
Actor
Marthe Keller
Born January 28, 1945 in Basel, Switzerland96 films
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.
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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.
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- 2025The AmateurFlorist
- 2023One LifeBetty Maxwell
- 2023Mars ExpressBeryl (voice)
- 2022Everybody Loves JeanneClaudia, mère de Jeanne
- 2021My Wonderful WandaElsa
- 2020My Little SisterKathy
- 2019The Holy FamilyLa Mère
- 2019The Staggering GirlOld Sofia
- 2019Sing Me Back HomeLouise
- 2019The WitnessJudge D'Amici
- 2018Breath of LifeMathilde Chaykine
- 2018The Violet HourAnushka
- 2018UnveiledIsabelle
- 2018The EscapeAnna
- 2017Murder In The Auvergne MountainsIrène Volkov
- 2016MiséricordeGloria
- 2016After LoveChristine
- 2015AmnesiaMartha Sagell
- 2015Homo Faber (Trois femmes)Hanna
- 2014La vie à l'enversNina
- 2013MiserereLaura Bernheim
- 2012In a RushMina
- 2011Page EightLeona Chew
- 2011La RésidenceLéa
- 2011The GiantsRosa
- 2011My Best EnemyHannah Kaufmann
- 2010HereafterDr. Rousseau
- 2009Sous un autre jourIréne
- 2008Final ArrangementsNickye
- 2008Dans l'ombre du maîtreMaria
- 2008CortexCarole Rothmann
- 2007The Missing GranddaughterEva
- 2007ChrysalisProfesseur Brügen
- 2007UVMother
- 2006FragileEmma
- 2004NightsongsMutter
- 2004La NourriceMme Dumayet-Ponti
- 2003Par amourNicole Doucet
- 2002Time of the WolfRebecca McGregor
- 2001Tout va bien c'est Noël!Jacqueline Bréaud
- 1999From BehindChristina
- 1998The School of FleshMadame Thorpe
- 1997WomenBarbara
- 1997KNora Winter
- 1997Nuits blanchesJulia
- 1995Pereira DeclaresMrs. Delgado
- 1995Tödliches GeldBeatrice Belmont
- 1994Mon amie MaxCatherine Mercier
- 1993Liberate mio figlioElena
- 1993Im Kreis der IrisMarikka
- 1993Jeanne d'Arc au bûcherJeanne d'arc
- 1992TurbulencesHélène
- 1992À deux pas du paradisEva Grundberg
- 1991Lapse of MemoryLinda Farmer (Marie Carson)
- 1989Seven MinutesFrau Wagner
- 1988La Ruelle au clair de luneNelly (Helma Schleyer)
- 1987Dark EyesTina
- 1987The HospiceCecile
- 1986Die Frau des ReportersEsther
- 1985Joan LuiJudy Johnson
- 1985Red KissBronka
- 1984Femmes de personneCecile
- 1983JedermannBuhlschaft
- 1981The AmateurElisabeth
- 1980The FormulaLisa
- 1978FedoraFedora
- 1977Bobby DeerfieldLillian
- 1977Black SundayDahlia
- 1976Marathon ManElsa Opel
- 1976The Hornet's NestMelba
- 1975Down the Ancient StairsBianca
- 1975L'aigle à deux têtesLa reine
- 1974Only the Wind Knows the AnswerAngela Delpierre
- 1974And Now My LoveSarah / Her Mother / Her Grandmother
- 1973Fall of a BodyMarthe Renon
- 1973The Right of the MaddestL'auto-stoppeuse
- 1973The Suburbs Are EverywhereMarlène Réval
- 1972A LoserCatherine
- 1972The Old MaidVicka
- 1972P'pa je serai serrurier(voice)
- 1970TangoAline
- 1970Give Her the MoonMarie Panneton
- 1969The Devil by the TailAmélie, baronne de Coustines
- 1969La veuve ruséeRosaura
- 1967PfeifferMarthe
- 1967Wilder Reiter GmbHNonne
- 1966Funeral in BerlinBrigit (uncredited)
- 1966Corinne und der SeebärCorinne
- 1966Kein Freibrief für MordChristine Foster
- 1965Und nicht mehr JessicaJessica Lovell
- 1965Mariana Pineda
- 1965AntiquitätenJunge Frau
- 1964Mein oder DeinJean
- 1964Der trojanische Krieg findet nicht stattDer Friede







