Acting

Ingrid Caven

Born 1938-08-03 · 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 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.

Credits

Newest first

Sixteen Moments of My Life
as self
2026
The Portuguese Woman
as Passageira
2019
Suspiria
as Miss Vendegast
2018
Sleeping Beauty
as La méchante fée
2017
Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice
as Self
2012
Petite intrusion dans l’univers incandescent de Werner Schroeter
as Self
2012
In Memoriam Daniel Schmid Werner Schroeter
as Self
2012
Square
as Self
2012
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
as Self
2011
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
as Self
2010
35 Shots of Rum
as Joséphine's German Aunt
2009
Weitertanzen
as Maja Mertens
2008
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
2007
Deepfrozen
as Vicky
2006
Fassbinder's Women
as Self
2000
Time Regained
as Russian Princess
1999
Silent Night
as Sängerin
1995
My Favorite Season
as La femme du bar
1993
Off Season
as Lila
1992
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
as Self
1992
Yearning for Sodom
as Self
1989
Devil's Paradise
as Madame
1987
The Satin Spider
as La directrice
1986
The Roaring Fifties
as Claudine
1983
Dirty Daughters oder Die Hure und der Hurensohn
1982
Krimistunde
as Edwina Bowen
1982
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
Today We're Playing Boss
1981
Day of the Idiots
as Dr. Laura
1981
Der Mond is nur a nackerte Kugel
1981
Malou
as Malou
1981
Looping
as Lissy
1981
In a Year with 13 Moons
as Zora la rouge
1978
Despair
as Hotel Manager
1978
Violanta
as Alma
1978
Bio’s Bahnhof
as Self
1978
Ingrid Caven at Pigall's
as Self
1978
Fear of Fear
as Edda
1976
The American Soldier
as Singer
1976
Satan’s Brew
as Lisa
1976
Shadow of Angels
as Lily Brest
1976
Nea
as Anne
1976
Gold Flakes
1976
I Only Want You to Love Me
as Sewing machine saleswoman
1976
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
as Corinna
1975
Fox and His Friends
as Singer in Bar
1975
Playing with Fire
as The servant of the brothel
1975
Joan's Dream
1975
My Little Loves
as Mother
1974
La Paloma
as Viola Schlumpf, aka 'La Paloma'
1974
Martha
as Ilse
1974
Die Montagsmaler
as Self
1974
1 Berlin-Harlem
1974
World on a Wire
as Secretary Uschi
1973
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Dora
1973
Tonight or Never
as Artist
1973
Adele Spitzeder
1972
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
as Lola Montez
1972
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Hans's great love
1972
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Production Manager
1972
The Death of Maria Malibran
1972
The Ancestress
as Geist
1971
Beware of a Holy Whore
as Statistin
1971
Rio das Mortes
as Hannas Kollegin
1971
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
as Self
1971
Haytabo
as (uncredited)
1971
The Niklashausen Journey
as Schreiendes Mädchen
1970
Gods of the Plague
as Magdalene Fuller
1970
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
as Neighbor
1970
The Coffee House
as Placida
1970
Love Is Colder Than Death
as Zweite Prostituierte
1970
Frühstück in Rom
as Sandra
1965
German Film Award
as Self
1951