Lilo Pempeit (born Liselotte Irmgard Pempeit; 6 October 1922 – 7 May 1993) was a German film and stage actress and literary translator. She is best known for her recurring appearances in the films of her son, New German Cinema director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and for her early German translations of Truman Capote’s prose.

Filmography

• 1989Das andere Ufer
• 1982Veronika Voss — Chehm
• 1981Lili Marleen — Tamara
• Berlin Alexanderplatz — Frau Pums
• 1979The Marriage of Maria Braun — Frau Ehmke
• 1979The Third Generation — Mutter Gast
• 1978Despair — Mrs. Schmidt
• 1978In a Year with 13 Moons — Schwester Gudrun
• 1977Adolf and Marlene
• 1977The Stationmaster’s Wife — Frau Käser
• 1976Fear of Fear — Mrs. Schall
• 1976Satan’s Brew
• 1975Fox and His Friends — Neighbor
• 1975Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven — Sekretärin
• 1974Ali: Fear Eats the Soul — Mrs. Munchmeyer
• 1974Effi Briest — Frau Briest
• 1974Martha
• 1974Nora Helmer — Marie
• World on a Wire — Data Typist
• 1972Bremen Freedom — Mother
• Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day — Hausfrau Müller
• 1972The Merchant of Four Seasons — Kundin
• 1971Rio das Mortes — Günthers Mutter
• 1970Gods of the Plague — Mutter
• 1970Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? — Coworker
• 1966The Little Chaos — Frau Eder (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2015Fassbinder: Love Without Demands — Self (archive footage)
• 1992I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me — Self (as Liselotte Eder)