezaubernde Marie
2007
as Marie Meyer
Herz mit Löffel
1987
as Klientin

One Day
1988
Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn
1994
as Marion Bruckmüller
Der Werdenfelser Lumpazivagabundus
2014
as Fortuna
Watzmann ermittelt · Die Tränen der Madonna
2026
as Maria Hauser
Katrin und Wladimir
1996
as Hilda Weigand
About Marianne Sägebrecht
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… With 105 credits spanning from 1948 to 2026, Marianne Sägebrecht has appeared in 66 films and 39 TV shows.
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Most Popular Marianne Sägebrecht Movies
- The War of the Roses (1989) — as Susan
- Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar (1999) — as Bonemine
- Bagdad Cafe (1987) — as Jasmin Münchgstettner
- Il piccolo lord (1995) — as Klara
- Il ritorno del piccolo Lord (2000) — as Fräulein Klara
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