Marianne Sägebrecht
Acting
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.
TV Shows(39)
Bier Royal
Rosa Seidl
2019
München Grill
herself
2018
Inkas Küche
Self
2016
MDR um 4
Self
2014
Was glaubt
Self
2012
Museums-Check mit Markus Brock
Self
2010
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
Self
2007
Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!
Self
2006
Unter 4 Augen
Self
2004
Menschen bei Maischberger
Self
2003
Sans famille
Mère Barberin
2000
Menschen der Woche
Self
2000
Volle Kanne
Self
1999
Beckmann
Self
1999
Alpha Forum
Self
1998
Leute heute
Self
1997
Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt
Eva
1997
Tietjen und Bommes
Self
1997
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self
1994
Inspector Rex
Tanja Kraus
1994
Brisant
Self
1994
Riverboat
Self
1992
Boulevard Bio
Self
1991
DAS!
Self
1991
Café Meineid
Anna Liebl
1990
Zeil um Zehn
Self
1990
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
Self
1989
Blam!
1985
Wortwechsel
Self
1982
Das Traumschiff
Sister Magdalena
1981
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Anderland
Verkäuferin
1980
Heut' abend
Self
1980
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
SOKO München
Frieda
1978
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
Stars in the Ring
Self
1959
German Film Award
Self
1951
Bambi
Self
1948
Movies(66)
Watzmann ermittelt · Die Tränen der Madonna
Maria Hauser
2026
A Whole Life
Ahnl
2023
The Muckles - The Quest for a New Home
2022
Silence
Lady at the lake
2020
Schmucklos
Oma Gerti Schmuck
2019
Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves House
Beda Andersson
2018
Erik & Erika
Schwester Sigberta
2018
Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas Ever
Beda Andersson
2016
Der Werdenfelser Lumpazivagabundus
Fortuna
2014
The Circle
Erika Rapp
2014
Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship
Beda Andersson
2014
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012
Omamamia
Marguerita
2012
Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder
Edeltraud Staller
2012
So ein Schlamassel
Tante Sarah Silberschatz
2010
Frau Holle
Frau Holle
2008
Immer Wirbel um Marie
Marie Meyer
2008
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
Self
2007
Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester
Antonia Wiedemann
2007
Bezaubernde Marie
Marie Meyer
2007
Charlotte und ihre Männer
Charlotte
2005
Marga Engel gibt nicht auf
Marga Engel
2004
Großglocknerliebe
Anneliese
2004
Marga Engel kocht vor Wut
Marga Engel
2003
Marga Engel schlägt zurück
Marga Engel
2001
Scheidung auf amerikanisch
Betty
2001
Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt
Veronica
2001
Without Family
Mère Barberin
2000
Am Ende siegt die Liebe
Anna Linke
2000
Il ritorno del piccolo Lord
Fräulein Klara
2000
Santa's Secretary
Marlène Veber
1999
Ganz unten, ganz oben
Elli Schulze
1999
Ich wünsch Dir Liebe
Uschi
1999
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
Bonemine
1999
Spanish Fly
Rosa
1998
Left Luggage
Mrs. Silberschmidt
1998
Eine Frau nach Maß
Margret
1998
And Suddenly Everything Was Different
Marlies Schöne
1997
Soleil
Tata Jeannette
1997
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
Tante Martha
1997
The Ogre
Frau Netta
1996
Katrin und Wladimir
Hilda Weigand
1996
All Men Are Mortal
Annie
1995
Luise knackt den Jackpot
Luise
1995
Il piccolo lord
Klara
1995
Beauville
1995
Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn
Marion Bruckmüller
1994
Erotique
Hilde (segment 'Taboo Parlor')
1994
Mona Must Die
Mona von Snead
1994
Mr. Bluesman
Emma
1993
The Milky Life
Aloha
1993
Dust Devil
Dr. Leidzinger
1992
Martha and I
Martha
1990
Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja
Braut
1989
The War of the Roses
Susan
1989
Rosalie Goes Shopping
Rosalie Greenspace
1989
Moon Over Parador
Magda
1988
One Day
1988
Bagdad Cafe
Jasmin Münchgstettner
1987
Crazy Boys - A Handful of Pleasure
Frl. Hermann
1987
Herz mit Löffel
Klientin
1987
Sugarbaby
Marianne
1985
Ein irres Feeling
Alfa's mother
1984
Im Himmel ist die Hölle los
Reporterin
1984
The Swing
Tandlerin
1983
C.O.D.
Freda (as Barbara Hermani)
1981