Ingrid Caven

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Ingrid Caven
Born
Ingrid Schmidt

(1938-08-03) 3 August 1938 (age 85)
OccupationActress
Years active1969–present
Spouse
(m. 1970;div. 1972)
Partner Jean-Jacques Schuhl
Relatives Trudeliese Schmidt (sister)

Ingrid Caven ( /kɑːvɛn/ ; born 3 August 1938) [1] is a German film actress and singer. She is 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. She has also appeared in Silent Night (1995), 35 Shots of Rum (2009) and Suspiria (2018).

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Early life

Caven was born Ingrid Schmidt in Saarbrücken, Germany on 3 August 1938. She had one younger sister, Trudeliese Schmidt (1943–2004), who went on to become an opera singer. Caven's father worked as a tobacco trader. [2] Prior to establishing herself as a film actress in the 1970s, Caven worked as a teacher in Upper Bavaria. [3]

Career

Caven originally began acting onstage in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's antiteater (Anti-Theater) acting troupe in the 1960s. [4] Her film debut was in 1969 in the short film Fernes Jamaica; this was swiftly followed by her first feature film Love Is Colder Than Death , directed by Fassbinder, to whom she was briefly married (1970–72). [5] She also had a supporting role in his film The Merchant of Four Seasons (1970), a drama about a farmer who drinks himself to death. [4] Even after their divorce, Caven remained a frequent collaborator of Fassbinder until his death in 1982, [4] also appearing in his films La Paloma  [ fr ] (1974), Fox and His Friends (1975), [6] and Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven (1975). [7]

Her career was at its peak in the 1970s and early 1980s, mostly in film. In the 1970s, while making films in France, Caven became acquainted with fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, [8] and became one of his muses; he designed one of her stage costumes during her career as a singer. [9]

In 1979 she was a member of the jury at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival. [10] In 1981 Caven starred alongside Carole Bouquet in the film Day of the Idiots as a doctor, and the next year she won an award for Outstanding Individual Achievement: Actress at the German Film Awards for her performance as Inga in the film Looping  [ de ].

In 2000 she appeared in Rosa von Praunheim's film Fassbinder's Women . Caven has appeared in several films since the turn of the millennium, including supporting parts in Claire Denis's 35 Shots of Rum (2009), and Luca Guadagnino's American remake of Suspiria (2018). [8]

Personal life

Caven has lived in Paris since 1977. [11] [12] She resides with her partner, French writer Jean-Jacques Schuhl, whose book Ingrid Caven won the Prix Goncourt in 2000.

Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1969 Love Is Colder Than Death Prostituierte German: Liebe ist kälter als der Tod
1970 Gods of the Plague Magdalena FullerGerman: Götter der Pest
1970 Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? NachbarinGerman: Warum läuft Herr R. Amok?
1970 The American Soldier SängerinGerman: Der amerikanische Soldat
1970The Niklashausen JourneyScreaming girlTelevision film; German: Niklashauser Fart
1971 The Merchant of Four Seasons Hans's great loveGerman: Händler der vier Jahreszeiten
1971 Rio das Mortes Hannas KolleginTelevision film
1971 Beware of a Holy Whore StatistinGerman: Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte
1971Die Ahnfrau - Oratorium nach Franz GrillparzerGeistTelevision film
1972 Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King Lola Montez / Erste NornaGerman: Ludwig – Requiem für einen jungfräulichen König
1972 Tonight or Never  [ it ]ActressGerman: Heute nacht oder nie
1973 The Tenderness of Wolves DoraGerman: Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe
1973 World on a Wire Urschi Miniseries; German: Welt am Draht
1974 Martha IlseTelevision film
1974 La Paloma  [ fr ]La Paloma
1974 My Little Loves La mèreFrench: Mes Petites Amoureuses
1975 Playing with Fire La servante du bordelFrench: Le Jeu avec le feu
1975 Fox and His Friends SängerinGerman: Faustrecht der Freiheit
1975 Mother Küsters' Trip to Heaven CorinnaGerman: Mutter Küsters Fahrt zum Himmel
1975Fear of Fear EddaTelevision film; German: Angst vor der Angst
1975Lieber Franz ich liebe DichLillian
1976 Shadow of Angels Lily BrestGerman: Schatten der Engel
1976 I Only Want You to Love Me NähmaschinenverkäuferinTelevision film; German: Ich will doch nur, daß ihr mich liebt
1976 Goldflocken  [ fr ]
1976A Young EmmanuelleAnneFrench: Néa
1976 Satan's Brew LisaGerman: Satansbraten
1977 Violanta Alma
1978 Despair Hotel Manager
1978 In a Year of 13 Moons Die rote ZoraGerman: In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden
1980 Narcissus and Psyche Ingrid
1981 Malou  [ de ]Malou
1981 Looping  [ de ]Lissy Filmband in Gold für darstellerische Leistung beim Deutschen Filmpreis
1981 Day of the Idiots Dr. LauraGerman: Tag der Idioten
1982 Hors Saison Lila
1983 The Roaring Fifties ClaudineGerman: Die wilden Fünfziger
1986L'araignée de satinMme de Challens
1987 Devil's Paradise  [ de ]MadameGerman: Des Teufels Paradies
1993 My Favorite Season La femme du bar French: Ma saison préférée
1995 Silent Night SängerinGerman: Stille Nacht
1999Le Temps retrouvéGerman: Die wiedergefundene Zeit
1999Marcel Proust's Time RegainedLa princesse Russe
2006 Deepfrozen Vicki
2009 35 Shots of Rum La tante allemande
2016Sleeping BeautyLa fée méchante
2018 Suspiria Miss Vendegast

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