Marthe Keller

Marthe Keller

Biography: Marthe Keller (born 28 January 1945; Basel, Switzerland) is a Swiss actress and opera director. She studied ballet as a child, but stopped after a skiing accident at age 16. She changed to acting, and worked in Berlin at the Schiller Theatre and the Berliner Ensemble. Keller's earliest film appearances were in Funeral in Berlin (1966, uncredited) and the German film Wilder Reiter GmbH (1967). She appeared in a series of French films in the 1970s, including Un cave (1971), La raison du plus fou (1973) and Toute une vie (And Now My Love, 1974). Her most famous American film appearances are her Golden Globe-nominated performance as Dustin Hoffman's girlfriend in Marathon Man and her performance as a femme fatale Arab terrorist who leads an attack on the Super Bowl in Black Sunday, both of them were ill-fated characters at the climax of each film. Keller also acted with William Holden in the 1978 Billy Wilder film Fedora. She appeared alongside Al Pacino in the auto racing film Bobby Deerfield, and subsequently the two of them were involved in a relationship. Since then, Keller has worked more steadily in European cinema compared to American movies. Her later films include Dark Eyes, with Marcello Mastroianni. In 2001, Keller appeared in a Broadway adaptation of Abby Mann's play Judgment at Nuremberg as Mrs. Bertholt (the role played by Marlene Dietrich in the 1961 Stanley Kramer film version). She was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Featured Actress for this performance. In addition to her work in film and theatre, Keller has developed a career in classical music as a speaker and opera director. She has performed the speaking role of Joan of Arc in the oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher of Arthur Honegger on several occasions, with conductors such as Seiji Ozawa and Kurt Masur. She has recorded the role for Deutsche Grammophon with Ozawa (DG 429 412-2). Keller has also recited the spoken part in Igor Stravinsky's Perséphone. She has performed classical music melodramas for speaker and piano in recital. The Swiss composer Michael Jarrell wrote the melodrama Cassandre, after the novel of Christa Wolf, for Keller, who gave the world premiere in 1994. Keller's first production as an opera director was Dialogues des Carmélites, for Opéra National du Rhin, in 1999. This production subsequently received a semi-staged performance in London that year. She has also directed Lucia di Lammermoor for Washington National Opera and for Los Angeles Opera. Her directorial debut at the Metropolitan Opera was in a 2004 production of Don Giovanni. Keller has a son, Alexandre (born 1971), from her relationship with Philippe de Broca. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marthe Keller, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Birthday: January 28, 1945

Deathday: N/A

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Known For

Marathon Man
Marathon Man

1976-10-08

Only the Wind Knows the Answer
Only the Wind Knows the Answer

1974-11-20

The Amateur
The Amateur

1981-12-11

The Formula
The Formula

1980-12-19

Chrysalis
Chrysalis

2007-06-25

Heidi's Alpine Dream
Heidi's Alpine Dream

2022-10-30

Marthe Keller, du mur de Berlin à Hollywood
Marthe Keller, du mur de Berlin à Hollywood

2019-01-01

Bobby Deerfield
Bobby Deerfield

1977-09-29

Final Arrangements
Final Arrangements

2008-11-05

Dark Eyes
Dark Eyes

1987-02-01

Cortex
Cortex

2008-01-30

Pereira Declares
Pereira Declares

1995-04-06

Everybody Loves Jeanne
Everybody Loves Jeanne

2022-09-07

From Behind
From Behind

1999-04-28

Time of the Wolf
Time of the Wolf

2002-05-01

Joan Lui
Joan Lui

1985-12-25

Black Sunday
Black Sunday

1977-04-01

UV
UV

2007-05-30

Mars Express
Mars Express

2023-11-22

Page Eight
Page Eight

2011-08-28

Fedora
Fedora

1978-06-29

Fall of a Body
Fall of a Body

1973-09-28

Women
Women

1997-10-17

My Best Enemy
My Best Enemy

2011-02-16

The Giants
The Giants

2011-05-20

The School of Flesh
The School of Flesh

1998-11-18

The Devil by the Tail
The Devil by the Tail

1969-02-07

Down the Ancient Stairs
Down the Ancient Stairs

1975-10-17

The Old Maid
The Old Maid

1972-01-05

Nightsongs
Nightsongs

2004-02-11

La nourrice
La nourrice

2004-01-01

In a Rush
In a Rush

2012-05-19

And Now My Love
And Now My Love

1974-05-15

Miserere
Miserere

2013-06-26

Red Kiss
Red Kiss

1985-11-27

The Suburbs Are Everywhere
The Suburbs Are Everywhere

1973-02-22

The Missing Granddaughter
The Missing Granddaughter

2007-09-13

Mon amie Max
Mon amie Max

1994-11-01

One Life
One Life

2023-12-21

Seven Minutes
Seven Minutes

1989-10-18

Wilder Reiter GmbH
Wilder Reiter GmbH

1967-01-12

K
K

1997-08-27

The Violet Hour
The Violet Hour

2018-10-12

Bach rencontre Buxtehude
Bach rencontre Buxtehude

2010-03-03

Und nicht mehr Jessica
Und nicht mehr Jessica

1965-08-10

La Résidence
La Résidence

2011-05-24

Midnight Men - A John Schlesinger & Michael Childers Story
Midnight Men - A John Schlesinger & Michael Childers Story

Femmes de personne
Femmes de personne

1984-03-14

Give Her the Moon
Give Her the Moon

1970-02-25

The Hornet's Nest
The Hornet's Nest

1976-03-10

Der trojanische Krieg findet nicht statt
Der trojanische Krieg findet nicht statt

1964-06-03

Tödliches Geld
Tödliches Geld

1995-01-01

Jedermann
Jedermann

1983-01-01

Amnesia
Amnesia

2015-08-19

Tango
Tango

1970-07-07

After Love
After Love

2016-06-08

Pfeiffer
Pfeiffer

1967-04-02

Mein oder Dein
Mein oder Dein

1964-06-13

A Loser
A Loser

1972-04-18

La vie à l'envers
La vie à l'envers

2014-06-06

Par amour
Par amour

2003-05-14

Murder In The Auvergne Mountains
Murder In The Auvergne Mountains

2017-03-14

Homo Faber (Trois femmes)
Homo Faber (Trois femmes)

2015-01-24

Hereafter
Hereafter

2010-10-22

Sous un autre jour
Sous un autre jour

2009-11-27

Dans l'ombre du maître
Dans l'ombre du maître

2008-02-23

Fragile
Fragile

2006-02-08

Nuits blanches
Nuits blanches

1997-02-12

Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher

1993-01-01

Liberate mio figlio
Liberate mio figlio

1993-02-06

Im Kreis der Iris
Im Kreis der Iris

1993-01-01

Turbulences
Turbulences

1992-11-13

À deux pas du paradis
À deux pas du paradis

1992-04-19

Lapse of Memory
Lapse of Memory

1991-06-02

La Ruelle au clair de lune
La Ruelle au clair de lune

1988-11-10

Una vittoria (TV)
Una vittoria (TV)

1988-02-07

The Hospice
The Hospice

1987-01-01

Die Frau des Reporters
Die Frau des Reporters

1986-03-23

Der Platzanweiser
Der Platzanweiser

1983-06-18

L'aigle à deux têtes
L'aigle à deux têtes

1975-07-24

La veuve rusée
La veuve rusée

1969-01-01

Funeral in Berlin
Funeral in Berlin

1966-12-22

Corinne und der Seebär
Corinne und der Seebär

1966-11-18

Kein Freibrief für Mord
Kein Freibrief für Mord

1966-03-09

Mariana Pineda
Mariana Pineda

1965-04-03

Antiquitäten
Antiquitäten

1965-03-01

Tout va bien c'est Noël!
Tout va bien c'est Noël!

2001-12-24

P'pa je serai serrurier
P'pa je serai serrurier

1972-01-01

The Escape
The Escape

2018-04-25

Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder

2017-10-28

The Witness
The Witness

2019-01-17

Breath of Life
Breath of Life

2018-12-03

Jedermann Remixed
Jedermann Remixed

2011-07-31

Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora

2014-07-05

The Staggering Girl
The Staggering Girl

2019-05-17

Sing Me Back Home
Sing Me Back Home

2019-03-06

Unveiled
Unveiled

2018-09-15

The Holy Family
The Holy Family

2019-12-25

Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'

2001-08-28

The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People

1976-10-06

Modus Operandi
Modus Operandi

2008-03-05

My Little Sister
My Little Sister

2020-09-03

Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star
Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star

2020-04-25

The Right of the Maddest
The Right of the Maddest

1973-03-27

Miséricorde
Miséricorde

2016-12-11

My Wonderful Wanda
My Wonderful Wanda

2021-04-23