About

Known credits:
68
Birthday:
1945-08-27
Place of birth:
Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
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Marianne Sägebrecht

Overview

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

Acting
2023 A Whole Life Actor Ahnl 59
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2022 The Muckles - The Quest for a New Home Actor 58
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2020 Silence Actor Lady at the lake N/A
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2019 Schmucklos Actor Oma Gerti Schmuck 59
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2019 Bier Royal Actor Rosa Seidl 67
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2018 Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves House Actor Beda Andersson 58
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2018 Erik & Erika Actor Schwester Sigberta 58
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2016 Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas Ever Actor Beda Andersson 58
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2014 Der Werdenfelser Lumpazivagabundus Actor Fortuna N/A
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2014 The Circle Actor Erika Rapp 59
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2014 Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship Actor Beda Andersson 58
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2012 Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen Actor N/A
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2012 Omamamia Actor Oma Marguerita 58
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2012 Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder Actor Edeltraud Staller 58
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2010 So ein Schlamassel Actor Tante Sarah Silberschatz 58
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2008 Frau Holle Actor Frau Holle 59
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2008 Immer Wirbel um Marie Actor Marie Meyer 59
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2007 Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest Actor Self N/A
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2007 Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester Actor Antonia Wiedemann 59
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2007 Bezaubernde Marie Actor Marie Meyer 58
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2005 Charlotte und ihre Männer Actor Charlotte N/A
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2004 Marga Engel gibt nicht auf Actor Marga Engel 59
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2004 Großglocknerliebe Actor Anneliese N/A
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2003 Marga Engel kocht vor Wut Actor Marga Engel 59
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2001 Marga Engel schlägt zurück Actor Marga Engel 58
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2001 Scheidung auf amerikanisch Actor Betty 58
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2001 Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt Actor Veronica 59
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2000 Sans famille Actor Mère Barberin N/A
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2000 Without Family Actor Mère Barberin 59
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2000 Am Ende siegt die Liebe Actor Anna Linke 58
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2000 Il ritorno del piccolo Lord Actor Fräulein Klara 59
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1999 Santa's Secretary Actor Marlène Veber 59
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1999 Ganz unten, ganz oben Actor Elli Schulze 58
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1999 Ich wünsch Dir Liebe Actor Uschi 59
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1999 Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar Actor Bonemine 59
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1998 Spanish Fly Actor Rosa 58
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1998 Left Luggage Actor Mrs. Silberschmidt 59
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1998 Eine Frau nach Maß Actor Margret N/A
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1997 And Suddenly Everything Was Different Actor Marlies Schöne N/A
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1997 Soleil Actor Tata Jeannette 59
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1997 Lorenz im Land der Lügner Actor Tante Martha N/A
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1996 The Little Lord Actor Klara 59
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1996 The Ogre Actor Frau Netta 59
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1996 Katrin und Wladimir Actor Hilda Weigand N/A
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1995 All Men Are Mortal Actor Annie 59
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1995 Luise knackt den Jackpot Actor Luise N/A
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1995 Beauville Actor N/A
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1994 Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn Actor Marion Bruckmüller N/A
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1994 Erotique Actor Hilde (segment 'Taboo Parlor') 58
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1994 Mona Must Die Actor Mona von Snead 58
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1993 Mr. Bluesman Actor Emma N/A
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1993 The Milky Life Actor Aloha 59
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1992 Dust Devil Actor Dr. Leidzinger 59
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1990 Martha and I Actor Martha 58
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1989 Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja Actor Braut 58
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1989 The War of the Roses Actor Susan 65
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1989 Rosalie Goes Shopping Actor Rosalie Greenspace 58
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1989 Crazy Boys Actor Frl. Hermann 59
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1988 Moon Over Parador Actor Magda 58
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1988 One Day Actor N/A
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1987 Bagdad Cafe Actor Jasmin Münchgstettner 64
Fair
1987 Herz mit Löffel Actor Klientin N/A
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1985 Sugarbaby Actor Marianne 58
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1984 Ein irres Feeling Actor Alfa's mother 58
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1984 Im Himmel ist die Hölle los Actor Reporterin 59
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1983 The Swing Actor Tandlerin 59
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1981 C.O.D. Actor Freda (as Barbara Hermani) 58
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Writing
2001 Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt Writing Co-Writer 59
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