Cast & creator
Ingrid Caven
Best known for Champs-Elysées, German Film Award, Die Montagsmaler
Ingrid Caven (born Ingrid Schmidt; August 3, 1938) is a German actress best known for her roles in several films directed by her husband, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including Love Is Colder Than Death (1969), Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970), and The American Soldier (1970). She continued to appear in Fassbinder's films after their 1972 divorce until his death in 1982.
Also known as: Ingrid Fassbinder , Ingrid Schmidt, Ingrid Carven
66
film credits
7
television credits
72
1951–2026 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (73)
Showing 73 of 73 credits
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982German Film Award
Self
1951
Die Montagsmaler
Self
1974
Square
Self
2012Krimistunde
Edwina Bowen
1982
Suspiria
Miss Vendegast
2018Bio’s Bahnhof
Self
1978
World on a Wire
Secretary Uschi
1973
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
Self
2010
Playing with Fire
The servant of the brothel
1975
In a Year with 13 Moons
Zora la rouge
1978
Time Regained
Russian Princess
1999
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Hans's great love
1972The Merchant of Four Seasons
Production Manager
1972
Beware of a Holy Whore
Statistin
1971
My Little Loves
Mother
1974
Sleeping Beauty
La méchante fée
2017
The Satin Spider
La directrice
1986
Fox and His Friends
Singer in Bar
1975
Satan’s Brew
Lisa
1976
Love Is Colder Than Death
Zweite Prostituierte
1970
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Corinna
1975
Tenderness of the Wolves
Dora
1973
I Only Want You to Love Me
Sewing machine saleswoman
1976
Silent Night
Sängerin
1995
Gods of the Plague
Magdalene Fuller
1970
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
Neighbor
1970
Gold Flakes
1976
Despair
Hotel Manager
1978
Haytabo
(uncredited)
1971
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
2007
Fear of Fear
Edda
1976
In Memoriam Daniel Schmid Werner Schroeter
Self
2012
35 Shots of Rum
Joséphine's German Aunt
2009
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
Lola Montez
1972
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
Self
2011
The Roaring Fifties
Claudine
1983
The Coffee House
Placida
1970
My Favorite Season
La femme du bar
1993
Fassbinder's Women
Self
2000
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
Self
1992Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
Self
1971
Nea
Anne
1976Today We're Playing Boss
1981
Off Season
Lila
1992
Day of the Idiots
Dr. Laura
1981
Joan's Dream
1975
The Death of Maria Malibran
1972
La Paloma
Viola Schlumpf, aka 'La Paloma'
1974
Martha
Ilse
1974
Shadow of Angels
Lily Brest
1976
The Portuguese Woman
Passageira
2019
Devil's Paradise
Madame
1987
The Niklashausen Journey
Schreiendes Mädchen
1970
Sixteen Moments of My Life
self
2026
The Ancestress
Geist
1971
Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice
Self
2012Ingrid Caven at Pigall's
Self
1978
Rio das Mortes
Hannas Kollegin
1971
Tonight or Never
Artist
1973
Der Mond is nur a nackerte Kugel
1981
The American Soldier
Singer
1976
Malou
Malou
1981
Petite intrusion dans l’univers incandescent de Werner Schroeter
Self
2012
Violanta
Alma
1978
Looping
Lissy
1981
1 Berlin-Harlem
1974
Frühstück in Rom
Sandra
1965
Yearning for Sodom
Self
1989
Deepfrozen
Vicky
2006
Adele Spitzeder
1972
Dirty Daughters oder Die Hure und der Hurensohn
1982
Weitertanzen
Maja Mertens
2008