Marlene Dietrich

Maria Magdalene Dietrich Von Losch was born on December 27, 1901 in Berlin. She studied piano and violin, although where she stood out was in singing. She, however, opted for acting and began working in the cabarets of German Expressionism in Berlin. In it in 1924 she married Rudolph Sieber, with whom she had her only daughter. She would never divorce “Rudy”, as she called her husband, but the truth is that this woman was not one of “a man for life”. In fact, she is neither “man” nor “for life”, since she had multiple romances throughout her life with people of both sexes.

To improve his interpretive technique, he put himself in the hands of Max Reinhardt, a professor of dramatic art. He debuted on the big screen with Der Kleine Napoleon (1923). One night, after a performance, he was approached at the cabaret, a dazzled admirer proposing a “little job” for the cinema. That guy was Josef von Sternberg and his project was called The Blue Angel . Her interpretation did not go unnoticed even by the Hollywood boys, who decided to offer a substantial contract to the actress and the director. After signing both for Paramount, they would make seven films together, including Morocco (1930), with Gary Cooper , La venus blonde (1932), withCary Grant and The Devil is a Woman (1935), with César Romero.

He also worked with Ernst Lubistch in Angel (1937), and with Frank Borzage in Desire (1936). Dietrich became the star that earned the most money per film at the end of the 1930s. Such public acceptance did not go unnoticed by Adolf Hitler, who offered him a bunch of money to return to German cinema. The actress positioned herself against the Nazi regime and, when World War II broke out, she supported the allies.

In the forties he did not maintain his privileged status. He made fewer films, although some are splendid, such as Tay Garnett ‘s Seven Sinners (1940), René Clair ‘s The Flame of New Orleans (1941), Mitchell Leisen ‘s Caprice of a Woman (1942), and Billy ‘s West Berlin. Wilder . Already mature in her 50s, she made Panic on the scene (1950), by the teacher Hitchcock, Concealer (1952), by Fritz Lang , Witness for the prosecution (1957), again by Billy Wilder and Thirst for evil (1958), by Orson Welles.

He decided to leave the cinema in the 1960s, to dedicate himself solely to theater and song. Even so, he made the occasional exception to appear in Stanley Kramer ‘s Winner or Loser (1961) and David Hemmings ‘ Just a Gigolo (1974), his last on-screen appearance. The last thirteen years of her life she remained secluded in her Parisian house. She there she passed away on May 6, 1992. Her remains rest in her native Berlin.