Marlene Dietrich

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Recent Role:
Herself (on Film) on The DuPont Show of the Week
Gender:
Female
Born:
12-27-1901
Died:
5-6-1992 (Kidney Failure)
Birthplace:
Schöneberg, Germany
Birth Name:
Marie Magdalena Dietrich von Losch
AKA:
Lili Marlene
Marlene Dietrich was on December 27, 1901 in Schöneberg, a district of Berlin, Germany. Marlene was a German-born American actress, singer, and entertainer. She was the first German actress to become successful in Hollywood. She was the youngest of two daughters, in fact she had a sister (Elisabeth) that was a year older than her. Marlene's mother was from a well-to-do Berlin family who owned a clockmaking firm and her father,who died in 1907, was a police lieutenant. Marlene attended the Auguste Victoria School for Girls from 1906 - 1918 where she studied the violin and became interested in… More theatre and poetry. Her dreams of becoming a concert violinist were cut short when she injured her wrist. By the late 1920s, she was playing sizable parts on screen films like: Café Electric (1927), Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame (1928) and Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen (1929). Marlene then moved to the U.S. on contract to Paramount. In the U.S. had a wonderful career; she starred in a lot of movies and became the star we all are still loving. She died on 6 May 1992.

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    I like Marlene Dietrich a lot.. I like her because I love all the cl*ssic old movies. I first noticed her in a Hitchcock movie "Stage Fright" in 1950. I remeber that the first thing that jumped into my mind was that she was so different from all the other Movie-blondie star at the time. I would say that she was very nonconformist, and I liked her since that moment for this reason. Don't get me wrong I also like Marilyn Monroe Doris Day and especially (I personally LOVE) Grace kelly(who are the icons of that time) but I admire Marlene for having the guts to be that different.

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