Marthe Keller (born 28 January 1945) is a Swiss actress and opera
director. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film Marathon
Man (1976), which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination.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.Keller's earliest film appearances
were in Funeral in Berlin (1966, in which she was not credited) and
the German film Wilder Reiter GmbH [de] (1967). She appeared in a
series of French films in the 1970s, including Un cave [fr] (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.
director. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film Marathon
Man (1976), which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination.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.Keller's earliest film appearances
were in Funeral in Berlin (1966, in which she was not credited) and
the German film Wilder Reiter GmbH [de] (1967). She appeared in a
series of French films in the 1970s, including Un cave [fr] (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.
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