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).
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Filmography
all 102
Movies 64
TV Shows 38
self 29
A Whole Life (2023)
The Muckles - The Quest for a New Home (2022)
Schmucklos (2019)
Bier Royal (2019)
Pettson and Findus: Findus Moves House (2018)
München Grill (2018)
Erik & Erika (2018)
Pettson and Findus: The Best Christmas Ever (2016)
Inkas Küche (2016)
Der Werdenfelser Lumpazivagabundus (2014)
The Circle (2014)
Pettson and Findus: A Little Nuisance, a Great Friendship (2014)
MDR um 4 (2014)
Nichts als die Wahrheit - 30 Jahre Die Toten Hosen (2012)
Omamamia (2012)
Die Verführerin Adele Spitzeder (2012)
Museums-Check mit Markus Brock (2010)
So ein Schlamassel (2010)
Frau Holle (2008)
Immer Wirbel um Marie (2008)
Der Sonntags-Stammtisch (2007)
Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich Filmfest (2007)
Das Geheimnis meiner Schwester (2007)
Bezaubernde Marie (2007)
Lafer! Lichter! Lecker! (2006)
Charlotte und ihre Männer (2005)
Marga Engel gibt nicht auf (2004)
Unter 4 Augen (2004)
Großglocknerliebe (2004)
Menschen bei Maischberger (2003)
Marga Engel kocht vor Wut (2003)
Marga Engel schlägt zurück (2001)
Scheidung auf amerikanisch (2001)
Thanksgivin’, die nachtblaue Stadt (2001)
Sans famille (2000)
Without Family (2000)
Menschen der Woche (2000)
Am Ende siegt die Liebe (2000)
Augsburger Puppenkiste - Lilalu im Schepperland (2000)
Il ritorno del piccolo Lord (2000)
Santa's Secretary (1999)
Ganz unten, ganz oben (1999)
Volle Kanne (1999)
Ich wünsch Dir Liebe (1999)
Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar (1999)
Beckmann (1999)
Spanish Fly (1998)
Left Luggage (1998)
Eine Frau nach Maß (1998)
Alpha Forum (1998)
And Suddenly Everything Was Different (1997)
Leute heute (1997)
Soleil (1997)
Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt (1997)
Lorenz im Land der Lügner (1997)
Herman & Tietjen (1997)
The Little Lord (1996)
The Ogre (1996)
Katrin und Wladimir (1996)
All Men Are Mortal (1995)
Luise knackt den Jackpot (1995)
Beauville (1995)
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio (1994)
Eine Mutter kämpft um ihren Sohn (1994)
Inspector Rex (1994)
Erotique (1994)
Mona Must Die (1994)
Mr. Bluesman (1993)
The Milky Life (1993)
Dust Devil (1992)
Riverboat (1992)
Boulevard Bio (1991)
DAS! (1991)
Café Meineid (1990)
Martha and I (1990)
Zeil um Zehn (1990)
Die Toten Hosen - 3 Akkorde für ein Halleluja (1989)
The War of the Roses (1989)
ZDF-Mittagsmagazin (1989)
Crazy Boys (1989)
Rosalie Goes Shopping (1989)
Moon Over Parador (1988)
One Day (1988)
Bagdad Cafe (1987)
Herz mit Löffel (1987)
Blam! (1985)
Sugarbaby (1985)
Ein irres Feeling (1984)
Im Himmel ist die Hölle los (1984)
The Swing (1983)
Wortwechsel (1982)
Das Traumschiff (1981)
C.O.D. (1981)
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
Anderland (1980)
Heut' abend (1980)
NDR Talk Show (1979)
SOKO 5113 (1978)
Kölner Treff (1976)
Stars in der Manege (1959)
Deutscher Filmpreis (1951)
Bambi Awards (1948)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1945-08-27 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceStarnberg, Germany
CitizenshipsGermany
AwardsSchwabing Art Prize, Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis, Sigi-Sommer-Taler, Bavarian Order of Merit
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