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Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (/ m ɑːr ˈ l eɪ n ə ˈ d iː t r ɪ x /, German: [maʁˈleːnə ˈdiːtʁɪç] ⓘ; 27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German-born actress and singer whose career spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich performed on the stage and in silent films.
Marlene Dietrich (27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German and American actress and singer. In the 1920s, she acted on the Berlin stage and in silent films, making her film debut in 1922. She was propelled to international fame by director Josef von Sternberg, who cast her as Lola-Lola in The Blue Angel (1930).
Jun 29, 2017 · Marlene Dietrich, one of the iconic stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, dazzled with glamour. She embodied the kind of larger-than-life celebrity the silver screen adored.
Jun 19, 2017 · Marlene Dietrich on the SS Europa in Cherbourg, France (1933) — In 1933, the Paris chief of police warned that, if she wore trousers in Paris, she would be arrested.
One of the most popular film and music stars of the 1930s and 1940s, Marlene Dietrich was known for her fashionable style and diverse portrayals of women. She was a firm advocate for the American war effort, contributing much of her time, energy and musical talents to aid the troops.
Nov 8, 2017 · Twenty-nine years later, the actress graced the screen as a cabaret singer in Gary Cooper’s Morocco, before becoming an American citizen in 1939. With her feline grace and melancholy gaze, emphasized by her long lashes and the thin brows characteristic of the era, Marlene Dietrich was a femme fatale both in silk dresses and masculine suits.
Jun 17, 2003 · Having renounced Nazi Germany in the 1930s she became a US citizen in 1939 and she spent the last 17 years of her life, until her death in 1992 at the age of 90, in Paris. The exhibition runs from June 14 to October 14.
