1. Marthe Keller was born on 28 January 1945 and is a Swiss actress.
14 Facts About Marthe Keller
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Marthe Keller is perhaps best known for her role in the film Marathon Man, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
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Marthe Keller changed to acting, and worked in Berlin at the Schiller Theater and the Berliner Ensemble.
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Marthe 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.
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Marthe Keller acted alongside William Holden in Billy Wilder's 1978 romantic drama Fedora.
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In 2001, Marthe 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.
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Marthe Keller was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Featured Actress for this performance.
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Marthe Keller has performed the speaking role of Joan of Arc in Arthur Honegger's oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au bucher on several occasions, with conductors such as Seiji Ozawa and Kurt Masur.
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Marthe Keller has recorded the role for Deutsche Grammophon with Ozawa.
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Marthe Keller has recited the spoken part in Igor Stravinsky's Persephone.
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Marthe Keller has performed classical music melodramas for speaker and piano in recital.
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The Swiss composer Michael Jarrell wrote the melodrama Cassandre, after Christa Wolf's novel, for Marthe Keller, who performed in the world premiere in 1994.
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Marthe Keller has directed Lucia di Lammermoor for Washington National Opera and for Los Angeles Opera.
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Marthe Keller dated director Claude Lelouch and actor Al Pacino.