Marthe Keller

Marthe Keller is the kind of European actress I find endlessly impressive. Born in Basel in 1945, she moves between stage, film, song and directing with a fluency few performers ever achieve. International audiences know her from Marathon Man and its Golden Globe nomination, but I am more struck by the long arc of honors behind her: a Swiss Film Award, the Legion of Honour, the Order of Arts and Letters. That cross-border respect is earned, not gifted. What I respect most is her sheer durability, still drawn to the stage well into her eighties.

Name (English)

Marthe Keller

Name (Japanese)

マルト・ケラー

Reading

まると・けらー

Born

January 28, 1945 (age 81)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rooster

Origin

Basel, Canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Occupation

actor / stage actor / singer / film actor / theatre director

Awards & achievements

• Swiss Film Award
• 2012 Knight of the Legion of Honour
• Officer of Arts and Letters

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marthe%20Keller
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B1%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116265

Tags

• Canton of Basel-Stadt
• actor
• stage actor
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.