Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich in 1951
Born	Marie Magdalene Dietrich (1901-12-27)27 December 1901 Schöneberg, Berlin, Germany
Died	6 May 1992(1992-05-06) (aged 90) Paris, France
Resting place	Städtischer Friedhof III, Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1919–1984
Spouse(s)	Rudolf Sieber (married 1923–1976)
Children	Maria Riva
Relatives	John Michael Riva (grandson) Peter Riva (grandson)
Website	marlene.com

Marlene Dietrich IPA: [maɐˈleːnə ˈdiːtrɪç]; (27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German-American actress, singer and entertainer. She was thought to have been the first German actress to become successful in Hollywood.

In her long career, starting as a cabaret singer, chorus girl and movie actress in Berlin in the 1920s. She became a Hollywood movie star in the 1930s. She was a World War II entertainer at the front of war during the 1940s. Her final job was as an international theatre show performer from the 1950s to the 1970s. Dietrich became one of the most important movie icons of the 20th century. The American Film Institute ranked Dietrich No. 9 amongst the Greatest Female Stars of All Time.

Dietrich was bisexual. She became an American citizen in 1937.

Movies

• Im Schatten des Glücks (1919)
• Love Tragedy (1923)
• The Little Napoleon (1923)
• Man by the Wayside (1923)
• Leap Into Life (1924)
• Dance Mad (1925)
• The Bogus Baron (1926)
• Manon Lescaut (1926)
• Madame Doesn't Want Children (1926)
• A Modern DuBarry (1927)
• Chin Up, Charley! (1927)
• His Greatest Bluff (1927)
• Cafe Electric (1927)
• Princess Olala (1928)
• Dangers of the Engagement Period (1929)
• I Kiss Your Hand Madame (1929)
• The Woman One Longs For (1929)
• The Ship of Lost Men (1929)
• The Blue Angel (1930)
• Morocco (1930)
• Dishonored (1931)
• Shanghai Express (1932)
• Blonde Venus (1932)
• The Song of Songs (1933)
• The Scarlet Empress (1934)
• The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935) (short subject)
• The Devil is a Woman (1935)
• I Loved a Soldier (1936) (unfinished)
• Desire (1936)
• The Garden of Allah (1936)
• Knight Without Armour (1937)
• Angel (1937)
• Destry Rides Again (1939)
• Seven Sinners (1940)
• The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
• Manpower (1941)
• The Lady in Willing (1942)
• The Spoilers (1942)
• Pittsburgh (1942)
• Show Business at War (1943) (short subject)
• Follow the Boys (1944)
• Kismet (1944)
• Martin Roumagnac (1946)
• Golden Earrings (1947)
• A Foreign Affair (1948)
• Jigsaw (1949) (cameo)
• Stage Fright (1950)
• No Highway in the Sky (1951)
• Rancho Notorious (1952)
• The Monte Carlo Story (1956)
• Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) (cameo)
• Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
• Touch of Evil (1958)
• Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
• Black Fox: The True Story of Adolf Hitler (1962) (documentary) (narrator)
• Paris, When It Sizzles (1964) (cameo)
• An Evening With Marlene Dietrich (I Wish You Love) (1972) London concert film
• Just a Gigolo (1979)
• Marlene (1984) (documentary)

Other websites

• Official website Archived 1996-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Marlene Dietrich UK Website The Legendary, Lovely Marlene
• Marlene Dietrich at the Internet Broadway Database
• Marlene Dietrich on IMDb
• Marlene Dietrich at the TCM Movie Database
• Marlene Dietrich at the Notable Names Database
• LEGEND : Marlene Dietrich's concert career. Archived 2014-01-17 at the Wayback Machine
• The Hitmaker Archive of Dietrich's recordings associated with Burt Bacharach's musical direction Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
• "Lost Marlene Dietrich Love Poem to Ronald Reagan Found" Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
• Gay Great - Marlene Dietrich
• ABC Nightline (03/28/07): 'I Want to Kiss You Forever': Romance and Friendship Mix in Rare Dietrich, Hemingway Letters Set for First Public Viewing
• Marlene Dietrich's mascot dolls
• Marlene Dietrich Collection, Berlin (MDCB) Archived 2006-02-12 at the Wayback Machine