Marlene Dietrich was born on 27 December 1901 in Schoneberg. She was a German actress and singer.
Biography and Career
Marlene Dietrich was born on 27 December 1901 and she was a German actress and singer and later she gained American citizenship. She remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself. In 1920s Berlin, she acted on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola-Lola in The Blue Angel, directed by Josef von Sternberg, brought her international fame and a contract with Paramount Pictures in the US.
Hollywood films such as Shanghai Express and Desire capitalised on her glamour and exotic looks, cementing her stardom and making her one of the highest paid actresses of the era.
Dietrich became a US citizen in 1939 during
World War II. She was high profile frontline entertainer. Although she still made occasional films in the post-war years, Dietrich spent most of the 1950s to the 1970s touring the world as a successful show performer.
Dietrich was born Marie Magdalene Dietrich in Schöneberg, a district of Berlin, Germany. She was the younger of two daughters of Louis Erich Otto Dietrich and Wilhelmina Elisabeth Josephine Dietrich. Dietrich's mother was from a well-to-do Berlin family who owned a clock making firm and her father was a police lieutenant. Her father died in 1911.
She attended the Auguste Victoria School for Girls from 1906 to 1918. She studied the violin and became interested in theatre and poetry as a teenager.
Her dreams of becoming a concert violinist were cut short when she injured her wrist. In 1921, she auditioned unsuccessfully for theatrical director and impresario Max Reinhardt's drama academy; however, she soon found herself working in his theatres as a chorus girl and playing small roles in dramas, without attracting any special attention at first.
Dietrich was married to Sieber and they were married on 17 May 1924. Her only child, daughter Maria Elisabeth Sieber, later billed as actress Maria Riva, was born on 13 December 1924
General Appearance
Birth Name: Marie Magdalene Dietrich
Birth: 27 December 1901
Why do we like Marlene Dietrich?
We like her because she was good German actress and singer.
Why is Marlene Dietrich Famous?
She is famous because her great singing and acting.
Marlene Dietrich was born on 27 December 1901 in Schoneberg. She was a German actress and singer.
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