Marie-Luise Marjan is a German actress. After living for one year in an orphanage in Hattingen, she was adopted by the Lause family and given the name "Marlies". Marjan is best known for her role as Helga Beimer in the German Television Series Lindenstraße. She was the heroine in Wolfgang Petersen's drama Smog and appeared in films by Werner Schroeter and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.