Dietrich, Marlene (1901–1992)
German-born US actor and singer known for her femme fatale film roles and sophisticated style. She became a star in Der Blaue Engel/The Blue Angel (1930), directed by Josef von Sternberg, with whom she would collaborate throughout the 1930s. Her films include Morocco (1930), Blonde Venus (1932), The Devil is a Woman (1935), Destry Rides Again (1939), and Touch of Evil (1958). In the 1960s she stopped acting and began a career as a concert singer.
Opposed to the Nazi regime, she moved to Hollywood, becoming a US citizen in 1937. During World War II she performed more than 500 times for Allied troops. Among her later films are Stagefright (1950) and Witness for the Prosecution (1957).
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