Marianne Sägebrecht
Born
August 27, 1945 (79 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
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).
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Known For

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

Bier Royal
Rosa Seidl · (2 episodes)
2019

Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves House
Beda Andersson
2018

München Grill
herself · (1 episode)
2018

Erik & Erika
Schwester Sigberta
2018

Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas Ever
Beda Andersson
2016
Inkas Küche
Self · (1 episode)
2016
Der Werdenfelser Lumpazivagabundus
Fortuna
2014

The Circle
Erika Rapp
2014

Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship
Beda Andersson
2014

MDR um 4
Self · (1 episode)
2014

Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen
2012

Omamamia
Oma Marguerita
2012
Was glaubt
Self · (1 episode)
2012

Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder
Edeltraud Staller
2012
Museums-Check mit Markus Brock
Self · (1 episode)
2010

So ein Schlamassel
Tante Sarah Silberschatz
2010

Frau Holle
Frau Holle
2008

Immer Wirbel um Marie
Marie Meyer
2008
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch
Self · (1 episode)
2007
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
Self
2007

Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester
Antonia Wiedemann
2007

Bezaubernde Marie
Marie Meyer
2007

Lafer! Lichter! Lecker!
Self · (1 episode)
2006
Charlotte und ihre Männer
Charlotte
2005

Marga Engel gibt nicht auf
Marga Engel
2004
Unter 4 Augen
Self · (1 episode)
2004
Großglocknerliebe
Anneliese
2004
Menschen bei Maischberger
Self · (1 episode)
2003

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

Sans famille
Mère Barberin · (2 episodes)
2000

Without Family
Mère Barberin
2000
Menschen der Woche
Self · (1 episode)
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
Volle Kanne
Self · (3 episodes)
1999
Ich wünsch Dir Liebe
Uschi
1999

Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar
Bonemine
1999

Beckmann
Self · (2 episodes)
1999

Spanish Fly
Rosa
1998

Left Luggage
Mrs. Silberschmidt
1998

Eine Frau nach Maß
Margret
1998
Alpha Forum
Self · (2 episodes)
1998
And Suddenly Everything Was Different
Marlies Schöne
1997
Leute heute
Self · (1 episode)
1997

Soleil
Tata Jeannette
1997
Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt
Eva · (1 episode)
1997
Lorenz im Land der Lügner
Tante Martha
1997
Tietjen und Bommes
Self · (1 episode)
1997

The Little Lord
Klara
1996

The Ogre
Frau Netta
1996
Katrin und Wladimir
Hilda Weigand
1996

All Men Are Mortal
Annie
1995
Luise knackt den Jackpot
Luise
1995
Beauville
1995

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn
Marion Bruckmüller
1994

Inspector Rex
Tanja Kraus · (1 episode)
1994

Erotique
Hilde (segment 'Taboo Parlor')
1994
Mona Must Die
Mona von Snead
1994

Brisant
Self · (1 episode)
1994

Mr. Bluesman
Emma
1993

The Milky Life
Aloha
1993

Dust Devil
Dr. Leidzinger
1992

Riverboat
Self · (1 episode)
1992

Boulevard Bio
Self · (1 episode)
1991

DAS!
Self · (4 episodes)
1991

Café Meineid
Anna Liebl · (1 episode)
1990
Martha and I
Martha
1990
Zeil um Zehn
Self · (1 episode)
1990

Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja
Braut
1989

The War of the Roses
Susan
1989

Rosalie Goes Shopping
Rosalie Greenspace
1989
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin
Self · (2 episodes)
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
Blam!
(1 episode)
1985

Sugarbaby
Marianne
1985

Ein irres Feeling
Alfa's mother
1984

Im Himmel ist die Hölle los
Reporterin
1984

The Swing
Tandlerin
1983
Wortwechsel
Self · (1 episode)
1982

Das Traumschiff
Sister Magdalena · (1 episode)
1981

C.O.D.
Freda (as Barbara Hermani)
1981

Wetten, dass..?
Self · (1 episode)
1981
Anderland
Verkäuferin · (1 episode)
1980

Heut' abend
Self · (1 episode)
1980

NDR Talk Show
Self · (5 episodes)
1979

SOKO München
Frieda · (3 episodes)
1978

Kölner Treff
Self · (2 episodes)
1976

Stars in the Ring
Self · (2 episodes)
1959
Deutscher Filmpreis
Self · (1 episode)
1951

Bambi-Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1948