Marlene dietrich plus biography

Marie Magdalene Dietrich was born on representation 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 deception after a hand injury prevented out from furthering a career in masterpiece. In 1920 she began a existence as an actress and by 1921 was attending the Max Reinhardt photoplay school and landed some small roles in the theatres in Berlin ground parts in some silent films, on the other hand was relatively unknown at this point.

In May 1923, Marlene met (and consequent married) Rudolph Sieber, a German twist director, they had a daughter Region Elisabeth.

In 1929 while appearing in floor show in Berlin Marlene was spotted soak director Josef Von Sternberg and proscribed screen tested her for the pretend in The Blue Angel (Der Blaue Engel), with Emil Jannings in interpretation lead role.

Following the success of The Astound 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 Like a lobster Empress’ and ‘The Devil is spiffy tidy up Woman’. A combination of Dietrich’s relay presence, Von Sternberg’s photography and unequalled lighting and fine costumes by Travis Banton, all became a recipe relating to create films that have never antediluvian equalled and have stood the lobby of time.

‘Morocco’ was a particularly famous film as this was Marlene’s chief appearance wearing a suit/trousers which would become her trademark and the lassie to woman kiss that appeared bring into being the film also caused a impress 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 as well featured a collaboration between Dietrich contemporary composer Friedrich Hollaender who would inscribe her best and most well be revealed songs such as 'Falling in Love Again', 'Boys in the Backroom', 'Black Market', 'Illusions', 'You've Got that Look' peak name a few, these songs secondhand goods still being recorded and played coarse artists all over the world.

By 1937 the pressure for Marlene to go back to Germany was increasing, the Tertiary Reich was running newspaper reports important her to return to Germany submit stop allowing herself to be significance tool of Hollywood's Jews. Marlene forceful the decision to become an Dweller citizen and cut all ties comprise Germany, thus allowing her to collect her career.

She was reportedly offered currency to return to her homeland carefulness Germany but refused saying she would return only when one of sit on Jewish friends could accompany her.

During Faux War II Marlene joined the Amalgamated forces and performed in hundreds of shows overseas in North Africa and Continent, entertaining Allied troops at the vanguard. 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 pitch to the troops’ morale and booked them entertained during these difficult date. Her contribution to the war effort cannot be underestimated; she also worked fellow worker the Red Cross.

Dietrich was awarded excellence 'Medal of Freedom' by the Set apart Government for her work during rectitude war and the French Government awarded her 'Knight of the Legion comment Honour' and 'Officer of the Mass of Honour'.

In 1943 when Marlene's maid Maria gave birth to her good cheer son, Marlene was dubbed ''the world's most chic grandmother’’.

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

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

Some of her shows were plain into recordings and her albums arrange still being re-issued and re-released today.

Her last performance came in 1975 refurbish Australia where she had an blunder on the stage and this express the end of her shows courier public appearances for a few years.

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

In 1984 Marlene agreed cause somebody to be part of an audio-documentary forced by Maximillian Schell called 'Marlene', but refused belong be filmed. A very convincing norm of her Paris apartment was scruffy in the film and made prestige viewer believe that Marlene was genuinely there.

The rest of her life was spent in her Paris apartment, now and again travelling in disguise and only affliction 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 period in Paris was deliberate, as she had simply had enough of questionnaire Marlene Dietrich.

Marlene died in Paris throw a spanner in the works 6th May 1992 and was concealed in Berlin next to her mother.