Marthe Keller
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 28, 1945 (age 81)
- Birthplace
- Basel, Switzerland
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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Filmography
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
Movie
Au nom du père
Movie
Un moment pour tout
Movie
The Amateur
Movie · as Florist
The Deal
TV · as Maria Cassini · 6 eps
Mars Express
Movie · as Beryl (voice)
One Life
Movie · as Betty Maxwell
Beau geste
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Heidi's Alpine Dream
Movie · as Johanna Spyri (voice)
Everybody Loves Jeanne
Movie · as Claudia, mère de Jeanne
Marie Antoinette
TV · as The Empress · 8 eps
My Wonderful Wanda
Movie · as Elsa
Morceaux de Cannes
Movie
My Little Sister
Movie · as Kathy
Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star
Movie · as Self
Marthe Keller, du mur de Berlin à Hollywood
Movie · as Herself
The Witness
Movie · as Judge D'Amici
The Staggering Girl
Movie · as Old Sofia
Sing Me Back Home
Movie · as Louise
The Holy Family
Movie · as La Mère
The Violet Hour
Movie · as Anushka
The Escape
Movie · as Anna
Breath of Life
Movie · as Mathilde Chaykine
Unveiled
Movie · as Isabelle
The Romanoffs
TV · as Anushka · 1 ep
Murder In The Auvergne Mountains
Movie · as Irène Volkov
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
Movie · as Self
After Love
Movie · as Christine
Miséricorde
Movie · as Gloria
Amnesia
Movie · as Martha Sagell
Homo Faber (Trois femmes)
Movie · as Hanna
La vie à l'envers
Movie · as Nina
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
Movie · as Self
Miserere
Movie · as Laura Bernheim
In a Rush
Movie · as Mina
Page Eight
Movie · as Leona Chew
My Best Enemy
Movie · as Hannah Kaufmann
The Giants
Movie · as Rosa
La Résidence
Movie · as Léa
Jedermann Remixed
Movie · as Buhlschaft (archive footage)
Bach rencontre Buxtehude
Movie · as Voix off
Hereafter
Movie · as Dr. Rousseau
Sous un autre jour
Movie · as Iréne
Final Arrangements
Movie · as Nickye
Cortex
Movie · as Carole Rothmann
Dans l'ombre du maître
Movie · as Maria
Modus Operandi
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Le Sanglot des anges
TV · as Eléonore · 4 eps
Chrysalis
Movie · as Professeur Brügen
UV
Movie · as Mother
The Missing Granddaughter
Movie · as Eva
La prophétie d'Avignon
TV · as Dona Flores · 8 eps
Fragile
Movie · as Emma
G&G - Gesichter und Geschichten
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Nightsongs
Movie · as Mutter
La Nourrice
Movie · as Mme Dumayet-Ponti
Par amour
Movie · as Nicole Doucet
Time of the Wolf
Movie · as Rebecca McGregor
Tout va bien c'est Noël!
Movie · as Jacqueline Bréaud
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Movie · as Self
From Behind
Movie · as Christina
The School of Flesh
Movie · as Madame Thorpe
Women
Movie · as Barbara
K
Movie · as Nora Winter
Nuits blanches
Movie · as Julia
Pereira Declares
Movie · as Mrs. Delgado
Tödliches Geld
Movie · as Beatrice Belmont
Belle Époque
TV · as Antoinette · 3 eps
Mon amie Max
Movie · as Catherine Mercier
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Movie · as Jeanne d'arc
Liberate mio figlio
Movie · as Elena
Im Kreis der Iris
Movie · as Marikka
Turbulences
Movie · as Hélène
À deux pas du paradis
Movie · as Eva Grundberg
Lapse of Memory
Movie · as Linda Farmer (Marie Carson)
Young Catherine
TV · as Johanna · 2 eps
Seven Minutes
Movie · as Frau Wagner
The Nightmare Years
TV · as Tess Shirer · 4 eps
La Ruelle au clair de lune
Movie · as Nelly (Helma Schleyer)
Una vittoria
TV · as Julie · 2 eps
Dark Eyes
Movie · as Tina
The Hospice
Movie · as Cecile
Die Frau des Reporters
Movie · as Esther
Joan Lui
Movie · as Judy Johnson
Red Kiss
Movie · as Bronka
Femmes de personne
Movie · as Cecile
Jedermann
Movie · as Buhlschaft
Der Platzanweiser
Movie
Wagner
TV · as Mathilde Wesendonck · 10 eps
The Charterhouse of Parma
TV · as Gina Sanseverina · 6 eps
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Amateur
Movie · as Elisabeth
The Formula
Movie · as Lisa
Fedora
Movie · as Fedora
Regie: Billy Wilder
Movie · as Self
Bobby Deerfield
Movie · as Lillian
Black Sunday
Movie · as Dahlia
Marathon Man
Movie · as Elsa Opel
The Hornet's Nest
Movie · as Melba
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
Movie · as Self
Down the Ancient Stairs
Movie · as Bianca
L'aigle à deux têtes
Movie · as La reine
Only the Wind Knows the Answer
Movie · as Angela Delpierre
And Now My Love
Movie · as Sarah / Her Mother / Her Grandmother
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Fall of a Body
Movie · as Marthe Renon
The Suburbs Are Everywhere
Movie · as Marlène Réval
The Right of the Maddest
Movie · as L'auto-stoppeuse
The Old Maid
Movie · as Vicka
A Loser
Movie · as Catherine
P'pa je serai serrurier
Movie · as (voice)
La Demoiselle d'Avignon
TV · as Koba Lye-Lye (Princesse de Kurlande) · 6 eps
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Midi trente
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Arsène Lupin
TV · as Natacha · 26 eps
Samedi soir
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Give Her the Moon
Movie · as Marie Panneton
Tango
Movie · as Aline
The Devil by the Tail
Movie · as Amélie, baronne de Coustines
La veuve rusée
Movie · as Rosaura
Wilder Reiter GmbH
Movie · as Nonne
Pfeiffer
Movie · as Marthe
Funeral in Berlin
Movie · as Brigit (uncredited)
Corinne und der Seebär
Movie · as Corinne
Kein Freibrief für Mord
Movie · as Christine Foster
Und nicht mehr Jessica
Movie · as Jessica Lovell
Mariana Pineda
Movie
Antiquitäten
Movie · as Junge Frau
Der trojanische Krieg findet nicht statt
Movie · as Der Friede
Mein oder Dein
Movie · as Jean
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep