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)
MDR um 4
2014
as Self
Alpha Forum
1998
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
DAS!
1991
as Self
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
1989
as Self
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003
as Self
Brisant
1994
as Self
Riverboat
1992
as Self
Menschen der Woche
2000
as Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Beckmann
1999
as Self
Volle Kanne
1999
as Self
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
SOKO München
1978
as Frieda
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994
as Self
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
Heut' abend
1980
as Self
Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!
2006
as Self
Bambi
1948
as Self
Wortwechsel
1982
as Self
Das Traumschiff
1981
as Sister Magdalena
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
as Self
Boulevard Bio
1991
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Inspector Rex
1994
as Tanja Kraus
Stars in the Ring
1959
as Self
Café Meineid
1990
as Anna Liebl
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
2007
as Self
Museums-Check mit Markus Brock
2010
as Self
Anderland
1980
as Verkäuferin
Zeil um Zehn
1990
as Self
Was glaubt
2012
as Self
Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt
1997
as Eva
Unter 4 Augen
2004
as Self
Blam!
1985
Bier Royal
2019
as Rosa Seidl
München Grill
2018
as herself
Sans famille
2000
as Mère Barberin
Inkas Küche
2016
as Self
Movies (66)
And Suddenly Everything Was Different
1997
as Marlies Schöne
The War of the Roses
1989
as Susan
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999
as Bonemine
The Milky Life
1993
as Aloha
Bagdad Cafe
1987
as Jasmin Münchgstettner
Ich wünsch Dir Liebe
1999
as Uschi
The Ogre
1996
as Frau Netta
Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship
2014
as Beda Andersson
Moon Over Parador
1988
as Magda
Dust Devil
1992
as Dr. Leidzinger
Erotique
1994
as Hilde (segment 'Taboo Parlor')
Herz mit Löffel
1990
as Klientin
Watzmann ermittelt · Die Tränen der Madonna
2026
as Maria Hauser
Rosalie Goes Shopping
1989
as Rosalie Greenspace
Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas Ever
2016
as Beda Andersson
Left Luggage
1998
as Mrs. Silberschmidt
A Whole Life
2023
as Ahnl
Soleil
1997
as Tata Jeannette
All Men Are Mortal
1995
as Annie
Spanish Fly
1998
as Rosa
Im Himmel ist die Hölle los
1984
as Journalist
Il ritorno del piccolo Lord
2000
as Fräulein Klara
The Circle
2014
as Erika Rapp
Omamamia
2012
as Marguerita
Il piccolo lord
1995
as Klara
Without Family
2000
as Mère Barberin
Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder
2012
as Edeltraud Staller
Mona Must Die
1994
as Mona von Snead
Luise knackt den Jackpot
1995
as Luise
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1997
as Tante Martha
Frau Holle
2008
as Frau Holle
The Swing
1983
as Tandlerin
Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves House
2018
as Beda Andersson
The Muckles - The Quest for a New Home
2022
C.O.D.
1981
as Freda
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
2007
as Self
Scheidung auf amerikanisch
2001
as Betty
So ein Schlamassel
2010
as Tante Sarah Silberschatz
Am Ende siegt die Liebe
2000
as Anna Linke
Marga Engel kocht vor Wut
2003
as Marga Engel
Sugarbaby
1985
as Marianne
Santa's Secretary
1999
as Marlène Veber
Martha and I
1990
as Martha
Ein irres Feeling
1984
as Alfa's mother
Ganz unten, ganz oben
1999
as Elli Schulze
Silence
2020
as Lady at the lake
Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn
1994
as Marion Bruckmüller
Eine Frau nach Maß
1998
as Margret
Mr. Bluesman
1993
as Emma
Schmucklos
2019
as Oma Gerti Schmuck
Immer Wirbel um Marie
2008
as Marie Meyer
Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester
2007
as Antonia Wiedemann
Marga Engel schlägt zurück
2001
as Marga Engel
Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja
1989
as Braut
Marga Engel gibt nicht auf
2004
as Marga Engel
Charlotte und ihre Männer
2005
as Charlotte
Crazy Boys - A Handful of Pleasure
1987
as Frl. Hermann
Der Werdenfelser Lumpazivagabundus
2014
as Fortuna
Großglocknerliebe
2004
as Anneliese
Erik & Erika
2018
as Schwester Sigberta
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012
Katrin und Wladimir
1996
as Hilda Weigand
Bezaubernde Marie
2007
as Marie Meyer
Beauville
1995
Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt
2001
as Veronica
One Day
1988
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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- And Suddenly Everything Was Different (1997) — as Marlies Schöne
- The War of the Roses (1989) — as Susan
- Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar (1999) — as Bonemine
- The Milky Life (1993) — as Aloha
- Bagdad Cafe (1987) — as Jasmin Münchgstettner
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