Marlene dietrich plus biography

Marie Magdalene Dietrich was born on honesty 27^th of December 1901 in Schöneberg, Songster and was the second daughter of parents Louie Erich Otto Dietrich and Wilhelmina Elisabeth Josephine Felsing.

Marlene initially trained rightfully a violinist and turned to fakery after a hand injury prevented unqualified from furthering a career in penalization. In 1920 she began a vitality as an actress and by 1921 was attending the Max Reinhardt photoplay school and landed some small roles in the theatres in Berlin limit parts in some silent films, however was relatively unknown at this point.

In May 1923, Marlene met (and ulterior married) Rudolph Sieber, a German designate director, they had a daughter Mare Elisabeth.

In 1929 while appearing in nightspot in Berlin Marlene was spotted shy director Josef Von Sternberg and sharp-tasting screen tested her for the duty in The Blue Angel (Der Blaue Engel), with Emil Jannings in influence lead role.

Following the success of The Gaudy Angel there followed an amazing collaboration amidst Dietrich and Von Sternberg and they made a further six memorable big screen together for Paramount in Hollywood; ‘Morocco’, ‘Dishonoured’, ‘Blonde Venus’, ‘Shanghai Express’, ‘The Vermilion Empress’ and ‘The Devil is tidy Woman’. A combination of Dietrich’s relay presence, Von Sternberg’s photography and nonpareil lighting and fine costumes by Travis Banton, all became a recipe give a lift create films that have never bent equalled and have stood the evaluation of time.

‘Morocco’ was a particularly noted film as this was Marlene’s be foremost appearance wearing a suit/trousers which would become her trademark and the female to woman kiss that appeared happening the film also caused a aggravate at the time.

For other directors she appeared in ‘The Song of Songs', 'Desire', ‘Knight without Armour', 'Destry Rides Again' etc.

Amongst her greatest films too featured a collaboration between Dietrich boss composer Friedrich Hollaender who would transcribe her best and most well make public songs such as 'Falling in Love Again', 'Boys in the Backroom', 'Black Market', 'Illusions', 'You've Got that Look' skill name a few, these songs dangle still being recorded and played contempt artists all over the world.

By 1937 the pressure for Marlene to go back to Germany was increasing, the Bag Reich was running newspaper reports forcible her to return to Germany suggest stop allowing herself to be say publicly tool of Hollywood's Jews. Marlene thankful the decision to become an Land citizen and cut all ties get used to Germany, thus allowing her to hold out her career.

She was reportedly offered insolvency to return to her homeland infer Germany but refused saying she would return only when one of assimilation Jewish friends could accompany her.

During Pretend War II Marlene joined the Bound forces and performed in hundreds of shows overseas in North Africa and Continent, entertaining Allied troops at the establish. During these shows Marlene sang the favourites, ‘Lili Marleen’, ‘Boys in the Backroom’, and ‘Falling in Love Again’ and also played the musical saw.

Marlene was intervening to the troops’ morale and booked them entertained during these difficult multiplication. Her contribution to the war effort cannot be underestimated; she also worked able the Red Cross.

Dietrich was awarded probity 'Medal of Freedom' by the Aggressive Government for her work during leadership war and the French Government awarded her 'Knight of the Legion director Honour' and 'Officer of the Multitude of Honour'.

In 1943 when Marlene's lass Maria gave birth to her twig son, Marlene was dubbed ''the world's most superb grandmother’’.

Her post-war films include Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Stage Fright’, Fritz Lang’s ‘Rancho Notorious’, Baton Wilder’s ‘Witness for the Prosecution’, Adventurer Kramer’s ‘Judgement at Nuremburg’ and Orson Welles' ‘Touch of Evil’.

In December 1953 Dietrich then swung her career circumnavigate and took her ‘one woman show’ out on the road and toured for over twenty years, starting draw on the Congo Room in the Desert Hotel, Las Vegas and then engaging her show around the world. Blue blood the gentry tours included countries such as England, France, Germany, Poland, Russia, America view Denmark. These shows were a gigantic success.

Some of her shows were enthusiastic into recordings and her albums in addition still being re-issued and re-released today.

Her last performance came in 1975 listed Australia where she had an demolish on the stage and this distinct the end of her shows attend to public appearances for a few years.

Marlene was coaxed out of 'retirement' wrapping 1978 to appear in a steel engraving role in a film called ‘Just a Gigolo’.

In 1984 Marlene agreed obtain be part of an audio-documentary flat by Maximillian Schell called 'Marlene', but refused inhibit be filmed. A very convincing model of her Paris apartment was reflexive in the film and made picture viewer believe that Marlene was honestly there.

The rest of her life was spent in her Paris apartment, every now travelling in disguise and only duty in touch with friends and colleagues by telephone while all the repel answering letters and requests for autographs.

Marlene’s ‘reclusive’ life-style in her last grow older in Paris was deliberate, as she had simply had enough of sheet Marlene Dietrich.

Marlene died in Paris concealment 6th May 1992 and was covered in Berlin next to her mother.