Acting · Saarbrücken, Germany · Born August 3, 1938
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.
MovieSixteen Moments of My Life
2026
as self
MovieThe Portuguese Woman
2019
as Passageira
MovieSuspiria
2018
as Miss Vendegast
MovieSleeping Beauty
2017
as La méchante fée
MovieIngrid Caven: Music and Voice
2012
as Self
MoviePetite intrusion dans l’univers incandescent de Werner Schroeter
2012
as Self
MovieIn Memoriam Daniel Schmid Werner Schroeter
2012
as Self
TVSquare
2012
as Self
MovieMondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2011
as Self
MovieDaniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense
2010
as Self
Movie35 Shots of Rum
2009
as Joséphine's German Aunt
MovieWeitertanzen
2008
as Maja Mertens
MovieHere’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
as Self
MovieDeepfrozen
2006
as Vicky
MovieFassbinder's Women
2000
as Self
MovieTime Regained
1999
as Russian Princess
MovieSilent Night
1995
as Sängerin
MovieMy Favorite Season
1993
as La femme du bar
MovieOff Season
1992
as Lila
MovieI Don’t Just Want You to Love Me
1992
as Self
MovieYearning for Sodom
1989
as Self
MovieDevil's Paradise
1987
as Madame
The Satin Spider
1986
as La directrice
MovieThe Roaring Fifties
1983
as Claudine
MovieDirty Daughters oder Die Hure und der Hurensohn
1982
Krimistunde
1982
as Edwina Bowen
TVChamps-Elysées
1982
as Self
Today We're Playing Boss
1981
MovieDay of the Idiots
1981
as Dr. Laura
MovieDer Mond is nur a nackerte Kugel
1981
MovieMalou
1981
as Malou
MovieLooping
1981
as Lissy
MovieIn a Year with 13 Moons
1978
as Zora la rouge
MovieDespair
1978
as Hotel Manager
MovieViolanta
1978
as Alma
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978
as Self
Ingrid Caven at Pigall's
1978
as Self
MovieThe American Soldier
1976
as Singer
MovieSatan’s Brew
1976
as Lisa
MovieShadow of Angels
1976
as Lily Brest
MovieNea
1976
as Anne
MovieGold Flakes
1976
MovieI Only Want You to Love Me
1976
as Sewing machine saleswoman
MovieFear of Fear
1975
as Edda
MovieMother Küsters Goes to Heaven
1975
as Corinna
MovieFox and His Friends
1975
as Singer in Bar
MoviePlaying with Fire
1975
as The servant of the brothel
MovieJoan's Dream
1975
MovieMy Little Loves
1974
as Mother
MovieLa Paloma
1974
as Viola Schlumpf, aka 'La Paloma'
MovieMartha
1974
as Ilse
TVDie Montagsmaler
1974
as Self
Movie1 Berlin-Harlem
1974
TVWorld on a Wire
1973
as Secretary Uschi
MovieTenderness of the Wolves
1973
as Dora
MovieTonight or Never
1973
as Artist
MovieAdele Spitzeder
1972
MovieLudwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
1972
as Lola Montez
MovieThe Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
as Hans's great love
MovieThe Death of Maria Malibran
1972
MovieThe Ancestress
1971
as Geist
MovieBeware of a Holy Whore
1971
as Statistin
MovieRio das Mortes
1971
as Hannas Kollegin
Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8
1971
as Self
MovieHaytabo
1971
as (uncredited)
MovieThe Niklashausen Journey
1970
as Schreiendes Mädchen
MovieGods of the Plague
1970
as Magdalene Fuller
MovieWhy Does Herr R. Run Amok?
1970
as Neighbor
MovieThe Coffee House
1970
as Placida
MovieLove Is Colder Than Death
1970
as Zweite Prostituierte
MovieFrühstück in Rom
1965
as Sandra
German Film Award
1951
as Self
