Marlene Dietrich
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German actress and singer Born December 27, 1901 in Berlin-Schöneberg, German Empire Died May 6, 1992 in Paris, France. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich performed on stage and in silent films. Her role as Lola Lola in Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel (1930) received international attention and she gained a contract with Paramount Pictures. She settled in the United States in 1930, starred in Hollywood films and became an naturalized American citizen in 1937. Throughout World War II, she was a high-profile entertainer, and afterwards appeared in several post-war films. From the 1950s to the 1970s, she toured internationally as a marquee live-show performer. Her visit to West Germany in 1960 for a concert tour received a mixed reception and she vowed never to return. After an accident on stage in September 1975 resulting in her breaking a thigh bone, her career largely ended. Her last 13 years were spent secluded in her Paris apartment.
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Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (, German: [maʁˈleːnə ˈdiːtʁɪç] ; 27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German and American actress and singer whose career spanned nearly seven decades. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich performed on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola Lola in Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel (1930) brought her international acclaim and a contract with Paramount Pictures. She starred in many Hollywood films, including six iconic roles directed by Sternberg: Morocco (1930) (her only Academy Award nomination), Dishonored (1931), Shanghai Express and Blonde Venus (both 1932), The Scarlet Empress (1934), The Devil Is a Woman (1935). She successfully traded on her glamorous persona and exotic looks, and became one of the era's highest-paid actresses. Throughout World War II, she was a high-profile entertainer in the United States. Although she delivered notable performances in several post-war films, including Billy Wilder's A Foreign Affair (1948), Alfred Hitchcock's Stage Fright (1950), Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Orson Welles's Touch of Evil (1958), and Stanley Kramer's Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), she spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the world as a marquee live-show performer. Dietrich was known for her humanitarian efforts during World War II, housing German and French exiles, providing financial support and advocating their American citizenship. For her work on improving morale on the front lines during the war, she received several honors from the United States, France, Belgium, and Israel. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth greatest female screen legend of classic Hollywood cinema.