1901 - 1992
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (, German: [maʁˈleːnə ˈdiːtʁɪç] (listen); 27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German and American actress and singer whose career spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s.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), Desire (1936), and Destry Rides Again (1939). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marlene Dietrich has received more than 8,572,962 page views. Her biography is available in 151 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 148 in 2019). Marlene Dietrich is the 16th most popular actor (up from 18th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Germany (up from 48th in 2019) and the most popular German Actor.
Marlene Dietrich was a German actress and singer who became an American citizen. She was most famous for her sultry voice and provocative Hollywood movies, such as "The Blue Angel" and "Morocco."
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Among actors, Marlene Dietrich ranks 16 out of 9,996. Before her are Robert De Niro, Anthony Hopkins, Brigitte Bardot, Sean Connery, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Sophia Loren. After her are Marlon Brando, Clint Eastwood, Amitabh Bachchan, Richard Burton, Louis de Funès, and James Stewart.
1943 - Present
HPI: 80.24
Rank: 10
1937 - Present
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 11
1934 - Present
HPI: 79.81
Rank: 12
1930 - 2020
HPI: 79.73
Rank: 13
1947 - Present
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 14
1934 - Present
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 15
1901 - 1992
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 16
1924 - 2004
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 17
1930 - Present
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 18
1942 - Present
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 19
1925 - 1984
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 20
1914 - 1983
HPI: 78.46
Rank: 21
1908 - 1997
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 22
Among people born in 1901, Marlene Dietrich ranks 3. Before her are Hirohito and Walt Disney. After her are Werner Heisenberg, Louis Armstrong, Enrico Fermi, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Jacques Lacan, Linus Pauling, Clark Gable, Rudolf Höss, and Sukarno. Among people deceased in 1992, Marlene Dietrich ranks 1. After her are Isaac Asimov, Alexander Dubček, Willy Brandt, Friedrich Hayek, Grace Hopper, Astor Piazzolla, Menachem Begin, Olivier Messiaen, John Cage, Mikhail Tal, and Francis Bacon.
1901 - 1989
HPI: 82.41
Rank: 1
1901 - 1966
HPI: 81.85
Rank: 2
1901 - 1992
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 3
1901 - 1976
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 4
1901 - 1971
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 5
1901 - 1954
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 6
1901 - 1918
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 7
1901 - 1981
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 8
1901 - 1994
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 9
1901 - 1960
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 10
1901 - 1947
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 11
1901 - 1970
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 12
1901 - 1992
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 1
1920 - 1992
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 2
1921 - 1992
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 3
1913 - 1992
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 4
1899 - 1992
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 5
1906 - 1992
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 6
1921 - 1992
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 7
1913 - 1992
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 8
1908 - 1992
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 9
1912 - 1992
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 10
1936 - 1992
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 11
1909 - 1992
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Marlene Dietrich ranks 46 out of 6,142. Before her are Josef Mengele (1911), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), Alexander von Humboldt (1769), Adolf Eichmann (1906), Felix Mendelssohn (1809), and Bernhard Riemann (1826). After her are Hannah Arendt (1906), Bertolt Brecht (1898), Georg Ohm (1789), Thomas Mann (1875), Karl Benz (1844), and Eva Braun (1912).
1911 - 1979
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 40
912 - 973
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 41
1769 - 1859
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 42
1906 - 1962
HPI: 79.90
Rank: 43
1809 - 1847
HPI: 79.90
Rank: 44
1826 - 1866
HPI: 79.62
Rank: 45
1901 - 1992
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 46
1906 - 1975
HPI: 79.24
Rank: 47
1898 - 1956
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 48
1789 - 1854
HPI: 79.15
Rank: 49
1875 - 1955
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 50
1844 - 1929
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 51
1912 - 1945
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 52
Among actors born in Germany, Marlene Dietrich ranks 1. After her are Bruce Willis (1955), Simone Signoret (1921), Jürgen Prochnow (1941), Curd Jürgens (1915), Hardy Krüger (1928), Magda Schneider (1909), Gert Fröbe (1913), Horst Buchholz (1933), Emmy Göring (1893), Udo Kier (1944), and Karlheinz Böhm (1928).
1901 - 1992
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 1
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 2
1921 - 1985
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 3
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 4
1915 - 1982
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 5
1928 - 2022
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 6
1909 - 1996
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 7
1913 - 1988
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 8
1933 - 2003
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 9
1893 - 1973
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 10
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 11
1928 - 2014
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 12