Marlene Dietrich IPA: [maɐˈleːnə ˈdiːtrɪç]; (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) was a German-born actress, singer, and entertainer. She is regarded as being the first German actress to become successful in Hollywood.
Throughout her long career, starting as a cabaret singer, chorus girl and film actress in 1920s Berlin, Hollywood movie star in the 1930s, World War II frontline entertainer during the 1940s, and finally as an international stage show performer from the 1950s to the 1970s, Dietrich constantly re-invented herself and eventually became one of the entertainment icons of the 20th century. The American Film Institute ranked Dietrich No. 9 amongst the Greatest Female Stars of All Time.
She was born Marie Magdalene Dietrich in Schöneberg, a district of Berlin, Germany to Louis Erich Otto Dietrich and Wilhelmina Elisabeth Josephine Dietrich (née Felsing) on December 27, 1901. Dietrich had an older sister called Elisabeth. Nicknamed "Lena" within the family, she contracted her two...
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