Marthe Keller
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Film
The Amateur
Florist
2025
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten
Self
2005
Series
Spécial cinéma
Self
1974
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Series
Midi trente
Self
1972
Samedi soir
Self
1971
Series
Beau geste
Self
2023
Film
One Life
Betty Maxwell
2023
Series
Marie Antoinette
The Empress
2022
Series
The Romanoffs
Anushka
2018
Film
Hereafter
Dr. Rousseau
2010
Series
Arsène Lupin
Natacha
1971
Film
Marathon Man
Elsa Opel
1976
Film
Mars Express
Beryl (voice)
2023
Tödliches Geld
Beatrice Belmont
1995
Film
From Behind
Christina
1999
Par amour
Nicole Doucet
2003
Film
Fedora
Fedora
1978
Film
Page Eight
Leona Chew
2011
À deux pas du paradis
Eva Grundberg
1992
Film
Unveiled
Isabelle
2018
Film
Tout va bien c'est Noël!
Jacqueline Bréaud
2001
Film
In a Rush
Mina
2012
Series
The Deal
Maria Cassini
2025
Series
La prophétie d'Avignon
Dona Flores
2007
Film
Black Sunday
Dahlia
1977
Film
Funeral in Berlin
Brigit (uncredited)
1966
Series
The Charterhouse of Parma
Gina Sanseverina
1982
Series
La Demoiselle d'Avignon
Koba Lye-Lye (Princesse de Kurlande)
1972
Film
Fragile
Emma
2006
Series
Wagner
Mathilde Wesendonck
1983
Kein Freibrief für Mord
Christine Foster
1966
Film
The Amateur
Elisabeth
1981
Film
The Formula
Lisa
1980
Film
Homo Faber (Trois femmes)
Hanna
2015
Belle Époque
Antoinette
1995
Series
Young Catherine
Johanna
1991
Film
Seven Minutes
Frau Wagner
1989
Film
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
Una vittoria (TV)
Julie
1988
Film
Bobby Deerfield
Lillian
1977
Film
The Escape
Anna
2018
Film
Red Kiss
Bronka
1985
Film
After Love
Christine
2016
Film
Dark Eyes
Tina
1987
Film
Heidi's Alpine Dream
Johanna Spyri (voice)
2022
Film
The Missing Granddaughter
Eva
2007
Film
The Staggering Girl
Old Sofia
2019
L'aigle à deux têtes
La reine
1975
Film
Give Her the Moon
Marie Panneton
1970
Dans l'ombre du maître
Maria
2008
Film
Miserere
Laura Bernheim
2013
Liberate mio figlio
Elena
1993
Film
The Old Maid
Vicka
1972
Series
The Nightmare Years
Tess Shirer
1989
Film
Chrysalis
Professeur Brügen
2007
Film
UV
Mother
2007
Film
Down the Ancient Stairs
Bianca
1975
Film
Nuits blanches
Julia
1997
Film
The Hospice
Cecile
1987
Tango
Aline
1970
Film
My Wonderful Wanda
Elsa
2021
Film
Everybody Loves Jeanne
Claudia, mère de Jeanne
2022
Film
The Hornet's Nest
Melba
1976
Film
Amnesia
Martha Sagell
2015
Und nicht mehr Jessica
Jessica Lovell
1965
Film
The Devil by the Tail
Amélie, baronne de Coustines
1969
Mein oder Dein
Jean
1964
Series
Le Sanglot des anges
Eléonore
2008
Film
Time of the Wolf
Rebecca McGregor
2002
Film
Pereira Declares
Mrs. Delgado
1995
Film
My Best Enemy
Hannah Kaufmann
2011
Film
The School of Flesh
Madame Thorpe
1998
Der Platzanweiser
1983
Turbulences
Hélène
1992
Film
Femmes de personne
Cecile
1984
Film
My Little Sister
Kathy
2020
Film
The Holy Family
La Mère
2019
Film
Cortex
Carole Rothmann
2008
Film
Die Frau des Reporters
Esther
1986
Film
Final Arrangements
Nickye
2008
Film
Only the Wind Knows the Answer
Angela Delpierre
1974
Film
Sing Me Back Home
Louise
2019
Film
Mon amie Max
Catherine Mercier
1994
Film
And Now My Love
Sarah / Her Mother / Her Grandmother
1974
Regie: Billy Wilder
Self
1978
Mariana Pineda
1965
Film
The Suburbs Are Everywhere
Marlène Réval
1973
Film
The Right of the Maddest
L'auto-stoppeuse
1973
Film
Joan Lui
Judy Johnson
1985
Film
Breath of Life
Mathilde Chaykine
2018
Pfeiffer
Marthe
1967
Film
Lapse of Memory
Linda Farmer (Marie Carson)
1991
Film
Al Pacino: The Reluctant Star
Self
2020
Film
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
Self
2017
The Violet Hour
Anushka
2018
Film
Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man'
Self
2001
Film
La Ruelle au clair de lune
Nelly (Helma Schleyer)
1988
Film
Women
Barbara
1997
Film
Murder In The Auvergne Mountains
Irène Volkov
2017
Film
La Nourrice
Mme Dumayet-Ponti
2004
Film
The Witness
Judge D'Amici
2019
Film
The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People
Self
1976
Film
K
Nora Winter
1997
La veuve rusée
Rosaura
1969
Im Kreis der Iris
Marikka
1993
Film
The Giants
Rosa
2011
Film
Wilder Reiter GmbH
Nonne
1967
Corinne und der Seebär
Corinne
1966
Film
Midnight Men: A John Schlesinger and Michael Childers Story
Film
La vie à l'envers
Nina
2014
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
Self
2014
Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher
Jeanne d'arc
1993
Film
Fall of a Body
Marthe Renon
1973
La Résidence
Léa
2011
P'pa je serai serrurier
(voice)
1972
Film
Jedermann Remixed
Buhlschaft (archive footage)
2011
Film
Miséricorde
Gloria
2016
Film
Sous un autre jour
Iréne
2009
Film
Modus Operandi
Narrator (voice)
2008
Film
A Loser
Catherine
1972
Jedermann
Buhlschaft
1983
Film
Nightsongs
Mutter
2004
Der trojanische Krieg findet nicht statt
Der Friede
1964
Film
Bach rencontre Buxtehude
Voix off
2010
Antiquitäten
Junge Frau
1965
Film
Marthe Keller, du mur de Berlin à Hollywood
Herself
2019