Marianne Sägebrecht
Born August 27, 1945 (Age: 80)
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Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
Biography
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.
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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Filmography
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Watzmann ermittelt · Die Tränen der Madonna
2026
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as Maria Hauser
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Age: 80
Silence
2020
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as Lady at the lake
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Age: 75
Omamamia
2012
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as Marguerita
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Age: 67
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Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest
2007
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as Self
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Age: 61
Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester
2007
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as Antonia Wiedemann
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Age: 61
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Charlotte und ihre Männer
2005
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as Charlotte
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Age: 59
Marga Engel gibt nicht auf
2004
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as Marga Engel
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Age: 59
Großglocknerliebe
2004
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as Anneliese
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Age: 58
Without Family
2000
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as Mère Barberin
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Age: 55
Am Ende siegt die Liebe
2000
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as Anna Linke
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Age: 54
Il ritorno del piccolo Lord
2000
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as Fräulein Klara
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Age: 54
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
1999
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as Bonemine
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Age: 53
Spanish Fly
1998
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as Rosa
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Age: 53
Left Luggage
1998
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as Mrs. Silberschmidt
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Age: 52
Eine Frau nach Maß
1998
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as Margret
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Age: 52
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And Suddenly Everything Was Different
1997
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as Marlies Schöne
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Age: 52
Soleil
1997
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as Tata Jeannette
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Age: 51
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Lorenz im Land der Lügner
1997
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as Tante Martha
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Age: 51
The Ogre
1996
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as Frau Netta
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Age: 51
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Katrin und Wladimir
1996
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as Hilda Weigand
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Age: 50
Mr. Bluesman
1993
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as Emma
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Age: 47
The Milky Life
1993
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as Aloha
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Age: 47
Dust Devil
1992
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as Dr. Leidzinger
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Age: 46
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Martha and I
1990
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as Martha
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Age: 45
Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja
1989
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as Braut
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Age: 44
The War of the Roses
1989
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as Susan
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Age: 44
Rosalie Goes Shopping
1989
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as Rosalie Greenspace
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Age: 44
Moon Over Parador
1988
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as Magda
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Age: 43
One Day
1988
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as
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Age: 42
Bagdad Cafe
1987
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as Jasmin Münchgstettner
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Age: 42
Crazy Boys - A Handful of Pleasure
1987
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as Frl. Hermann
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Age: 41
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Herz mit Löffel
1987
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as Klientin
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Age: 41
Sugarbaby
1985
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as Marianne
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Age: 39
C.O.D.
1981
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as Freda (as Barbara Hermani)
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Age: 35