Marthe Keller
Marthe Keller | |
|---|---|
 Keller at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | 28 January 1945 Basel, Switzerland |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, opera director |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Partner | Philippe de Broca (1968–1972) |
| Children | 1 |
Marthe Keller (born 28 January 1945)[1] is a Swiss actress. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film Marathon Man (1976), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
Career
[edit]Early years
[edit]Keller 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 Theater and the Berliner Ensemble.[2]
Film work
[edit]Keller's earliest film appearances were in Funeral in Berlin (1966, in which she was not credited) 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 (1976) and her performance as a femme fatale Palestinian terrorist who leads an attack on the Super Bowl in Black Sunday (1977). Keller acted alongside Al Pacino in the 1977 romantic drama film Bobby Deerfield, based on Erich Maria Remarque's novel Heaven Has No Favorites, and subsequently the two were involved in a relationship. She also acted alongside William Holden in Billy Wilder's 1978 romantic drama Fedora.
After 1978, Keller did more work in European cinema than in Hollywood. Her later films include Dark Eyes (1987), with Marcello Mastroianni.[3]
In April 2016, she was announced as the president of the jury for the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
Theatre work
[edit]In 2001, Keller appeared in an all-star Broadway adaptation of Abby Mann's play Judgment at Nuremberg, directed by John Tillinger, as Mrs. Bertholt, in the role played by Marlene Dietrich in the 1961 Stanley Kramer film version.[5][6] She was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Featured Actress for this performance.
Opera work
[edit]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 Arthur Honegger's oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher on several occasions, with conductors such as Seiji Ozawa[7][8] and Kurt Masur.[9] 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.[10][11] She has performed classical music melodramas for speaker and piano in recital.[12] The Swiss composer Michael Jarrell wrote the melodrama Cassandre, after Christa Wolf's novel, for Keller, who performed in 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.[13] She has also directed Lucia di Lammermoor for Washington National Opera and for Los Angeles Opera.[14] Her directorial debut at the Metropolitan Opera was in a 2004 production of Don Giovanni.[15][16][17]
Personal life
[edit]Keller has one son, Alexandre (born 1972),[18] from her relationship with director Philippe de Broca.[19] She also dated director Claude Lelouch and actor Al Pacino.[20]
Theatre
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| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Peter Nichols | Michel Fagadau | Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse |
| 1979 | Three Sisters | Anton Chekhov | Lucian Pintilie | Théâtre de la Ville |
| 1982 | Emballage perdu | Vera Feyder | Nelly Borgeaud | Théâtre des Mathurins |
| 1983 | Exiles | James Joyce | Andreas Voutsinas | Théâtre Renaud-Barrault |
| 1983-86 | Jedermann | Hugo von Hofmannsthal | Ernst Haeussermann & Gernot Friedel | Salzburg Festival |
| 1984 | Betrayal | Harold Pinter | Sami Frey | Théâtre des Célestins |
| 1986 | Don Carlos | Friedrich Schiller | Michelle Marquais | Théâtre de la Ville |
| 1988 | Hamlet | William Shakespeare | Patrice Chéreau | Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers |
| 1997 | Kinkali | Arnaud Bedouet | Philippe Adrien | Théâtre national de la Colline |
| 2001 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Abby Mann | John Tillinger | Broadway theatre |
| 2008 | The Stronger | August Strindberg | Wadsworth | Arclight Theatre |
| 2011 | Jan Karski (mon nom est une fiction) | Yannick Haenel | Arthur Nauzyciel | Festival d'Avignon |
Films
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | The Trojan War Will Not Take Place | The Peace | Franz Josef Wild | TV film |
| His and Hers | Jean | Franz Josef Wild (2) | TV film | |
| 1965 | Antiquitäten | Young Lady | Marran Gosov | Short |
| Und nicht mehr Jessica | Jessica Lovell | Falk Harnack | TV film | |
| Mariana Pineda | Wilm ten Haaf | TV film | ||
| 1966 | Funeral in Berlin | Brigit | Guy Hamilton | |
| Kein Freibrief für Mord | Christine Foster | Karlheinz Bieber | TV film | |
| Corinne und der Seebär | Corinne | Thomas Engel | TV film | |
| 1967 | Wilder Reiter GmbH | The nun | Franz-Josef Spieker | Nominated – German Film Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Pfeiffer | Marthe | Marran Gosov (2) | Short | |
| 1969 | The Devil by the Tail | Amélie | Philippe de Broca | |
| 1970 | Les caprices de Marie | Marie Panneton | Philippe de Broca (2) | |
| 1972 | The Old Maid | Vicka | Jean-Pierre Blanc | |
| Un cave | Catherine | Gilles Grangier | ||
| P'pa je serai serrurier | The woman | Ulysse Laugier | Short | |
| 1973 | Elle court, elle court la banlieue | Marlène Réval | Gérard Pirès | |
| La raison du plus fou | The hitchhiker | François Reichenbach | ||
| La chute d'un corps | Marthe Renon | Michel Polac | ||
| 1974 | And Now My Love | Sarah & Rachel Stern | Claude Lelouch | |
| Only the Wind Knows the Answer | Angela Delpierre | Alfred Vohrer | ||
| 1975 | Down the Ancient Staircase | Bianca | Mauro Bolognini | |
| L'aigle à deux têtes | The Queen | Pierre Cavassilas | TV film | |
| 1976 | Marathon Man | Elsa Opel | John Schlesinger | Bambi Award for Best Actress – National Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture |
| Le guêpier | Melba | Roger Pigaut | ||
| 1977 | Black Sunday | Dahlia Iyad | John Frankenheimer | |
| Bobby Deerfield | Lillian | Sydney Pollack | ||
| 1978 | Fedora | Fedora / Antonia | Billy Wilder | |
| 1980 | The Formula | Lisa Spangler | John G. Avildsen | |
| 1981 | The Amateur | Elisabeth | Charles Jarrott | Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actress |
| 1983 | Der Platzanweiser | Peter Gehrig | ||
| Jedermann | Buhlschaft | C. Rainer Ecke | TV film | |
| 1984 | Femmes de personne | Cecile | Christopher Frank | |
| 1985 | Red Kiss | Bronka | Véra Belmont | |
| Joan Lui | Judy Johnson | Adriano Celentano | ||
| 1986 | Die Frau des Reporters | Esther | Heide Pils | TV film |
| 1987 | Dark Eyes | Tina | Nikita Mikhalkov | Nominated – David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress |
| The Hospice | Dominique Othenin-Girard | TV film | ||
| 1988 | La ruelle au clair de lune | Nelly | Édouard Molinaro | TV film |
| Una vittoria | Luigi Perelli | TV film | ||
| 1989 | Seven Minutes | Mrs. Wagner | Klaus Maria Brandauer | |
| 1991 | Lapse of Memory | Linda Farmer | Patrick Dewolf | |
| Young Catherine | Princess Johanna | Michael Anderson | TV film | |
| 1992 | Im Kreis der Iris | Marikka | Peter Patzak | TV film |
| Turbulences | Hélène | Élisabeth Rappeneau | TV film | |
| À deux pas du paradis | Eva Grundberg | Michel Vianey | TV film | |
| 1993 | Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher | Joan of Arc | Akio Jissoji | TV film |
| Liberate mio figlio | Elena | Roberto Malenotti | TV film | |
| 1994 | My Friend Max | Catherine Mercier | Michel Brault | |
| 1995 | Sostiene Pereira | Mrs. Delgado | Roberto Faenza | |
| Tödliches Geld | Beatrice Belmont | Detlef Rönfeldt | TV film | |
| 1997 | Women | Barbara | Luís Galvão Teles | |
| K | Nora Winter | Alexandre Arcady | ||
| Nuits blanches | Julia | Sophie Deflandre | ||
| 1998 | The School of Flesh | Madame Thorpe | Benoît Jacquot | |
| 1999 | Le derrière | Christina | Valérie Lemercier | |
| 2001 | Tout va bien c'est Noël ! | Jacqueline Bréaud | Laurent Dussaux | TV film |
| 2002 | Time of the Wolf | Rebecca McGregor | Rod Pridy | |
| 2003 | Par amour | Nicole Doucet | Alain Tasma | TV film Biarritz International Festival of Audiovisual – Best Actress Luchon International Film Festival – Best Actress |
| 2004 | Nightsongs | Mother | Romuald Karmakar | |
| La nourrice | Madame Dumayet-Ponti | Renaud Bertrand | TV film | |
| 2005 | Fragile | Emma | Laurent Nègre | Swiss Film Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role |
| 2007 | Chrysalis | Professor Brügen | Julien Leclercq | |
| UV | The mother | Gilles Paquet-Brenner | ||
| Dans l'ombre du maître | Maria | David Delrieux | TV film | |
| Le lien | Eva | Denis Malleval | TV film | |
| 2008 | Cortex | Carole Rothmann | Nicolas Boukhrief | |
| Bouquet final | Nickye | Michel Delgado | ||
| 2009 | Sous un autre jour | Iréne | Alain Tasma (2) | TV film |
| 2010 | Hereafter | Dr. Rousseau | Clint Eastwood | |
| 2011 | The Giants | Rosa | Bouli Lanners | |
| My Best Enemy | Hannah Kaufmann | Wolfgang Murnberger | ||
| Page Eight | Leona Chew | David Hare | TV film Nominated – Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | |
| La résidence | Léa | Laurent Jaoui | TV film | |
| 2012 | In a Rush | Mina | Louis-Do de Lencquesaing | |
| 2013 | The Mark of the Angels – Miserere | Laura Bernheim | Sylvain White | |
| 2014 | Homo Faber (Trois Femmes) | Hanna | Richard Dindo | |
| La vie à l'envers | Nina | Anne Giafferi | TV film | |
| 2015 | Amnesia | Martha Sagell | Barbet Schroeder | |
| 2016 | After Love | Christine | Joachim Lafosse | |
| 2017 | The Witness | Judge D'Amici | Mitko Panov | |
| Sources Vives | Irène Meyer | Bruno Bontzolakis | TV film | |
| The Escape | Anna | Dominic Savage | ||
| 2018 | Dévoilées | Isabelle | Jacob Berger | TV film |
| 2019 | The Staggering Girl | Sofia | Luca Guadagnino | Short film |
| 2023 | Mars Express | Beryl (voice) | Jérémie Périn |
TV series
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Arsène Lupin | Countess Natasha | Jean-Pierre Decourt | 3 episodes |
| 1972 | La demoiselle d'Avignon | Koba Lye-Lye | Michel Wyn | 6 episodes |
| 1982 | La certosa di Parma | Gina Sanseverina | Mauro Bolognini (2) | TV miniseries |
| 1983 | Wagner | Mathilde Wesendonck | Tony Palmer | TV miniseries |
| 1988 | Sueurs froides | Diane | Régis Wargnier | 1 episode |
| 1989 | The Nightmare Years | Tess Shirer | Anthony Page | TV miniseries |
| 1995 | Belle Époque | Antoinette | Gavin Millar | TV miniseries |
| 2007 | La prophétie d'Avignon | Dona Flores | David Delrieux (2) | TV miniseries |
| 2008 | Le sanglot des anges | Eléonore | Jacques Otmezguine | TV miniseries |
| 2018 | The Romanoffs | Anushka | Matthew Weiner | Episode: "The Violet Hour" |
| 2019 | Marie Antoinette | Pete Travis | TV series |
References
[edit]- ^ Rose, Mike (28 January 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for January 28, 2023 includes celebrities Ariel Winter, Will Poulter". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ Ellison, Cori (29 February 2004). "Reaching the Top of the Opera World by Accident". The New York Times.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (25 September 1987). "Dark Eyes, Comedy Based on Chekhov Tales". The New York Times.
- ^ "Un Certain Regard Jury 2016". Cannes Film Festival. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Weber, Bruce (27 March 2001). "On Evil and the Citizen, No Answers Are Easy". The New York Times.
- ^ Simon, John (9 April 2001). "Stoppard Unstoppered". New York.
- ^ Henahan, Donal (13 December 1984). "Honegger's Jeanne d'Arc". The New York Times.
- ^ Holland, Bernard (15 August 1989). "Joan of Arc at the Stake, A Honegger Extravaganza". The New York Times.
- ^ Oestrich, James R. (8 April 1994). "Masur's Jeanne d'Arc Gives Life to a Long-Ago Feminist". The New York Times.
- ^ Tommasini, Anthony (4 October 1999). "Masur and a Multitude Offer Seldom-Heard Stravinsky". The New York Times.
- ^ Schwartz, Lloyd (25 April 2003). "Winding down or revving up?". The Boston Phoenix. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
- ^ "Words of the Romantics, Accompanied by Piano". The New York Times. 23 March 1992.
- ^ Billington, Michael (6 August 1999). "A soulful martyrdom". The Guardian.
- ^ Kosman, Joshua (15 December 2003). "Netrebko's voice buoys L.A. Lucia". The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ^ Tommasini, Anthony (3 March 2004). "A Monster From Mozart, Oozing Seductive Charm". The New York Times.
- ^ Berheimer, Martin (3 March 2004). "Don Giovanni/Metropolitan Opera, New York". Financial Times.
- ^ Davis, Peter G. (22 March 2004). "Shaving Crème". New York.
- ^ Alexandre de Broca Bio
- ^ Schelbert, Leo (2014). Historical Dictionary of Switzerland. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 206. ISBN 9781442233522.
- ^ Grobel, Lawrence (2006). Al Pacino. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 1416955569.
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