An Academy Awardnominated GermanAmerican actress, entertainer and singer with a passion

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Marlene Dietrich
(December 27, 1901 May 6, 1992)

• An Academy Award-nominated German-American
  actress, entertainer and singer with a passion!

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Maria Magdalene Dietrich Von Losch was the name
that she was born with.
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Becoming an Actress

• Before Marlene became an actress, she was an
  accomplished violinist. After she suffered an
  injury to her hand, playing the violin was not an
  option. She then turned to acting. Marlene
  applied to the Berlin school of drama. She made
  it in and supported her admissions by working in
  a glove factory.
• While attending the Berlin school of drama, she
  met and married casting director Rudolf Sieber.
  That same year, her first and only daughter,
  Maria, was born. Even though the marriage between
  Marlene and Rudolf didnt work out, they never
  got divorced. They remained friendly until
  Marlene died in 1992.

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Acting

• In 1929 Marlene stunted her acting career with
  her first major movie. The movie The Blue
  Angel, in which Marlene starred as the seductive
  night club singer, was on of the first major
  movies with sound. This boosted Marlenes fame a
  lot.
• In 1931 Marlene made her American debut. She
  starred in the movie Morocco. She created a
  great commotion with her portrayal of a night
  club singer in a tuxedo. She soon became
  Hollywoods It girl of the early 1900s. She
  starred in films such as Song of Songs and The
  Devil is a Woman.
• Joseph Goebbels offered to make her the Queen
  of German films, but to do that she would have to
  star in Hitler promoting films, but she refused
  time and again.

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Passing Away

• May 6, 1992 was a very somber day around the
  world. Marlene Dietrich died that day. She died
  in her sleep.The funeral services were held on
  May 10 at La Madelaine. She was buried next to
  her mother in her birth town, Berlin.

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Sources

• Microsofts Encarta
• http//www.thebiographychannel.co.uk
• http//www.marlene.com/
• www.wikipedia.com
• http//www.biography.com