Marthe Keller

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Marthe Keller (2016)

Marthe Keller (born January 28, 1945 in Basel ) is a Swiss actress .

Life

Keller received dance training from 1953 and made her debut as a dancer at the Stadttheater Basel in 1962 . After taking acting lessons in Munich, she performed in Heidelberg and at the Schillertheater in Berlin.

After a few roles on German television, Marthe Keller began her film career in France under the direction of Philippe de Broca and alongside Yves Montand in Pack the Tiger Fast by the Tail (1969). She played her first leading role in If only Marie wasn't so moody (1970). In addition, she continued to work in theater productions.

In 1975 she left France and went to Hollywood . In 1976 she starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in The Marathon Man , for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actress. In Black Sunday (1977) by John Frankenheimer she embodied a terrorist, in Fedora by Billy Wilder a reclusive film diva who is to be won over for a new film. After other roles in Hollywood, among others alongside Al Pacino in Bobby Deerfield (1977) and in Die Formel mit Marlon Brando , she has played mainly theater since the 1980s. a. From 1983 to 1986 the Buhlschaft im Jedermann next to Klaus Maria Brandauer at the Salzburg Festival , she also works in television productions .

In 2001 she was nominated for best actress for the US American Theater Prize Tony for her role as Mme. Berthold in the Broadway production of The Judgment of Nuremberg . In 2006 she received the Swiss Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Fragile . Since 1999 she has also directed several opera productions .

In 1971 their son Alexandre was born, his father was Philippe de Broca . At the beginning of 2012 Marthe Keller was raised by the French government to the rank of Knight of the French Legion of Honor . Until the eighties she was in a relationship with Al Pacino, with whom she lived together for seven years.

Filmography (selection)

literature

Web links

Commons : Marthe Keller  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SWISS FILMS: Fragile. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Swiss film award to "Mein Name ist Eugen". In: Swissinfo. January 18, 2006, accessed October 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Stefan Brändle: Marthe Keller: "I've always hidden more than shown". In: Aargauer Zeitung. Retrieved October 27, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Marthe Keller promue chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. In: letemps.ch. January 2, 2012, accessed January 3, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Urs Bühler: Marthe Keller in Locarno: “I didn't want anything, maybe that's the reason for my happiness”. In: nzz.de. August 3, 2018, accessed April 25, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Keller, Marthe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel , Canton of Basel-Stadt , Switzerland