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Marianne Sägebrecht
Actor

Marianne Sägebrecht

27 Aug 1945Born
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Starnberg, Bavaria, GermanyBirthplace

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.

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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

Filmography

  1. 2026Watzmann ermittelt · Die Tränen der MadonnaFilm: Maria Hauser
  2. 2023A Whole LifeFilm: Ahnl
  3. 2022The Muckles - The Quest for a New HomeFilm
  4. 2020SilenceFilm: Lady at the lake
  5. 2019SchmucklosFilm: Oma Gerti Schmuck
  6. 2019Bier RoyalSeries: Rosa Seidl (2 episodes)
  7. 2018Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves HouseFilm: Beda Andersson
  8. 2018Erik & ErikaFilm: Schwester Sigberta
  9. 2016Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas EverFilm: Beda Andersson
  10. 2014Der Werdenfelser LumpazivagabundusFilm: Fortuna
  11. 2014The CircleFilm: Erika Rapp
  12. 2014Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great FriendshipFilm: Beda Andersson
  13. 2012Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten HosenFilm
  14. 2012OmamamiaFilm: Marguerita
  15. 2012Die Verführerin Adele SpitzederFilm: Edeltraud Staller
  16. 2010So ein SchlamasselFilm: Tante Sarah Silberschatz
  17. 2008Frau HolleFilm: Frau Holle
  18. 2008Immer Wirbel um MarieFilm: Marie Meyer
  19. 2007Das Geheimnis meiner SchwesterFilm: Antonia Wiedemann
  20. 2007Bezaubernde MarieFilm: Marie Meyer
  21. 2005Charlotte und ihre MännerFilm: Charlotte
  22. 2004Marga Engel gibt nicht aufFilm: Marga Engel
  23. 2004GroßglocknerliebeFilm: Anneliese
  24. 2003Marga Engel kocht vor WutFilm: Marga Engel
  25. 2001Marga Engel schlägt zurückFilm: Marga Engel
  26. 2001Scheidung auf amerikanischFilm: Betty
  27. 2001Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue StadtFilm: Veronica
  28. 2000Sans familleSeries: Mère Barberin (2 episodes)
  29. 2000Without FamilyFilm: Mère Barberin
  30. 2000Am Ende siegt die LiebeFilm: Anna Linke
  31. 2000Il ritorno del piccolo LordFilm: Fräulein Klara
  32. 1999Santa's SecretaryFilm: Marlène Veber
  33. 1999Ganz unten, ganz obenFilm: Elli Schulze
  34. 1999Ich wünsch Dir LiebeFilm: Uschi
  35. 1999Asterix and Obelix Take On CaesarFilm: Bonemine
  36. 1998Spanish FlyFilm: Rosa
  37. 1998Left LuggageFilm: Mrs. Silberschmidt
  38. 1998Eine Frau nach MaßFilm: Margret
  39. 1997And Suddenly Everything Was DifferentFilm: Marlies Schöne
  40. 1997SoleilFilm: Tata Jeannette
  41. 1997Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubtSeries: Eva (1 episode)
  42. 1997Lorenz im Land der LügnerFilm: Tante Martha
  43. 1996The OgreFilm: Frau Netta
  44. 1996Katrin und WladimirFilm: Hilda Weigand
  45. 1995All Men Are MortalFilm: Annie
  46. 1995Luise knackt den JackpotFilm: Luise
  47. 1995Il piccolo lordFilm: Klara
  48. 1995BeauvilleFilm
  49. 1994Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren SohnFilm: Marion Bruckmüller
  50. 1994Inspector RexSeries: Tanja Kraus (1 episode)
  51. 1994ErotiqueFilm: Hilde (segment 'Taboo Parlor')
  52. 1994Mona Must DieFilm: Mona von Snead
  53. 1993Mr. BluesmanFilm: Emma
  54. 1993The Milky LifeFilm: Aloha
  55. 1992Dust DevilFilm: Dr. Leidzinger
  56. 1990Café MeineidSeries: Anna Liebl (1 episode)
  57. 1990Martha and IFilm: Martha
  58. 1990Herz mit LöffelFilm: Klientin
  59. 1989Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein HallelujaFilm: Braut
  60. 1989The War of the RosesFilm: Susan
  61. 1989Rosalie Goes ShoppingFilm: Rosalie Greenspace
  62. 1988Moon Over ParadorFilm: Magda
  63. 1988One DayFilm
  64. 1987Bagdad CafeFilm: Jasmin Münchgstettner
  65. 1987Crazy Boys - A Handful of PleasureFilm: Frl. Hermann
  66. 1985Blam!Series (1 episode)
  67. 1985SugarbabyFilm: Marianne
  68. 1984Ein irres FeelingFilm: Alfa's mother
  69. 1984Im Himmel ist die Hölle losFilm: Journalist
  70. 1983The SwingFilm: Tandlerin
  71. 1981Das TraumschiffSeries: Sister Magdalena (1 episode)
  72. 1981C.O.D.Film: Freda
  73. 1980AnderlandSeries: Verkäuferin (1 episode)
  74. 1978SOKO MünchenSeries: Frieda (3 episodes)

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