Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) - The woman with the sensual voice

Fast Facts

Birth name: Marie Magdalene Dietrich von Losch
Nickname: Lili Marlene
Birth date, place: 27 December 1901, Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany
Death date, place: 6 May 1992, Paris, France
Height: 5'6"
Spouse: Rudolf Sieber (1924-1976)
Child: Maria Riva
Instrument she played: violin

Did you know?

Her many lovers included: James Stewart, Erich Maria Remarque, Jean Gabin, Yul Brynner, John Wayne, George Bernard Shaw, John F. Kennedy

FILMOGRAPHY:

So sind die Maenner (1922), dir: Georg Jacoby
Man by the Roadside/Der Mensch am Wege (1923), dir: William Dieterle
The Leap Into Life/Der Sprung ins Leben (1923), dir: Johannes Guter
Tragedy of Love/Tragoedie der Liebe (1923), dir: Joe May
The Imaginary Baron/Der Juxbaron (1926), dir: Willi Wolff
Heads Up, Charly!/Kopf hoch, Charly! (1926), dir: Willi Wolff
Manon Lescaut (1926), dir: Arthur Robison
Cafe Electric/Cafe Elektrik aka When a Woman Loses Her Way/Wenn ein Weib den Weg verliert (1927), dir: Gustav Ucicky
A Modern Dubarry/Eine Dubarry von heute (1927), dir: Alexander Korda
His Greatest Bluff/Sein groesster Bluff (1927), dir: Henrik Galeen, Harry Piel
Princess Olala/Prinzessin Olala (1928), dir: Robert Land
The Woman One Longs For/Die Frau, nach der man sich sehnt (1929), dir: Curtis Bernhardt
Dangers of the Engagement Period/Gefahren der Brautzeit (1929), dir: Fred Sauer
I Kiss Your Hand, Madame/Ich kuesse Ihre Hand, Madame (1929), dir: Robert Land
The Ship of Lost Men/Das Schiff der verlorenen Menschen (1929), dir: Maurice Tourneur
The Blue Angel/Der Blaue Engel (1930), dir: Josef von Sternberg
Morocco (1930), dir: Josef von Sternberg
Dishonored (1931), dir: Josef von Sternberg
Blonde Venus (1932), dir: Josef von Sternberg
Shanghai Express (1932), dir: Josef von Sternberg
Song of Songs (1933), dir: Rouben Mamoulian
The Scarlet Empress (1934), dir: Josef von Sternberg
The Devil Is a Woman (1935), dir: Josef von Sternberg
Desire (1936), dir: Frank Borzage
The Garden of Allah (1936), dir: Richard Boleslawksi
I loved a soldier (1936), dir: Henry Hathaway
Angel (1937), dir: Ernst Lubitsch
Knight Without Armour (1937), dir: Jacques Feyder
Destry Rides Again (1939), dir: George Marshall
Seven Sinners (1940), dir: Tay Garnett
The Flame of New Orleans (1941), dir: Rene Clair
The Lady Is Willing (1942), dir: Mitchell Leisen
Manpower (1942), dir: Raoul Walsh
Pittsburgh (1942), dir: Lewis Seiler
The Spoilers (1942), dir: Ray Enright
Kismet (1944) aka Oriental Dream, dir: William Dieterle
Martin Roumagnac (1946), dir: Georges Lacombe
Golden Earrings (1947), dir: Mitchell Leisen
A Foreign Affair (1948), dir: Billy Wilder
Stage Fright (1950), dir: Alfred Hitchcock
No Highway in the Sky (1951), dir: Henry Koster
Rancho Notorious (1952), dir: Fritz Lang
Around the World in 80 Days (1956), dir: Michael Anderson
The Monte Carlo Story (1957), dir: Samuel A. Taylor
Witness for the Prosecution (1957), dir: Billy Wilder
Touch of Evil (1958), dir: Orson Welles
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), dir: Stanley Kramer
Just a Gigolo (1979), dir: David Hemmings


QUOTES:

Darling, the legs aren`t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.
I never enjoyed working in a film.
I am not a myth.
I never ever took my career seriously.

There is a lack of dignity to film stardom. 
I`m not an actress -- I`m a personality.