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Marlene Dietrich
Actor
Died May 6, 1992 (90 years)
Marlene Dietrich was a German actress and singer.
Dietrich 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 capitalized 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 1937; during World War II, she was a high-profile front-line entertainer. Although she still made occasional films in the post-war years, Dietrich spent most of the 1950s through the 1970s touring the world as a successful show performer.
In 1999, the American Film Institute named Dietrich the ninth greatest female star of all time.
Filmography
| 2017 | Becoming Cary Grant · as (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Not Fade Away · as Tanya in Touch of Evil |
| 2011 | Vito · as actor |
| 2010 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff · as Countess Alexandra Vladinoff (archive footage) |
| 2003 | The Dreamers · as Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones |
| 2002 | Prisoner of Paradise · as actor |
| 1998 | |
| 1996 | No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich · as Unknown |
| 1995 | Get Shorty · as Tanya |
| 1995 | The Casting Couch · as (archive footage) |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III · as (archive footage) |
| 1994 | Cyndi Lauper: 12 Deadly Cyns... and Then Some · as Domini Enfilden (segment "Time After Time") |
| 1991 | The Meeting of Two Queens · as Unknown |
| 1978 | Just a Gigolo · as Baroness von Semering |
| 1975 | Brother Can You Spare a Dime · as actor |
| 1965 | The Love Goddesses · as (archive footage) |
| 1962 | Black Fox: The True Story of Adolf Hitler · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg · as Mrs. Bertholt |
| 1958 | Touch of Evil · as Tana |
| 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution · as Christine Vole |
| 1956 | The Montecarlo Story · as Maria de Crevecoeur |
| 1956 | Around the World in 80 Days · as Saloon Hostess |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious · as Altar Keane |
| 1951 | No Highway in the Sky · as Monica Teasdale |
| 1950 | Stage Fright · as Charlotte Inwood |
| 1949 | |
| 1948 | A Foreign Affair · as Erika Von Schluetow |
| 1946 | The Room Upstairs · as Blanche Ferrand |
| 1944 | Kismet · as Jamilla |
| 1942 | Pittsburgh · as Josie 'Hunky' Winters |
| 1942 | The Spoilers · as Cherry Malotte |
| 1939 | Destry Rides Again · as Frenchy |
| 1937 | Knight Without Armor · as Countess Alexandra Vladinoff |
| 1937 | Angel · as Maria 'Angel' Barker, aka Mrs. Brown |
| 1936 | The Garden of Allah · as Domini Enfilden |
| 1936 | Desire · as Madeleine de Beaupré |
| 1935 | The Devil Is a Woman · as Concha Perez |
| 1934 | The Scarlet Empress · as Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II |
| 1933 | The Song of Songs · as Lily Czepanek |
| 1932 | Shanghai Express · as Shanghai Lily |
| 1932 | Blonde Venus · as Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones |
| 1931 | Dishonored · as Magda / X27 |
| 1930 | The Blue Angel · as Lola Lola |
| 1930 | Morocco · as Mademoiselle Amy Jolly |