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 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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Acted in
A Whole Life
2023
as Ahnl
The Muckles - The Quest for a New Home
2022
Schmucklos
2019
as Oma Gerti Schmuck
Bier Royal
2019
as Rosa Seidl
Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves House
2018
as Beda Andersson
München Grill
2018
as herself
Erik & Erika
2018
as Schwester Sigberta
Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas Ever
2016
as Beda Andersson
Der Werdenfelser Lumpazivagabundus
2014
as Fortuna
The Circle
2014
as Erika Rapp
Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship
2014
as Beda Andersson
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012
Omamamia
2012
as Oma Marguerita
Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder
2012
as Edeltraud Staller
Museums-Check mit Markus Brock
2010
as Self
So ein Schlamassel
2010
as Tante Sarah Silberschatz
Frau Holle
2008
as Frau Holle
Immer Wirbel um Marie
2008
as Marie Meyer
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
2007
as Self
Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester
2007
as Antonia Wiedemann
Bezaubernde Marie
2007
as Marie Meyer
Charlotte und ihre Männer
2005
as Charlotte
Marga Engel gibt nicht auf
2004
as Marga Engel
Großglocknerliebe
2004
as Anneliese
Marga Engel kocht vor Wut
2003
as Marga Engel
Marga Engel schlägt zurück
2001
as Marga Engel
Scheidung auf amerikanisch
2001
as Betty
Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt
2001
as Veronica
Sans famille
2000
as Mère Barberin
Without Family
2000
as Mère Barberin
Am Ende siegt die Liebe
2000
as Anna Linke
Il ritorno del piccolo Lord
2000
as Fräulein Klara
Santa's Secretary
1999
as Marlène Veber
Ganz unten, ganz oben
1999
as Elli Schulze
Ich wünsch Dir Liebe
1999
as Uschi
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
1999
as Bonemine
Spanish Fly
1998
as Rosa
Left Luggage
1998
as Mrs. Silberschmidt
Eine Frau nach Maß
1998
as Margret
And Suddenly Everything Was Different
1997
as Marlies Schöne
Soleil
1997
as Tata Jeannette
Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt
1997
as Eva
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1997
as Tante Martha
The Little Lord
1996
as Klara
The Ogre
1996
as Frau Netta
Katrin und Wladimir
1996
as Hilda Weigand
All Men Are Mortal
1995
as Annie
Luise knackt den Jackpot
1995
as Luise
Beauville
1995
Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn
1994
as Marion Bruckmüller
Inspector Rex
1994
as Tanja Kraus
Erotique
1994
as Hilde (segment 'Taboo Parlor')
Mona Must Die
1994
as Mona von Snead
Mr. Bluesman
1993
as Emma
The Milky Life
1993
as Aloha
Dust Devil
1992
as Dr. Leidzinger
Café Meineid
1990
as Anna Liebl
Martha and I
1990
as Martha
Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja
1989
as Braut
The War of the Roses
1989
as Susan
Rosalie Goes Shopping
1989
as Rosalie Greenspace
Crazy Boys
1989
as Frl. Hermann
Moon Over Parador
1988
as Magda
One Day
1988
Bagdad Cafe
1987
as Jasmin Münchgstettner
Herz mit Löffel
1987
as Klientin
Blam!
1985
Sugarbaby
1985
as Marianne
Ein irres Feeling
1984
as Alfa's mother
Im Himmel ist die Hölle los
1984
as Reporterin
The Swing
1983
as Tandlerin
Das Traumschiff
1981
as Sister Magdalena
C.O.D.
1981
as Freda (as Barbara Hermani)
Anderland
1980
as Verkäuferin
SOKO 5113
1978
as Frieda
Stars in der Manege
1959
as Self
Deutscher Filmpreis
1951
as Self
Bambi Awards
1948
as Self
Silence
as Lady at the lake