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Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

Birthday: 1901-12-27 | Place of Birth: Berlin, Germany

Marlene Dietrich was a German actress and singer. Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself. In 1920s Berlin, she acted on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola-Lola in The Blue Angel, directed by Josef von Sternberg, brought her international fame and a contract with Paramount Pictures in the US. Hollywood films such as Shanghai Express and Desire capitalized on her glamour and exotic looks, cementing her stardom and making her one of the highest paid actresses of the era. Dietrich became a US citizen in 1937; during World War II, she was a high-profile front-line entertainer. Although she still made occasional films in the post-war years, Dietrich spent most of the 1950s through the 1970s touring the world as a successful show performer. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth greatest female star of all time.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2019
Hollywood : la vie rêvée de Lana Turner

as    Self (archive footage)

2009
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood

as    Self (archive footage)

1984
Marlene

as    Herself (Voice)

1973
I Wish You Love

as    Herself

1965
Triumph Over Violence

as    Self (archive footage)

1961
Judgment at Nuremberg

as    Mrs. Bertholt

1957
Witness for the Prosecution

as    Christine

1956
Around the World in Eighty Days

as    Saloon Hostess

1952
Rancho Notorious

as    Altar Keane

1950
Stage Fright

as    Charlotte Inwood

1948
A Foreign Affair

as    Erika Von Schlüetow

1947
Golden Earrings

as    Lydia

1944
Kismet

as    Jamilla

1942
The Spoilers

as    Cherry Malotte

1942
The Lady Is Willing

as    Elizabeth Madden

1941
Manpower

as    Fay Duval

1940
Seven Sinners

as    Bijou

1939
Destry Rides Again

as    Frenchy

1937
Knight Without Armour

as    Countess Alexandra Vladinoff

1937
Angel

as    Maria 'Angel' Barker, aka Mrs. Brown

1936
The Garden of Allah

as    Domini Enfilden

1936
Desire

as    Madeleine de Beaupré

1935
The Devil Is a Woman

as    Concha Perez

1934
The Scarlet Empress

as    Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II

1932
Blonde Venus

as    Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones

1931
Dishonored

as    Magda / X27

1930
The Blue Angel

as    Lola Lola

1930
Morocco

as    Mademoiselle Amy Jolly

1929
The Ship of Lost Men

as    Ethel Marley

1927
Cafe Electric

as    Erni Göttlinger - ein flatterhaftes Mädchen