Ingrid Caven

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Ingrid Caven

Acting 88 August 3, 1938

Saarbrücken, Germany

Ingrid Caven (born Ingrid Schmidt; August 3, 1938) is a German actress best known for her roles in several films directed by her husband, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including Love…

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Suspiria

Suspiria

6.9 2018 Movie
Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

6.8 1982 TV Show
Die Montagsmaler

Die Montagsmaler

8.0 1974 TV Show
Fox and His Friends

Fox and His Friends

7.2 1975 Movie
In a Year with 13 Moons

In a Year with 13 Moons

6.6 1978 Movie
World on a Wire

World on a Wire

7.3 1973 TV Show
35 Shots of Rum

35 Shots of Rum

6.8 2009 Movie
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

7.4 1970 Movie
The Merchant of Four Seasons

The Merchant of Four Seasons

6.7 1972 Movie
Time Regained

Time Regained

6.3 1999 Movie
Square

Square

2012 TV Show
Martha

Martha

7.0 1974 Movie

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Ingrid Caven (born Ingrid Schmidt; August 3, 1938) is a German actress best known for her roles in several films directed by her husband, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, including Love Is Colder Than Death (1969), Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970), and The American Soldier (1970). She continued to appear in Fassbinder's films after their 1972 divorce until his death in 1982.

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Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Sixteen Moments of My Life

    Movie self

  2. 2019
    The Portuguese Woman

    Movie Passageira

  3. 2018
    Suspiria

    Movie Miss Vendegast

  4. 2017
    Sleeping Beauty

    Movie La méchante fée

  5. 2012
    Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice

    Movie Self

  6. 2012
    In Memoriam Daniel Schmid Werner Schroeter

    Movie Self

  7. 2012
    Petite intrusion dans l’univers incandescent de Werner Schroeter

    Movie Self

  8. 2012
    Square

    TV show Self

  9. 2011
    Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

    Movie Self

  10. 2010
    Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

    Movie Self

  11. 2009
    35 Shots of Rum

    Movie Joséphine's German Aunt

  12. 2008
    Weitertanzen

    Movie Maja Mertens

  13. 2007
    Here’s Looking at You, Boy

    Movie Self

  14. 2006
    Deepfrozen

    Movie Vicky

  15. 2000
    Fassbinder's Women

    Movie Self

  16. 1999
    Time Regained

    Movie Russian Princess

More credits
  1. 1995
    Silent Night

    Movie Sängerin

  2. 1993
    My Favorite Season

    Movie La femme du bar

  3. 1992
    Off Season

    Movie Lila

  4. 1992
    I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

    Movie Self

  5. 1989
    Yearning for Sodom

    Movie Self

  6. 1987
    Devil's Paradise

    Movie Madame

  7. 1986
    The Satin Spider

    Movie La directrice

  8. 1983
    The Roaring Fifties

    Movie Claudine

  9. 1982
    Dirty Daughters oder Die Hure und der Hurensohn

    Movie

  10. 1982
    Krimistunde

    TV show Edwina Bowen

  11. 1982
    Champs-Elysées

    TV show Self

  12. 1981
    Today We're Playing Boss

    Movie

  13. 1981
    Day of the Idiots

    Movie Dr. Laura

  14. 1981
    Der Mond is nur a nackerte Kugel

    Movie

  15. 1981
    Malou

    Movie Malou

  16. 1981
    Looping

    Movie Lissy

  17. 1978
    In a Year with 13 Moons

    Movie Zora la rouge

  18. 1978
    Despair

    Movie Hotel Manager

  19. 1978
    Violanta

    Movie Alma

  20. 1978
    Bio’s Bahnhof

    TV show Self

  21. 1978
    Ingrid Caven at Pigall's

    Movie Self

  22. 1976
    Fear of Fear

    Movie Edda

  23. 1976
    The American Soldier

    Movie Singer

  24. 1976
    Satan’s Brew

    Movie Lisa