Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

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."