Marianne Sägebrecht
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1945-08-27 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
Marianne Sägebrecht
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
Acting
(2023)
A Whole Life
as Ahnl
(2022)
(2020)
Silence
as Lady at the lake
(2019)
Schmucklos
as Oma Gerti Schmuck
(2018)
Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves House
as Beda Andersson
(2018)
Erik & Erika
as Schwester Sigberta
(2016)
Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas Ever
as Beda Andersson
(2014)
The Circle
as Erika Rapp
(2014)
Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship
as Beda Andersson
(2014)
Der Werdenfelser Lumpazivagabundus
as Fortuna
(2012)
Omamamia
as Oma Marguerita
(2012)
Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder
as Edeltraud Staller
(2012)
(2010)
So ein Schlamassel
as Tante Sarah Silberschatz
(2008)
Frau Holle
as Frau Holle
(2008)
Immer Wirbel um Marie
as Marie Meyer
(2007)
Bezaubernde Marie
as Marie Meyer
(2007)
(2007)
Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester
as Antonia Wiedemann
(2005)
Charlotte und ihre Männer
as Charlotte
(2004)
Marga Engel gibt nicht auf
as Marga Engel
(2004)
Großglocknerliebe
as Anneliese
(2003)
Marga Engel kocht vor Wut
as Marga Engel
(2001)
Scheidung auf amerikanisch
as Betty
(2001)
Marga Engel schlägt zurück
as Marga Engel
(2001)
Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt
as Veronica
(2000)
Without Family
as Mère Barberin
(2000)
Am Ende siegt die Liebe
as Anna Linke
(2000)
Il ritorno del piccolo Lord
as Fräulein Klara
(1999)
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
as Bonemine
(1999)
Ganz unten, ganz oben
as Elli Schulze
(1999)
Santa's Secretary
as Marlène Veber
(1999)
Ich wünsch Dir Liebe
as Uschi
(1998)
Left Luggage
as Mrs. Silberschmidt
(1998)
Spanish Fly
as Rosa
(1998)
Eine Frau nach Maß
as Margret
(1997)
Soleil
as Tata Jeannette
(1997)
And Suddenly Everything Was Different
as Marlies Schöne
(1997)
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
as Tante Martha
(1996)
The Ogre
as Frau Netta
(1996)
The Little Lord
as Klara
(1996)
Katrin und Wladimir
as Hilda Weigand
(1995)
All Men Are Mortal
as Annie
(1995)
Luise knackt den Jackpot
as Luise
(1995)
(1994)
Erotique
as Hilde (segment 'Taboo Parlor')
(1994)
Mona Must Die
as Mona von Snead
(1994)
Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn
as Marion Bruckmüller
(1993)
Mr. Bluesman
as Emma
(1993)
The Milky Life
as Aloha
(1992)
Dust Devil
as Dr. Leidzinger
(1990)
Martha and I
as Martha
(1989)
The War of the Roses
as Susan
(1989)
Rosalie Goes Shopping
as Rosalie Greenspace
(1989)
(1988)
Moon Over Parador
as Magda
(1988)
(1987)
Bagdad Cafe
as Jasmin Münchgstettner
(1987)
Crazy Boys - A Handful of Pleasure
as Frl. Hermann
(1987)
Herz mit Löffel
as Klientin
(1985)
Sugarbaby
as Marianne
(1984)
Ein irres Feeling
as Alfa's mother
(1984)
Im Himmel ist die Hölle los
as Reporterin
(1983)
The Swing
as Tandlerin
(1981)
C.O.D.
as Freda (as Barbara Hermani)
Crew
(2001)
Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt
Co-Writer