Marlene Dietrich

The Blue Angel

As the singer Lola Lola.

💡 Did you know? As the sultry nightclub singer Lola in „The Blue Angel“, Dietrich became a world star overnight in 1930.

Hollywood

With director Josef von Sternberg.

💡 Did you know? Director Josef von Sternberg brought Dietrich to Hollywood, where she became one of the greatest divas of her time.

opponent

She became a US citizen.

💡 Did you know? Dietrich rejected tempting Nazi offers to return to Germany and instead took US citizenship.

for the Allies

Such as "Lili Marleen".

💡 Did you know? In the Second World War Dietrich performed tirelessly for Allied soldiers, for which some in Germany long branded her a „traitor to the fatherland“.

tailcoat and top hat

A 20th-century icon.

💡 Did you know? Dietrich provoked and fascinated by wearing tails, a trouser suit and a top hat: a scandal for a woman then.

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer who became a global icon as the androgynous diva of „The Blue Angel“.

💡 Did you know? In rejection of the Nazis she took US citizenship and performed for Allied soldiers during the war.

1901

Born: 27 December 1901 in Berlin

1992

Died: 6 May 1992 in Paris, aged 90

Berlin

Born: 27 December 1901 in Berlin

90

Died: 6 May 1992 in Paris, aged 90