Marlene dietrich the life
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One of the most popular film and music stars of the s and s, 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.
Marie Magdalene “Marlene” Dietrich was born on December 27, in Berlin, Germany. In her youth, her family’s nickname for her was “Lena”. When she was a small child, her father, Louis Otto Dietrich, a former military officer turned imperial police lieutenant died, leaving her mother a widow with two small children. A few years later, Dietrich’s mother married her husband’s best friend Eduard von Losch. He was killed in World War I.
Dietrich was raised in a middle-class family in Germany. Before entering school, Dietrich and her older sister, Liesel, were tutored at home, learning French, English, ballet, violin, and piano. The two sisters attended the Augusta Victoria School for Girls and continued to have pri
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Marlene Dietrich
German and American actress (–)
"Marie Dietrich" redirects here. For the German soprano, see Marie Dietrich (soprano). For the Black Midi song, see Cavalcade (Black Midi album).
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich[4] (, German:[maʁˈleːnəˈdiːtʁɪç]ⓘ; 27 December – 6 May )[5] was a German and American actress and singer whose career spanned nearly sju decades.[6]
In s Berlin, Dietrich performed on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola Lola in Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel () brought her international acclaim and a contract with Paramount Pictures. She starred in many Hollywood films, including six iconic roles directed by Sternberg: Morocco () (her only Academy Award nomination), Dishonored (), Shanghai Express and Blonde Venus (both ), The Scarlet Empress (), The Devil Is a Woman (). She successfully traded on her glamorous persona and exotic looks, and became one of the era's
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Marlene Dietrich: The Life
By Maria Riva
"Gossipy, elaborately detailed, and greatly entertaining. Riva leaves no sequin unturned."—The New York Times
"Riva has a remarkable good eye. [Her book] completes the portrait of Marlene Dietrich."—The Baltimore Sun
"Entertaining. The Dietrich image remains fabulous."—The Independent, London
"Dietrich has remained, in the public mind, an alluring legend. What remains when the myth fryst vatten stripped away? Dietrich wanted her daughter to write her biography. [It is] the only biography to rely on her diaries and letters."—People
The 25th anniversary edition of the landmark biography that tells the full-scale, riveting, and untold story of Marlene Dietrich.
Wildly entertaining, Maria Riva reveals the rich life of her mother in vivid detail, evoking Dietrich the woman, her legendary career, and her world. Opening with Dietrich's childhood in Berlin, we meet an energetic, disciplined, and ambitious young actress, whose own mother