Dietrich began her career in music, performing in various German theatrical stage appearances before landing her first film role in 1923’s The Little Napoleon. Her career grew by leaps and bounds ...

In the early days of World War II, Marlene Dietrich, one of the biggest stars to ever come out of Berlin, courageously chose to give up her German citizenship to help the Allied war effort. “Hitler is ...

Marlene Dietrich was born in Germany in 1901. By the time she was a young woman in her twenties, she had earned renown in Berlin for her stage shows. All throughout the ’20s, Dietrich acted on stage ...

After achieving fame and fortune as one of Hollywood’s most sought-after stars, Marlene Dietrich was ready for some peace. The movie star spent the final 13 years of her life in Paris, where she kept ...

The 20th century gave rise to one of the most enduring symbols of admiration and derision: The celebrity. Our technology may have advanced, but the desire for images and proximity to celebrities has ...

Fatih Akin has teamed up with Berlin-based UFA Fiction on his miniseries about German star Marlene Dietrich, starring Diane Kruger. Based on the biography “My Mother Marlene,” by Dietrich’s daughter, ...

The actress Marlene Dietrich played cabaret singers, spies, vamps, a prostitute and Catherine the Great. With a gift for reinvention that makes Madonna look like a poseur, Dietrich fascinated ...

Marlene Dietrich’s greatest performance — or certainly her most volcanic, bilious, and indignant — occurs in a film in which the screen deity insisted she be invisible. At the age of 80, deep into her ...

Marlene Dietrich is celebrated as one of Hollywood’s most glamorous movie stars, but the Berlin-born actress preferred being on the front lines with troops fighting during World War II. “She was ...

Maurice and Marlene: Love Story Retold “Dietrich & Chevalier: The Musical” takes on the complicated relationship between the sultry German-born movie star and the dapper French singer.