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