Question: Facts: - caption: marianne sagebrecht , 2003 - spouse: fritz 1 child -lrb- 1964 -- 1976 ; divorced -rrb- ; - birth date: 27 august 1945 - name: marianne sagebrecht - image: marianne sagebrecht.jpg - birth place: starnberg , bavaria , germany Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of marianne sagebrecht .
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marianne sagebrecht -lrb- born 27 august 1945 -rrb- is a german film actress .her background 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 , sagebrecht was cast as madame sanchez/mrs .sancho panza in adlon 's tv special '' herr kischott '' -lrb- 1979 -rrb- , a spin on '' don quixote '' .the director put her in his 1983 feature '' the swing '' in a small role and then in the leading role of marianne , an overweight mortician in love with a subway conductor , in '' sugarbaby '' -lrb- 1985 -rrb- .in 1987 she co-starred in the romantic comedy bagdad cafe .american films beckoned as well and sagebrecht 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 '' -lrb- 1988 -rrb- while danny devito tailored the part of the german housekeeper for a divorcing couple in '' the war of the roses '' -lrb- 1989 -rrb- .returning to germany , she played a timid maid in the 1930s who marries her jewish employer for convenience then falls in love in '' martha and i '' -lrb- 1990 ; released in the usa in 1995 -rrb- .sagebrecht headlined the black comedy as an unhappy wife whose straying husband plots her death in '' mona must die '' -lrb- 1994 -rrb- and had small supporting parts in '' the ogre '' -lrb- 1996 -rrb- and '' left luggage '' -lrb- 1998 -rrb- .in 1997 , she was a member of the jury at the 47th berlin international film festival .