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Marthe Keller was born on January 28, 1945 in Basel, Switzerland. She 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 Theatre and the Berliner Ensemble.
Keller's earliest film appearances were in Funeral in Berlin (1966) (uncredited) and the German film Wilder Reiter GmbH (1967). She appeared in a series of French films in the 1970s, including Un cave (1972), La raison du plus fou (1973) and 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 an Arab terrorist who leads an attack on the Super Bowl in Black Sunday (1977). Keller also acted with William Holden in Billy Wilder's romance drama Fedora (1978). She appeared alongside Al Pacino in the auto racing film Bobby Deerfield (1977). Her later films included Oci ciornie (1987), with Marcello Mastroianni.
Keller has appeared in Europe and America in plays, directed opera and as a speaker on classical music in the last twenty years. For example, in 2001, Keller appeared in a Broadway adaptation of Abby Mann's play "Judgment at Nuremberg" as Mrs. Bertholt (the role played by Marlene Dietrich in the 1961 Stanley Kramer film version). She was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Featured Actress for this performance.
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 the oratorio "Jeanne d'Arc au Bûcher of Arthur Honegger" on several occasions, with conductors such as Seiji Ozawa and Kurt Masur. She has recorded the role for Deutsche Grammophon with Ozawa (DG 429 412-2). Keller has also recited the spoken role in Igor Stravinsky's "Perséphone". She has performed classical music melodramas for speaker and piano in recital. The Swiss composer Michael Jarrell wrote the melodrama "Cassandre", after the novel of Christa Wolf, for Keller, who gave 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. She has also directed "Lucia di Lammermoor" for the Washington National Opera and for the Los Angeles Opera. Her directorial debut at the Metropolitan Opera was in a 2004 production of "Don Giovanni". Keller has one son, Alexandre de Broca, from her relationship with director Philippe de Broca.- Naomi Krauss was born in 1967 in Basel, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for The International (2009), 8 Uhr 28 (2010) and Faraway (2023).
- Christian Kohlund was born on 17 August 1950 in Basel, Switzerland. He is an actor and director, known for Anna Maria - Eine Frau geht ihren Weg (1994), L'homme de Suez (1983) and La nouvelle malle des Indes (1981). He has been married to Elke Best since 1982. They have two children. He was previously married to Christine Buchegger and Sylvana Henriques.
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Simon Stone was born on 19 August 1984 in Basel, Kanton Basel Stadt, Switzerland. He is an actor and director, known for The Daughter (2015), The Dig (2021) and The Turning (2013).- Federer is the former #1 ranked tennis player in the world, having held the number one position for a record 237 consecutive weeks.
He won the Indesit ATP 2004 Race on September 14. The ATP confirmed that his lead was insurmountable, marking what is believed to be the earliest a player has locked up the year-end No. 1 position since the ATP Rankings were established in 1973.
He won his third Grand Slam title of the year at the U.S. Open. That was his 9th title of the year, his 16th since the beginning of 2003, his 19th career title. No other male player had ever won his first four Grand Slam finals.
He is considered to have the talent to be the best tennis player of all time. His fellow players have nicknamed him "The Natural."
He is the favorite tennis player of Anna Wintour, editor of American Vogue. She sometimes can be seen at his matches. He's frequently featured in American Vogue and once graced the cover of Men's Vogue.
He has appointed former American tennis player Paul Annacone as his coach. - Sabine Berg was born on 13 January 1958 in Basel, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom (1989), The Door (2009) and Tatort (1970).
- Sabrina Amali was born in 1992 in Basel, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Himmel, Herrgott, Sakrament (2023), Tatort (1970) and 4 Blocks (2017).
- Paolo Macchiarini is a Swiss-Italian thoracic surgeon and former regenerative medicine researcher who became known for research fraud and manipulative behavior. He has been convicted of research-related crimes in Italy (2020) and Sweden (2022, 2023). Macchiarini obtained his medical degree (equivalent to MD) at the Medical School of the University of Pisa (UniPi) in 1986 and a Master of Surgery in 1991. He performed three transplantations of synthetic tracheas coated with stem cells in 2011-12 at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. In November 2012, Macchiarini published an article in The Lancet describing the operation on the first patient.
- Sarah Spale was born on 7 December 1980 in Basel, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Needle Park Baby (2020), Wilder (2017) and Die Nachbarn von oben (2023). She has been married to Philip Spale since 2010. They have two children.
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Tim Fehlbaum was born in 1982 in Basel, Basel, Switzerland. He is a director and writer, known for The Colony (2021), Hell (2011) and September 5 (2024).- Actor
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László I. Kish was born on 24 March 1957 in Basel, Switzerland. He is an actor and director, known for The Seventh Scroll (1999), Freunde wie wir (1997) and Tatort (1970). He has been married to Ulrike Bliefert since 1990. They have one child.- Cinematographer
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Lukas Ettlin is a director and cinematographer, most well-known for his work on Black Sails, Lincoln Lawyer and Battle Los Angeles. He was born in Luzern, Switzerland and started his career as a teenager, remaking Back to the Future in German, shot for shot, VCR to VCR. After graduating from NYU film school, he won the ASC heritage award and started working as a cinematographer in music videos and commercials. After acclaimed short films like Rings, Genesis and Catastrophe and Fast Forward, he had his break through shooting Michael Bay's Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning and additional photography for Transformers. Following a successful career as a cinematographer, Lukas has become a prolific TV director, with shows like Power, Counterpart, Daredevil, Jack Ryan and Barkskins to his credit. He has also stepped up to the role of producing director on multiple seasons of Black Sails, See and 2020's The Old Man.- Charlotte Schwab was born on 17 December 1952 in Basel, Switzerland. She is an actress and publicist, known for Alarm für Cobra 11 - Einsatz für Team 2 (2003), Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996) and Kreuzfahrt ins Glück (2007). She is married to Sven-Eric Bechtolf. They have one child. She was previously married to Peter Simonischek.
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Since her graduation from the Drama Academy in Bern, Isabelle Stoffel has made a stunning international acting career. Born and raised in Switzerland, with German and Spanish as mother tongues, she has played with companies in Lucerne, Zurich, Basel and Bern, in Leuven (Belgium), Hamburg, Berlin, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro. She was one of the founders of Bern's Pantastica Productions group and is a long-standing member of Nico and the Navigators, a mime troupe based in Berlin. Apart from the stage, Isabelle can be seen in German and Spanish TV and cinema features more and more often, e.g. in Berlin Is in Germany (cinema, 2001), Aerzteteam Nord (TV, 2001), Sobre El Arco Iris (cinema, 2003), Hinter Gittern (TV, 2003/4), 1 Franco, 14 Pesetas (cinema, 2006), Invisibles (cinema, 2007). In January 2009 Isabelle is playing the main role in the the Spanish cinema feature El Consul De Sodoma, while performing the play Los Hermoso Viaje De Los Osos Panda at the theater La Cuarta Pared in Madrid.- Cinematographer
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Gabriel Lobos was born in 1975 in Basel, Kanton Basel Stadt, Switzerland. Gabriel is a cinematographer, known for Blue My Mind (2017), Servant (2019) and Chroma (2022).- Actor
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Helmut Förnbacher was born on 26 January 1936 in Basel, Switzerland. He is an actor and director, known for The Amorous Adventures of a Young Postman (1970), Youth (2015) and Schonzeit für Füchse (1966). He has been married to Kristina Nel since 1975.- Actor
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Born in Switzerland to a Dutch father and a Danish mother, Ian moved to the UK at a young age and has lived there ever since.
With the 2020 Covid lockdown giving him time to think about his future, Ian decided to join a local acting class, first taking online lessons via zoom and then in person when quarantine restrictions were lifted.
In July of that same year, Ian decided he was going to start looking for acting opportunities, and has been building his portfolio ever since.- Sandra Speichert was born on 22 January 1971 in Basel, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Rote Rosen (2006), Low Profile (1993) and No Taboo (2000).
- Noémi Besedes was born on 14 March 1980 in Basel, Switzerland. She is an actress, known for Homeland (2011), Men Do What They Can (2012) and Inglourious Basterds (2009).
- Elisabeth Müller was born on 18 July 1926 in Basel, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for The Power and the Prize (1956), Viktoria (1957) and Alle Tage ist kein Sonntag (1959). She was married to Kurt Grigoleit. She died on 11 December 2006 in Sempach, Kanton Luzern, Switzerland.
- Marc Benjamin was born on 15 April 1986 in Basel, Basel, Switzerland. He is an actor, known for Eddie the Eagle (2015), The Team (2015) and The Island (2020).
- Eléonore Hirt was born on 19 December 1919 in Basel, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for A Witch's Way of Love (1997), Comédie (1966) and Le journal (1979). She was married to Michel Piccoli and André Rouyer. She died on 27 January 2017 in Longjumeau, Essonne, France.
- Annemarie Düringer was born on 26 November 1925 in Basel, Switzerland. She was an actress, known for Veronika Voss (1982), The Devil Strikes at Night (1957) and Vor Sonnenuntergang (1956). She died on 26 November 2014 in Baden, Lower Austria, Austria.
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Dani Levy was born on 17 November 1957 in Basel, Switzerland. He is a director and writer, known for Go for Zucker (2004), Silent Night (1996) and Tatort (1970). He is married to Sabine Liedl. They have two children.- Stunts
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Petra grew up in Switzerland. When she was seven years old, she started to train and perform with the local youth Circus.
At age thirteen, the troupe was invited to Istanbul, Turkey, to unveil its annual representation. The engagement was a success and after this experience, Petra's interest in traveling and meeting different cultures was set in stone.
She focused on studying languages; French, English and Italian, followed by a two-year professional Movement & Theatre education at "Com-Art", a private school located in Zürich, Switzerland, which is modeled after Jacques Lecoq; Europe's Best- loved and most influential theatre teacher. Petra learned how to "package" her skills with diverse forms of visual expression, which proved to be key, when she continued her formation in Montréal, Canada, at the internationally renowned "L'Écôle Nationale de Cirque" - A Pioneer School for Circus Artists!
She specialized in "Cloudswing." With the assistance of her Russian coach she created an astounding and fearless act and was chosen to compete at the "International Acrobatic Festival of Wuqiao", in China, where she won the Bronze Lion.
Soon thereafter she was approached by talent scouts of "Cirque du Soleil" and was then signed for the three-year North American tour of "Quidam." Petra performed over one thousand shows.
Looking for a new challenge, Petra decided to move to Los Angeles and become a stuntwoman. Her debut in stunts was in Steven Spielberg's Minority Report (2002) starring Tom Cruise, when she's received a call from Stunt Coordinator and Second Unit Director Brian Smrz and was hired to perform in all scenes involving the giant flying truss; a 400-feet-long hydraulic traveling rig, set up on the Warner Brothers back lot.
Her stunt gear not yet unloaded from the trunk of her car, she interviewed for The Time Machine (2002) and booked her first role as a stunt actor; succeeding with embodying further parts requiring special skills, featured on a variety of television series and on the big screen.
Petra is equally enthusiastic when she is assigned to a stunt doubling undertaking! On Æon Flux (2005), for instance, Petra's regular "Day at the Office" consisted of being thrown through ladders onto walls or jumping from balconies and the likes, representing the character "Freya", portrayed by actress Caroline Chikezie. Additionally, before filming in Berlin began, Petra was hand- picked as a trainings partner for Charlize Theron to work on flexibility and Cirque-style fight choreography.
In 2009, Petra was honored by the "Taurus World Stunt Awards" with two nominations; "Best High Work" and "Best Overall Stunt By a Woman", stunt doubling for Rosario Dawson on Eagle Eye (2008).
Subsequently, The Celebrity and Stuntwomen's Awards "Diamond in the Raw" also simply known as "Action Icon Awards", selected her as a finalist in the "Stuntwoman of the Year" category!
In between working for Film and Television, Petra's passion for the Circus is still alive! Shows on the Cloudswing include the Spiderman Movie Premiere, Detroit's Auto Show headlining for Chrysler/ Jeep/ Dodge and at the Microsoft Global Sales Meeting at the Super-Dome in New Orleans, Petra soars above the crowd at a height of approximately 200 feet.
In 2019, a whole new type of position arises where all past job and life experience are put together: Petra accepts to be an international expert judge representing her native country Switzerland on Mark Burnett and Mike Darnell's first-of-its-kind global talent competition reality TV series The World's Best (2019), which was hosted by James Corden. The American judges were Drew Barrymore, Faith Hill and RuPaul.
Petra is an independent stuntwoman, actor and freelance performance artist. Based in Los Angeles, she's on a quest to pursue new forms of visual and emotional expression.