Marlene Dietrich
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) 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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.14 |
| Birthday | 1901-12-27 |
| Place of Birth | Berlin, Germany |
| Also Known As | Marlena Dietrichová , მარლენ დიტრიხი, Marie Magdalene Dietrich , 玛琳·黛德丽, Marie Magdalene von Losch, |
1932
Shanghai Express
6.9/202
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1958
Touch of Evil
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1961
Judgment at Nuremberg
8/813
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1950
Stage Fright
6.8/331
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1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
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1964
Paris When It Sizzles
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1949
Jigsaw
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1941
Manpower
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1926
Manon Lescaut
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The Scarlet Empress
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Just a Gigolo
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Cher: In Her Own Words
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Follow the Boys
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Blonde Venus
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1940
Seven Sinners
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1952
Rancho Notorious
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Marlene
7/11
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1930
Morocco
6.3/143
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1935
The Devil Is a Woman
6.3/66
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1957
Witness for the Prosecution
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1941
The Flame of New Orleans
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1944
Kismet
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Kismet
1942
The Spoilers
6.2/55
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1939
Destry Rides Again
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1951
No Highway in the Sky
6.9/58
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2017
Becoming Cary Grant
6.6/40
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1948
A Foreign Affair
7.1/147
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1942
Pittsburgh
6.2/14
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2021
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
7/2
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1937
Angel
6.8/73
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1942
The Lady Is Willing
6.5/7
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1965
Triumph Over Violence
7.4/48
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1931
Dishonored
6.8/67
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1936
Desire
6.7/45
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1933
The Song of Songs
6/22
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1937
Knight Without Armour
5.6/15
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1946
Martin Roumagnac
6.6/16
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1947
Golden Earrings
5.8/9
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1929
The Woman Men Yearn For
5.5/6
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1936
The Garden of Allah
5.726/31
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1956
The Monte Carlo Story
5.6/8
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1973
I Wish You Love
5/3
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1930
Marlene Dietrich, “The Blue Angel” Screen Test
6.2/3
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1927
Cafe Electric
7.1/7
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1929
I Kiss Your Hand, Madame
5.7/7
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1929
The Ship of Lost Men
4.9/7
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2004
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
7/2
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1927
A Modern Dubarry
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1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
10/1
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2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
5.5/4
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2004
Hitchcock and 'Stage Fright'
6/2
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2002
The Great Yiddish Love
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2005
Coisa Mais Linda - Histórias e Casos da Bossa Nova
7.5/2
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1962
Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler
6.2/5
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2018
Bodies and Spaces, Fabric and Light
0/0
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1935
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
6/1
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2002
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
6.4/8
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1994
That's Entertainment! III
6.972/36
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1996
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
6/1
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1927
His Greatest Bluff
0/0
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1930
Dangers of the Engagement
5.8/5
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1943
Show-Business at War
7/3
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1927
The Imaginary Baron
0/0
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1924
Leap Into Life
0/0
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1923
Man by the Roadside
0/0
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2003
Complicated Women
6.7/11
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1923
The Countess of Paris
0/0
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1923
The Tragedy of Love
0/0
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1927
Heads Up, Charley
0/0
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1944
Memo for Joe
0/0
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1933
The Film Parade
0/0
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2009
Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
6/1
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2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
4.9/4
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2019
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
9.5/2
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1930
The Blue Angel
7.3/316
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1925
Her Dancing Partner
0/0
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1919
Im Schatten des Glücks
0/0
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1928
Art of Love
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2017
100 Years of the UFA
5/1
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1991
Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking
4/1
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2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
6.7/33
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1991
The Meeting of Two Queens
0/0
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1942
Breakdowns of 1942
6/1
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.
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2024
Maria Callas: The Final Act
0/0
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