Ingrid Caven

Ingrid Caven

Known for
Acting
Born
August 3, 1938 (age 88)
Birthplace
Saarbrücken, Germany

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
Sixteen Moments of My Life poster

Sixteen Moments of My Life

Movie · as self

2019
The Portuguese Woman poster

The Portuguese Woman

Movie · as Passageira

2018
Suspiria poster

Suspiria

Movie · as Miss Vendegast

2017
Sleeping Beauty poster

Sleeping Beauty

Movie · as La méchante fée

2012
Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice poster

Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice

Movie · as Self

2012
In Memoriam Daniel Schmid Werner Schroeter poster

In Memoriam Daniel Schmid Werner Schroeter

Movie · as Self

2012
Petite intrusion dans l’univers incandescent de Werner Schroeter poster

Petite intrusion dans l’univers incandescent de Werner Schroeter

Movie · as Self

2012
Square poster

Square

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter poster

Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

Movie · as Self

2010
Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense poster

Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense

Movie · as Self

2009
35 Shots of Rum poster

35 Shots of Rum

Movie · as Joséphine's German Aunt

2008
Weitertanzen poster

Weitertanzen

Movie · as Maja Mertens

2007
Here’s Looking at You, Boy poster

Here’s Looking at You, Boy

Movie · as Self

2006
Deepfrozen poster

Deepfrozen

Movie · as Vicky

2000
Fassbinder's Women poster

Fassbinder's Women

Movie · as Self

1999
Time Regained poster

Time Regained

Movie · as Russian Princess

1995
Silent Night poster

Silent Night

Movie · as Sängerin

1993
My Favorite Season poster

My Favorite Season

Movie · as La femme du bar

1992
I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me poster

I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me

Movie · as Self

1992
Off Season poster

Off Season

Movie · as Lila

1989
Yearning for Sodom poster

Yearning for Sodom

Movie · as Self

1987
Devil's Paradise poster

Devil's Paradise

Movie · as Madame

1986
The Satin Spider poster

The Satin Spider

Movie · as La directrice

1983
The Roaring Fifties poster

The Roaring Fifties

Movie · as Claudine

1982
Dirty Daughters oder Die Hure und der Hurensohn poster

Dirty Daughters oder Die Hure und der Hurensohn

Movie

1982
Krimistunde

Krimistunde

TV · as Edwina Bowen · 1 ep

1982
Champs-Elysées poster

Champs-Elysées

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Day of the Idiots poster

Day of the Idiots

Movie · as Dr. Laura

1981
Der Mond is nur a nackerte Kugel poster

Der Mond is nur a nackerte Kugel

Movie

1981
Today We're Playing Boss

Today We're Playing Boss

Movie

1981
Looping poster

Looping

Movie · as Lissy

1981
Malou poster

Malou

Movie · as Malou

1978
In a Year with 13 Moons poster

In a Year with 13 Moons

Movie · as Zora la rouge

1978
Ingrid Caven at Pigall's

Ingrid Caven at Pigall's

Movie · as Self

1978
Violanta poster

Violanta

Movie · as Alma

1978
Despair poster

Despair

Movie · as Hotel Manager

1978
Bio’s Bahnhof

Bio’s Bahnhof

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1976
Shadow of Angels poster

Shadow of Angels

Movie · as Lily Brest

1976
Fear of Fear poster

Fear of Fear

Movie · as Edda

1976
Nea poster

Nea

Movie · as Anne

1976
Satan’s Brew poster

Satan’s Brew

Movie · as Lisa

1976
The American Soldier poster

The American Soldier

Movie · as Singer

1976
Gold Flakes poster

Gold Flakes

Movie

1976
I Only Want You to Love Me poster

I Only Want You to Love Me

Movie · as Sewing machine saleswoman

1975
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven poster

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

Movie · as Corinna

1975
Joan's Dream poster

Joan's Dream

Movie

1975
Fox and His Friends poster

Fox and His Friends

Movie · as Singer in Bar

1975
Playing with Fire poster

Playing with Fire

Movie · as The servant of the brothel

1974
My Little Loves poster

My Little Loves

Movie · as Mother

1974
1 Berlin-Harlem poster

1 Berlin-Harlem

Movie

1974
La Paloma poster

La Paloma

Movie · as Viola Schlumpf, aka 'La Paloma'

1974
Martha poster

Martha

Movie · as Ilse

1974
Die Montagsmaler poster

Die Montagsmaler

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
Tenderness of the Wolves poster

Tenderness of the Wolves

Movie · as Dora

1973
Tonight or Never poster

Tonight or Never

Movie · as Artist

1973
World on a Wire poster

World on a Wire

TV · as Secretary Uschi · 2 eps

1972
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King poster

Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King

Movie · as Lola Montez

1972
The Death of Maria Malibran poster

The Death of Maria Malibran

Movie

1972
Adele Spitzeder poster

Adele Spitzeder

Movie

1971
Rio das Mortes poster

Rio das Mortes

Movie · as Hannas Kollegin

1971
The Ancestress poster

The Ancestress

Movie · as Geist

1971
The Merchant of Four Seasons poster

The Merchant of Four Seasons

Movie · as Hans's great love

1971
Haytabo poster

Haytabo

Movie · as (uncredited)

1971
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8

Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8

Movie · as Self

1971
Beware of a Holy Whore poster

Beware of a Holy Whore

Movie · as Statistin

1970
Gods of the Plague poster

Gods of the Plague

Movie · as Magdalene Fuller

1970
The Coffee House poster

The Coffee House

Movie · as Placida

1970
Love Is Colder Than Death poster

Love Is Colder Than Death

Movie · as Zweite Prostituierte

1970
The Niklashausen Journey poster

The Niklashausen Journey

Movie · as Schreiendes Mädchen

1970
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? poster

Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?

Movie · as Neighbor

1965
Frühstück in Rom poster

Frühstück in Rom

Movie · as Sandra

1951
German Film Award

German Film Award

TV · as Self · 1 ep