Where Are They Now - February 7, 2014

Hello fans,

Thanks to readers for writing in with celebrity suggestions. Please continue to send me people that you would like to see in future editions of Where Are They Now! It's time to vote in the new poll. Here are your choices:

Gogi Grant - American singer, "The Wayward Wind"
Fred Dalton Thompson - Law & Order
Michael T. Weiss - Days of Our Lives, The Pretender
Geneviève Bujold - Dead Ringers, Coma, Earthquake
Duane Martin - Deliver Us from Eva, Any Given Sunday, All of Us

To vote, visit: Where Are They Now Archives

This week, we are catching up with actress Marthe Keller, who is known for acting in both American and European cinema. Let's find out what she is up to these days!

Take care,
Melissa

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Vic Damone: Singer; hits include "You're Breaking My Heart" (1949), "On the Street Where You Live" (1956).

Marvin Hamlisch: Songwriter; hits include "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows" (1965), "The Way We Were" (1973), "The Entertainer" (1974), "What I Did For Love" (1975), and "Nobody Does It Better" (1977).

Frank Gorshin: Actor and impressionist; "Batman" (The Riddler, 1966-68).

(Answer at the bottom)
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Marthe Keller
Learn More About Marthe Keller on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: January 28, 1945, Basel, Switzerland

CLAIM TO FAME: Her most famous American film roles include Marathon Man, Black Sunday and Bobby Deerfield.

FAMILY LIFE: She has a son, Alexandre (born 1971), from her relationship with Philippe de Broca.

INFO: Some of Keller's early acting credits include Funeral in Berlin (1966, uncredited) and the German film Wilder Reiter GmbH (1967). In the 1970s, she appeared in the French films Un cave (1971), La raison du plus fou (1973) and Toute une vie (And Now My Love, 1974).

In American cinema, she is best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance as Dustin Hoffman's girlfriend in Marathon Man and her performance in Black Sunday.

She appeared with William Holden in the 1978 Billy Wilder film Fedora and alongside Al Pacino in the auto racing film Bobby Deerfield. Keller has since worked more steadily in European cinema. In addition, she appeared in a Broadway adaptation of Abby Mann's play Judgment at Nuremberg as Mrs. Bertholt. This performance earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress.

Keller has also worked 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. She also recorded the role for Deutsche Grammophon with Ozawa, recited the spoken part in Igor Stravinsky's Perséphone and performed classic music melodramas for speaker and piano in recital.

Her first production as opera director was Dialogues des Carmélites, for Opéra National du Rhin, in 1999. She has directed Lucia di Lammermoor for Washington National Opera and for Los Angeles Opera, and directed a 2004 production of Dio Giovanni at the Metropolitan Opera.

TRIVIA: Studied ballet as a child, but stopped after a skiing accident at age 16.

Modeled to pay the rent while studying to become an actress.

Received formal training at the Stanislavsky School in Munich.

Has been directing operas since 1999.

Was nominated for Broadway's 2001 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "Judgment at Nuremberg."

WHERE IS SHE NOW: Keller still continues to have occasional acting roles in European cinema. In 2013, she appeared in the French thriller La marque des anges - Miserere. In 2012, she appeared in the comedy In a Rush.

In 2011, Keller played Leona Chew in the TV movie Page Eight and portrayed Lea in the TV movie La residence. Additionally, she appeared in the French film The Giants ("Les géants") as well as the German film My Best Enemy ("Mein bester Feind").

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CREDITS:

2013 La marque des anges - Miserere...Laura Bernheim

2012 In a Rush...Mina

2011 Page Eight (TV Movie)...Leona Chew

2011 La résidence (TV Movie)...Léa

2011 The Giants...Rosa

2011 My Best Enemy...Hannah Kaufmann

2010 Hereafter...Dr. Rousseau

2009 Sous un autre jour (TV Movie)...Iréne

2008 Bouquet final...Nickye

2008 Le sanglot des anges (TV Mini-Series)...Eléonore

2008 Cortex...Carole Rothmann

2007 The Avignon Prophecy (TV Mini-Series)...Dona Flores

2007 Le lien (TV Movie)...Eva

2007/I Chrysalis...Professeur Brügen

2007 UV...La mère

2007 Dans l'ombre du maître (TV Movie)...Maria

2005/II Fragile...Emma

2004 Nightsongs...Mutter

2004 La nourrice (TV Movie)...Mme Dumayet-Ponti

2003 Par amour (TV Movie)...Nicole Doucet

2002 The Boy from Wolf Mountain...Rebecca McGregor

2001 Tout va bien c'est Noël! (TV Movie)...Jacqueline Bréaud

1999 Le derrière...Christina

1998 The School of Flesh...Madame Thorpe

1997 Elles...Barbara

1997 K...Nora Winter

1996 Nuits blanches...Julia

1995 Family of Lies (TV Movie)...Beatrice Belmont

1995 Belle Époque (TV Mini-Series)...Antoinette

1995 According to Pereira...Mrs. Delgado

1994 Mon amie Max...Catherine Mercier

1993 Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher (TV Movie)...Jeanne d'Arc

1993 Liberate mio figlio (TV Movie)...Elena

1992 Im Kreis der Iris (TV Movie)...Marikka

1992 Turbulences (TV Movie)...Hélène

1992 À deux pas du paradis (TV Movie)...Eva Grundberg

1992 Lapse of Memory...Linda Farmer (Marie Carson)

1991 Young Catherine (TV Movie)...Johanna

1989 Seven Minutes

1989 The Nightmare Years (TV Mini-Series)...Tess Shirer

1988 La ruelle au clair de lune (TV Movie)...Nelly (Helma Schleyer)

1988 Sueurs froides (TV Series)...Diane
Louis-Charles, mon amour (1988)

1988 Una vittoria (TV Mini-Series)

1987 The Hospice (TV Movie)

1987 Dark Eyes...Tina, Romano's Mistress

1986 Die Frau des Reporters (TV Movie)...Esther

1985 Joan Lui - ma un giorno nel paese arrivo io di lunedì...Judy Johnson

1985 Red Kiss...Bronka

1984 Femmes de personne...Cecile

1983 Jedermann (TV Movie)...Buhlschaft

1983 Wagner (TV Series)...Mathilde Wesendonck

1983 Der Platzanweiser

1982 The Charterhouse of Parma (TV Mini-Series)...Gina Sanseverina

1981 The Amateur...Elisabeth

1980 The Formula...Lisa Spangler

1978 Fedora...Fedora / Antonia Sobryanski

1977 Bobby Deerfield...Lillian

1977 Black Sunday...Dahlia

1976 Marathon Man...Elsa

1976 The Hornet's Nest...Melba

1975 Down the Ancient Stairs...Bianca

1975 L'aigle à deux têtes (TV Movie)...La reine

1974 Only the Wind Knows the Answer...Angela Delpierre

1974 And Now My Love...Sarah / Her Mother / Her Grandmother

1973 Fall of a Body...Marthe Renon

1973 The Right of the Maddest...L'auto-stoppeuse

1973 The Suburbs Are Everywhere...Marlène Réval

1972 A Loser...Catherine

1972 La demoiselle d'Avignon (TV Series)...Koba Lye-Lye

1972 The Old Maid...Vicka

1971 Arsène Lupin (TV Series)...La Comtesse Natasha

1970 Give Her the Moon...Marie Panneton

1969 The Devil by the Tail...Amélie (La jeune baronne)

1967 Pfeiffer (Short)...Marthe

1967 Wild Rider Ltd...Nonne

1966 Funeral in Berlin...Brigit (uncredited)

1966 Corinne und der Seebär (TV Movie)...Corinne

1966 Kein Freibrief für Mord (TV Movie)...Christine Foster

1965 Und nicht mehr Jessica (TV Movie)...Jessica Lovell

1965 Mariana Pineda (TV Movie)

1965 Antiquitäten (Short)...Junge Frau

1964 Mein oder Dein (TV Movie)...Jean

1964 Der trojanische Krieg findet nicht statt (TV Movie)...Der Friede

To see Then & Now pictures of Marthe Keller, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Vic Damone - ALIVE
Born: 6/12/1928

Marvin Hamlisch - DEAD (Brief illness)
Born: 6/2/1944 Died: 8/6/2012

Frank Gorshin - DEAD (Lung cancer and emphysema)
Born: 4/5/1933 Died: 5/17/2005

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
2/4
Stefan Stoica, 37, Romanian politician, Senator (2012-2014), cancer.

2/3
Rosendo Alvarez Gaston, 87, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jaca (1984-1989) and Almeria (1989-2002).
Richard Bull, 89, American actor (Little House on the Prairie), natural causes.
Oscar Gonzalez, 23, Mexican super bantamweight and featherweight boxer, injuries sustained in bout.
Mircea Grosaru, 61, Romanian politician, MP (2000-2014) and jurist, cardiac arrest.
Max Howell, 86, Australian educator and rugby union player, cancer.
Joan Mondale, 83, American arts advocate, Second Lady of the United States (1977-1981).
Barry Rubin, 64, American-born Israeli academic and writer, cancer.

2/2
Gerd Albrecht, 78, German conductor, chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic (1993-1996).
Tommy Aquino, 21, American motorcycle racer, training collision.
Karl Erik Bohn, 48, Norwegian teacher, team handball player and coach, leukemia.
Keith Bradshaw, 74, Welsh rugby union player.
Bunny Rugs, 65, Jamaican reggae musician (Third World).
Eduardo Coutinho, 80, Brazilian film director, stabbed.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, 46, American actor (Capote, The Master, Doubt) and producer, winner of Academy Award for Best Actor (2005), suspected heroin overdose.
J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, 83, Nigerian photographer Sibusiso Isaac Papa, 26, South African football player, traffic collision.
Luis Raul, 51, American Puerto Rican actor and comedian, bilateral pneumonia.
Yves Ryan, 85, Canadian politician, Mayor of Montreal North (1963-2001), heart disease.
Alfredo Sinclair, 98, Panamanian artist, heart failure.
Nigel Walker, 54, English footballer.

2/1
Floyd Adams, Jr., 68, American politician, Mayor of Savannah, Georgia (1996-2003).
Luis Aragones, 75, Spanish football player and manager.
Prospero Nale Arellano, 77, Philippine Roman Catholic prelate, Prelate of Libmanan (1989-2008).
Elisabetta Barbato, 92, Italian soprano.
Tony Hateley, 72, English footballer.
Jozsef Kokeny, 73, Hungarian football player.
Murry, 64, Indonesian drummer (Koes Plus).
Vasily Ivanovich Petrov, 97, Russian military officer, Marshal of the Soviet Union.
Dave Power, 85, Australian Olympic bronze-medalist athlete (1960).
Rene Ricard, 67, American poet, painter, and art critic, cancer.
Maximilian Schell, 83, Austrian-Swiss actor (Judgment at Nuremberg), winner of Academy Award for Best Actor (1961), pneumonia.
Gordon Zacks, 80, American businessman and presidential advisor, cancer.

1/31
Adegboyega Folaranmi Adedoyin, 91, Nigerian-born British Olympic athlete (1948).
Nina Andrycz, 101, Polish actress and poet.
Deborah Blackwell, 63, American cable network executive (SOAPnet) and talent agent, Pick's disease.
Francis M. Fesmire, 54, American cardiologist and emergency physician.
Anna Gordy Gaye, 92, American songwriter ("Baby, I'm for Real"), co-founder of Anna Records, natural causes.
Leonard Hirshan, 86, American talent agent (William Morris Agency), Merkel cell carcinoma.
Abdirizak Haji Hussein, 89, Somali politician, Prime Minister (1964-1967).
Alexander Ivashkin, 65, Russian cellist, cancer.
Miklos Jancso, 92, Hungarian director and screenwriter.
Christopher Jones, 72, American actor (The Legend of Jesse James, Ryan's Daughter, The Looking Glass War), complications from cancer.
Giorgio Stracquadanio, 54, Italian politician and journalist, lung cancer.
Wong Choon Wah, 66, Malaysian Olympic footballer (1972).

1/30
Jean Babilee, 90, French dancer and choreographer.
Stefan Baluk, 100, Polish general and photographer.
Danielle Downey, 33, American golfer and coach, traffic collision.
Felix Grande, 76, Spanish poet and musicologist, pancreatic cancer.
The Mighty Hannibal, 74, American R&B, soul and funk singer, songwriter and record producer.
Mr Tiz, 29, New Zealand racehorse.
Marioara Murarescu, 66, Romanian television producer (TVR1), cancer.
Benedict John Osta, 82, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Patna (1980-2007).
Cornelius Pasichny, 86, Canadian Ukrainian Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Saskatoon (1996-1998) and Toronto (1998-2003).
Arthur Rankin, Jr., 89, American director, producer and writer, co-founder of Rankin/Bass Productions.
Suzanne Scotchmer, 64, American economist.
Bishwonath Upadhyaya, 83, Nepalese judge and jurist, Chief Justice (1991-1995), brain haemorrhage.

1/29
Johnny Allen, 96, American music arranger (Shaft), complications from pneumonia.
Biko, 30, American Olympic eventing horse (1996), euthanized.
John Carty, 63, Irish politician, TD for Mayo (2002-2007), Senator (2007-2011).
Francois Cavanna, 90, French author and satirical newspaper editor.
Colonel Meow, 2, American Himalayan-Persian cat, Guinness world record for longest fur.
Lars Andreas Larssen, 78, Norwegian actor, Alzheimer's disease.
Jim Mansfield, 74, Irish businessman.
Theodore Millon, 85, American psychologist, heart disease.
Aiche Nana, 77, Turkish showgirl and actress.
Robert Resnick, 91, American physicist, educator and author.
Ildefonso P. Santos, Jr., Filipino landscape architect.
Tarit Kumar Sett, 83, Indian Olympic cyclist (1952).
Piers Wedgwood, 4th Baron Wedgwood, 59, British aristocrat, cardiac failure.