Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

  • Marlene Dietrich - A Christie's auction house employee poses for pictures with a costume sketch for Marlene Dietrich's gold ensemble worn to attend the opera as 'Maria Barker' in the film 'Angel', (1937) during a photocall at the auction house in London, on November 18, 2011. The sketch is expected to fetch in the region of GBP 5,000-7,000 (approx 5,825-8,150 euros/7,900-11,000 USD) during Christies' London sale of Film and Entertainment Memorabilia on November 23, 2011.
  • Marlene Dietrich - A photograph signed by Marlene Dietrich in 1948 is on display in Beverly Hills, California on April 26, 2011. Dresses of Lady Diana and items of others legendary actors will be on sale at Julien's Auctions next May 7 and 8, 2011.
  • Marlene Dietrich - Marlene Dietrich, who died at her Paris home 06 May 1992 appears during the Grand Gala du Disque in October 1963 in  Scheveningen, Netherlands. During the event she received an award for her recording work. Dietrich was 90.
  • Marlene Dietrich - Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal (R), and his wife Amira (L), welcome Britain�s Price Charles (C), as he arrives to officially re-open the newly restored Savoy Hotel in London, on November 2, 2010. London's first luxury hotel, which hosted luminairies from Marlene Dietrich to Claude Monet, has been renovated from top to bottom in a mammoth project costing 220 million pounds (250 million euros, 350 million dollars).
  • Marlene Dietrich - Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal (2nd R), his wife Amira (4th R), welcome Britain�s Prince Charles (3rd R), as he arrives to officially re-open the newly restored Savoy Hotel in London, on November 2, 2010. London's first luxury hotel, which hosted luminairies from Marlene Dietrich to Claude Monet, has been renovated from top to bottom in a mammoth project costing 220 million pounds (250 million euros, 350 million dollars).
  • Marlene Dietrich - Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal (R), and his wife Amira (L), welcome Britain�s Price Charles (C), as he arrives to officially re-open the newly restored Savoy Hotel in London, on November 2, 2010. London's first luxury hotel, which hosted luminairies from Marlene Dietrich to Claude Monet, has been renovated from top to bottom in a mammoth project costing 220 million pounds (250 million euros, 350 million dollars).
  • Marlene Dietrich - Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal (2nd R), his wife Amira (4th R), welcome Britain�s Prince Charles (3rd R), as he arrives to officially re-open the newly restored Savoy Hotel in London, on November 2, 2010. London's first luxury hotel, which hosted luminairies from Marlene Dietrich to Claude Monet, has been renovated from top to bottom in a mammoth project costing 220 million pounds (250 million euros, 350 million dollars).
  • Marlene Dietrich - Guests with balloons walk past the star of German film legend Marlene Dietrich during the opening of the 'Boulevard der Stars' (Boulevard of the Stars) in Berlin, September 10, 2010. Berlin's Potsdamer Platz is the home of the Boulevard der Stars, a 'Hollywood walk of fame' type place to celebrate acccomplished and revered artist and celebrities of the German film industry.
  • Marlene Dietrich - A photographer takes a picture of Marlene Dietrich's star ahead of the opening of the 'Boulevard der Stars' (Boulevard of the Stars) in Berlin, September 10, 2010. Berlin's Potsdamer Platz is the home of the Boulevard der Stars a 'Hollywood walk of fame' type place to celebrate acccomplished and revered artist and celebrities of the German film industry.
  • Marlene Dietrich - The star of German actress Marlene Dietrich is seen ahead of the opening of the 'Boulevard of the Stars' in Berlin, September 10, 2010. Berlin's Potsdamer Platz is the home of the 'Boulevard der Stars' a 'Hollywood walk of fame' type place to celebrate accomplished and revered artist and celebrities of the German film industry.
The most exotic actress of the 1930s and '40s, Marlene Dietrich performed her cabaret act around the world and recorded for Decca, Columbia and Capitol in the post-war period, after her film career had slowed. A thick German accent and her odd sung-spoken vocal style proved no barrier to international popular success and adoration. Born near Berlin in 1901, she began studying acting as a teenager, ...more