Overview

• Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier praised Sägebrecht’s humanity and warmth in a public message congratulating her on her 80th birthday.
• Sägebrecht said her recent appearance in ARD’s Watzmann ermittelt will be her final role in a TV series as she becomes more selective about future work.
• She is preparing a documentary travel project titled Voyages mit Marianne and plans to publish the book Alles hat seine Zeit! next May.
• Discovered by director Percy Adlon, she rose to prominence with Zuckerbaby and Out of Rosenheim and later worked alongside Michael Douglas, John Malkovich and Michel Piccoli.
• She described slowing her pace after a foot injury from a falling horseshoe and continues long-standing hospice engagement as a volunteer and patron in Munich.