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.

Filmography

• 2019The Portuguese Woman — Passageira
• 2018Suspiria — Miss Vendegast
• 2017Sleeping Beauty — La méchante fée
• 200935 Shots of Rum — Joséphine's German Aunt
• 2008Weitertanzen — Maja Mertens
• 2006Deepfrozen — Vicky
• 1999Time Regained — Russian Princess
• 1995Silent Night — Sängerin
• 1993My Favorite Season — La femme du bar
• 1992Off Season — Lila
• 1987Devil's Paradise — Madame
• 1986The Satin Spider — La directrice
• 1983The Roaring Fifties — Claudine
• 1982Dirty Daughters oder Die Hure und der Hurensohn
• Krimistunde — Edwina Bowen
• 1981Day of the Idiots — Dr. Laura
• 1981Der Mond is nur a nackerte Kugel
• 1981Looping — Lissy
• 1981Malou — Malou
• 1981Today We're Playing Boss
• 1978Despair — Hotel Manager
• 1978In a Year with 13 Moons — Zora la rouge
• 1978Violanta — Alma
• 1976Fear of Fear — Edda
• 1976Gold Flakes
• 1976I Only Want You to Love Me — Sewing machine saleswoman
• 1976Nea — Anne
• 1976Satan’s Brew — Lisa
• 1976Shadow of Angels — Lily Brest
• 1976The American Soldier — Singer
• 1975Fox and His Friends — Singer in Bar
• 1975Joan's Dream
• 1975Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven — Corinna
• 1975Playing with Fire — The servant of the brothel
• 19741 Berlin-Harlem
• 1974La Paloma — Viola Schlumpf, aka 'La Paloma'
• 1974Martha — Ilse
• 1974My Little Loves — Mother
• 1973Tenderness of the Wolves — Dora
• 1973Tonight or Never — Artist
• World on a Wire — Secretary Uschi
• 1972Adele Spitzeder
• 1972Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King — Lola Montez
• 1972The Death of Maria Malibran
• 1972The Merchant of Four Seasons — Hans's great love, Production Manager
• 1971Beware of a Holy Whore — Statistin
• 1971Haytabo — (uncredited)
• 1971Rio das Mortes — Hannas Kollegin
• 1971The Ancestress — Geist
• 1970Gods of the Plague — Magdalene Fuller
• 1970Love Is Colder Than Death — Zweite Prostituierte
• 1970The Coffee House — Placida
• 1970The Niklashausen Journey — Schreiendes Mädchen
• 1970Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? — Neighbor
• 1965Frühstück in Rom — Sandra

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2026Sixteen Moments of My Life — self
• 2012In Memoriam Daniel Schmid Werner Schroeter — Self
• 2012Ingrid Caven: Music and Voice — Self
• 2012Petite intrusion dans l’univers incandescent de Werner Schroeter — Self
• Square — Self
• 2011Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter — Self
• 2010Daniel Schmid: Le Chat Qui Pense — Self
• 2007Here’s Looking at You, Boy — Self
• 2000Fassbinder's Women — Self
• 1992I Don’t Just Want You to Love Me — Self
• 1989Yearning for Sodom — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• Bio’s Bahnhof — Self
• 1978Ingrid Caven at Pigall's — Self
• Die Montagsmaler — Self
• 1971Fassbinder Produces: Film No. 8 — Self
• German Film Award — Self