Cast & creator
Marianne Sägebrecht
Best known for DAS!, Volle Kanne, Leute heute
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Marianne Sägebrecht, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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film credits
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television credits
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1948–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (106)
Showing 106 of 106 credits
DAS!
Self
1991Volle Kanne
Self
1999
Leute heute
Self
1997
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
SOKO München
Frieda
1978
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
MDR um 4
Self
2014
Riverboat
Self
1992Alpha Forum
Self
1998ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
Self
1989
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Beckmann
Self
1999Menschen der Woche
Self
2000Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
Self
2007
Das Traumschiff
Sister Magdalena
1981
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self
1994Menschen bei Maischberger
Self
2003
Bambi
Self
1948German Film Award
Self
1951
Inspector Rex
Tanja Kraus
1994Tietjen und Bommes
Self
1997
Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!
Self
2006
Brisant
Self
1994
Boulevard Bio
Self
1991Wortwechsel
Self
1982
Stars in der Manege
Self
1959
Heut' abend
Self
1980
Café Meineid
Anna Liebl
1990
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Bonemine
1999Zeil um Zehn
Self
1990
The War of the Roses
Susan
1989Museums-Check mit Markus Brock
Self
2010Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt
Eva
1997Anderland
Verkäuferin
1980Was glaubt
Self
2012
A Whole Life
Ahnl
2023
Moon Over Parador
Magda
1988
Bagdad Cafe
Jasmin Münchgstettner
1987Unter 4 Augen
Self
2004
Bier Royal
Rosa Seidl
2019Inkas Küche
Self
2016
Left Luggage
Mrs. Silberschmidt
1998
Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship
Beda Andersson
2014
The Ogre
Frau Netta
1996
The Muckles - The Quest for a New Home
2022
München Grill
herself
2018
Dust Devil
Dr. Leidzinger
1992
All Men Are Mortal
Annie
1995Ich wünsch Dir Liebe
Uschi
1999
Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas Ever
Beda Andersson
2016Blam!
1985And Suddenly Everything Was Different
Marlies Schöne
1997Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
Self
2007
Sans famille
Mère Barberin
2000
Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja
Braut
1989
The Milky Life
Aloha
1993Lorenz im Land der Lügner
Tante Martha
1997
Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves House
Beda Andersson
2018
Il ritorno del piccolo Lord
Fräulein Klara
2000
Sugarbaby
Marianne
1985
Rosalie Goes Shopping
Rosalie Greenspace
1989
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012
Erotique
Hilde (segment 'Taboo Parlor')
1994
Im Himmel ist die Hölle los
Journalist
1984
Marga Engel gibt nicht auf
Marga Engel
2004Charlotte und ihre Männer
Charlotte
2005Watzmann ermittelt · Die Tränen der Madonna
Maria Hauser
2026
The Circle
Erika Rapp
2014
Santa's Secretary
Marlène Veber
1999Luise knackt den Jackpot
Luise
1995
Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester
Antonia Wiedemann
2007
Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder
Edeltraud Staller
2012
Am Ende siegt die Liebe
Anna Linke
2000
Soleil
Tata Jeannette
1997
Marga Engel schlägt zurück
Marga Engel
2001
C.O.D.
Freda
1981
Immer Wirbel um Marie
Marie Meyer
2008
Without Family
Mère Barberin
2000Herz mit Löffel
Klientin
1990
Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt
Veronica
2001Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt
Co-Writer
2001
Marga Engel kocht vor Wut
Marga Engel
2003Ganz unten, ganz oben
Elli Schulze
1999
Eine Frau nach Maß
Margret
1998
Il piccolo lord
Klara
1995
Spanish Fly
Rosa
1998Der Werdenfelser Lumpazivagabundus
Fortuna
2014
Omamamia
Marguerita
2012Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn
Marion Bruckmüller
1994
Crazy Boys - A Handful of Pleasure
Frl. Hermann
1987
Frau Holle
Frau Holle
2008
So ein Schlamassel
Tante Sarah Silberschatz
2010Scheidung auf amerikanisch
Betty
2001
Mr. Bluesman
Emma
1993
The Swing
Tandlerin
1983
Ein irres Feeling
Alfa's mother
1984
Erik & Erika
Schwester Sigberta
2018
Martha and I
Martha
1990
Schmucklos
Oma Gerti Schmuck
2019Mona Must Die
Mona von Snead
1994Beauville
1995
Bezaubernde Marie
Marie Meyer
2007Katrin und Wladimir
Hilda Weigand
1996
Großglocknerliebe
Anneliese
2004
One Day
1988
Silence
Lady at the lake
2020