Marthe Keller

**Bertrand57** · November 7th, 2010, 07:14 PM

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.

**Wendigo** · November 7th, 2010, 07:43 PM

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445715/

Here's a few photos

**george anson** · January 21st, 2011, 06:29 PM

**Mr Bond** · March 31st, 2011, 05:48 PM

**Moon Raker** · June 24th, 2011, 11:06 AM

Here is a clip of the pert-nippled Swiss babe Marthe Keller getting her kit off in a scene from the 1976 movie 'Marathon Man'.

**Fabrizio** · June 26th, 2011, 04:19 PM

**beutelwolf** · September 19th, 2012, 06:36 PM

A few screen caps, from Femmes de personne and Per le antiche scale

**addi1305** · March 4th, 2013, 08:18 PM

aka: Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind (Germany)

**tomesing** · March 16th, 2014, 09:24 PM

In "Praline" No.25 1986

tomesing

**span4f** · September 25th, 2014, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Fabrizio

Marthe Keller in Fedora (1978)

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November 7th, 2010, 07:14 PM	#1
Bertrand57 Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 4,391 Thanks: 3,019 Thanked 132,542 Times in 5,322 Posts	Marthe Keller 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. Last edited by Sam Spade; November 7th, 2010 at 07:49 PM.. Reason: Added image

November 7th, 2010, 07:43 PM	#2
Wendigo Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 113,905 Thanks: 260,011 Thanked 1,140,609 Times in 114,027 Posts	http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445715/ Here's a few photos Last edited by Wendigo; January 2nd, 2017 at 07:49 PM.. Reason: re-upped all

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June 24th, 2011, 11:06 AM	#5
Moon Raker Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: UK Posts: 11,784 Thanks: 8,948 Thanked 231,273 Times in 12,003 Posts	Marthe Keller - 'Marathon Man' Here is a clip of the pert-nippled Swiss babe Marthe Keller getting her kit off in a scene from the 1976 movie 'Marathon Man'. Last edited by Wendigo; November 24th, 2019 at 02:41 PM.. Reason: removed dead links

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