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Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich , 1901-92, German-American film actress and singer, b. Berlin. Dietrich began her career as a violinist. She then studied drama, appearing on the stage in Vienna and Berlin before her great film success as the femme fatale Lola in The Blue Angel (1930). In the late 1930s, she modi... Read more
Joseph Von Sternberg
Joseph Von Sternberg (Jo Sternberg), 1894-1969, Austrian-American film director and screenwriter. Von Sternberg, who worked in the United States from 1925, made films that were noted for their dazzling visual impact and attention to physical detail. His early works include The Salvation Hunters (... Read more
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Encyclopedia entries related to " Marlene Dietrich"

Dietrich, Marlene
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Marlene Dietrich Film star Marlene Dietrich (1901 – 1992) was one of the twentieth century's most enduring style icons. The German – born actress made several notable movies with director Josef von Sternberg in the 1930s...
Marlene Dietrich
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Marlene Dietrich , 1901-92, German-American film actress and singer, b. Berlin. Dietrich began her career as a violinist. She then studied drama, appearing on the stage in Vienna and Berlin before her great film success as the femme fatale...
Joseph Von Sternberg
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1930) with Emil Jannings and Marlene Dietrich, made in Germany. The film depicts...humiliation. Von Sternberg directed Dietrich in several other films (including...Image: Josef Von Sternberg's Dietrich Films (1988).
Wong, Anna May
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...appeared in the thriller Shanghai Express, starring Marlene Dietrich (1901 – 1992). Wong's portrayal of the bad-girl-turned-good inspired better reviews than Dietrich received. Years later, the star would complain that...
Chapman, Eddie
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...the life of a wealthy playboy in [London's] Soho, mixing with the likes of Noel Coward, Ivor Novello, and Marlene Dietrich,” the British security service MI5 wrote on its Web site. According to the Times Online, Chapman wrote...
Questel, Mae
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...vaudeville, doing her spot-on singing impersonations of such contemporary stars as Fanny Brice, Eddie Cantor, Marlene Dietrich, Ruth Etting, and Maurice Chevalier. When her impersonation of singer Helen Kane—the Madonna of the...
Burt Bacharach
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Stewart and began to find work in Las Vegas. His horizons broadened further when he signed on as actress/singer Marlene Dietrich's musical director in 1958. Bacharach began to become more serious about songwriting during this time. Exposure...
Wayne, John
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...years passed his only admission to age was from the roles he played. He went from wooing leading ladies, such as Marlene Dietrich (1901 – 1992) ( Pittsburgh, 1942), Gail Russell ( Angel and the Badman, 1947), and Patricia Neal...
John Wayne
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...age was the gradual elimination of romance from the roles he played. He went from wooing leading ladies such as Marlene Dietrich ( Pittsburgh, 1942), Gail Russell ( Angel and the Badman, 1947), and Patricia Neal ( Operation Pacific, 1951...
Grant, Cary
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...working-class background. His credentials as a traditional leading man were established with his appearance opposite Marlene Dietrich in Blond Venus. The perfect format for displaying Grant's verbal and physical agility was in the screwball comedies...

Dictionary entries related to " Marlene Dietrich"

Dietrich, Marlene
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers DIETRICH, Marlene Nationality: American. Born: Marie Magdalene Dietrich in Berlin, Germany, 27 December 1901 (some sources list 1904); became citizen of United States, 1939. Education: Attended the Augusta Victoria School, Berlin...
The Devil is a Woman
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Rainger and Leo Robin. Cast: Marlene Dietrich (Concha Perez ); Cesar Romero...1949. Griffith, Richard, Marlene Dietrich—Image and Legend...York, 1967. Kobal, John, Marlene Dietrich, New York, 1968. Dickens...
The Scarlet Empress
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...designer: Travis Banton. Cast: Marlene Dietrich (Sophia Fredericka, or Catherine...1949. Griffith, Richard, Marlene Dietrich—Image and Legend...Donald, Falling in Love Again: Marlene Dietrich, Boston, 1985. Dietrich...
Der Blaue Engel
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Jannings (Immanuel Rath ); Marlene Dietrich (Lola Frolich ); Rosa Valetti...1949. Griffith, Richard, Marlene Dietrich—Image and Legend...London, 1984. Seydel, Renate, Marlene Dietrich: Eine Chronik ihres Lebens...
von Sternberg, Josef
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...35; began collaboration with Marlene Dietrich on Der blaue Engel, made for UFA...Realm of Pleasure: Von Sternberg, Dietrich, and the Masochistic Aesthetic...Image: Josef von Sternberg's Dietrich Films, Cranbury, New Jersey...
Bacharach, Burt
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...toured America and Europe as musical director for Marlene Dietrich; 1962—Bacharach and David started to...From 1958 to 1961 he was musical director for Marlene Dietrich, touring Europe and the United States with her...
Das Tagebuch Einer Verlorenen
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...most part, Pabst's original cut and not the butchered version. Had Louise Brooks and G. W. Pabst continued working together, they might have enjoyed the ongoing success of that later actress-director duo, Marlene Dietrich and Jo
Touch of Evil
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Quinlan ); Joseph Calleia (Pete Menzies ); Akim Tamiroff (Uncle Joe Grandi ); Joanna Moore (Marcia Linnekar ); Marlene Dietrich (Tanya ); Ray Collins (Adair ); Dennis Weaver (Motel manager ); Victor Millan (Manolo Sanchez ); Lalo Rios...
Demy, Jacques
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...female protagonists: the Lola Montès of Max Ophüls's film of that name, and the Lola-Lola (Marlene Dietrich) of von Sternberg's The Blue Angel, to which Demy pays homage in a number performed by Aimée in a top...
Welles, Orson
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Jane Eyre (R. Stevenson) (role as Edward Rochester) 1944 Follow the Boys (Sutherland) (revue appearance with Marlene Dietrich) 1945 Tomorrow Is Forever (Pichel) (role as John McDonald) 1946 Duel in the Sun (Vidor) (off-screen narration...

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Lilies for Marlene: Dietrich a Berliner Again
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/17/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...popular imagination has long cast Marlene Dietrich as the embodiment of Weimar...there was, however, another Dietrich: Marlene the tramp. Marlene the whore...at least parts of it, hated Marlene Dietrich. Today, the city tried to...
Marlene Dietrich honored by Berlin as her native city seeks peace with movie diva
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/16/2002; ; 637 words ; ...Dateline: BERLIN Ten years after Marlene Dietrich's death, her native Berlin...back then, Wowereit said. Marlene Dietrich, however, presented the best...name a square after her. The Marlene-Dietrich-Platz, in the new Potsdamer...
Marlene Dietrich.
Magazine article from: National Review; 5/24/1993; ; 700+ words ; MARLENE DIETRICH was nearly as old as the century...Broadway. "Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Marlene Dietrich" . . . the tish of cymbals, the...ambition to be larger than life. Marlene Dietrich is written by her daughter, Maria...
Marlene Dietrich Dies; Actress, Singer Was Epitome of Glamour
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/7/1992; ; 700+ words ; Marlene Dietrich, 90, the glamorous and...which she was, simply, Marlene Dietrich. It played for more than...christened Maria Magdalene Dietrich. When she embarked on...first and middle names into Marlene. As a child she was a...
Grave of Marlene Dietrich is desecrated. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 12/29/1993; 700+ words ; ...damages property. The grave of Marlene Dietrich was desecrated last weekend...before her birthday, Monday. Marlene Dietrich was a great beauty and a very...is buried. QUESTIONS: 1. Marlene Dietrich came to the United States in...
Dish from Dietrich's daughter: Maria Riva, daughter of Marlene Dietrich, addresses those lesbian rumors about her mother--as a new book and a TV documentary celebrate the star's 100th birthday. (Books).(Brief Article)(Interview)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 1/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; Ah, Marlene Dietrich. Her beauty was considerable, but...to fall in love yet again, with Marlene Dietrich: Photographs and Memories (Knopf...Hardly. Find more on the book Marlene Dietrich ... and the Turner Classic Movies...
Dietrich the War hero.(A Woman at War: Marlene Dietrich Remembered)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; A Woman at War: Marlene Dietrich Remembered Edited by J. David...pages (63 illustrations), $50. MARLENE DIETRICH'S grandson, David Riva, has...stills and a lifelong admirer of Marlene Dietrich, I began to collect stills as...
Marlene, capricho fatal.(Marlene Dietrich, actriz)(TT: Marlene, fatal whim.)(TA: Marlene Dietrich, actress)(Artículo Breve)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 12/27/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...vieron paseando por la Avenue Montagne. Marlene Dietrich muri el 6 de mayo de 1992 en la capital...muerte es algo que a ti no te concierne Marlene, tu eres inmortal". La pareja centenaria Marlene Dietrich y Gary Cooper. Dos actores que celebran...
MARLENE DIETRICH DIES AT 90
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 5/7/1992; 476 words ; PHOTO MARLENE DIETRICH Marlene Dietrich, bottom, mixes it up with Una Merkel in one of Dietrich's best known roles as Frenchy, the saloon queen, in "Destry Rides Again." (ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO) THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY...
Marlene Dietrich // What Biography Can Ever Plumb Her Mystery?
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/25/1992; ; 700+ words ; Marlene Dietrich Life and Legend. By Steven Bach...manage to stay out of Vanity Fair, Marlene Dietrich's epic journey through the public...Steven Bach writes in his exhaustive Marlene Dietrich: Life and Legend, Germany's most...