Marie Magdalene “Marlene” Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992), “Seven Sinners,” 1940. Post in
Marie Magdalene “Marlene” Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992), “Seven Sinners,” 1940. Post inspired by the incomparable @sfbranmuffin.Marlene Dietrich, who was born one hundred and fifteen years ago today, was a bisexual German actress who enjoyed fame for the better part of a century, with a career lasting from the 1910s to the 1980s.In the 1920s, Dietrich made a name for herself in Berlin as a star of both stage and silent film. In 1930, her performance in “The Blue Angel” brought her international stardom and marked the beginning of an acclaimed film career that included roles in “Morocco” (1930), “Shanghai Express” (1932), and “Desire” (1936).In 1937, Nazi Party officials approached Dietrich and offered her a lucrative contract should she return to Germany as a film star for the Third Reich; she refused and sought U.S. citizenship. Dietrich spent the rest of World War II as an outspoken advocate of the Allied efforts against Germany and she was well-known for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of Jewish refugees.In the final decades of her career, Dietrich toured the world as a highly-paid cabaret artist, though her career effectively ended when she fell from a stage in September 1975. Her final on-camera appearance was in “Just a Gigolo” (1979), starring David Bowie.Throughout her career, Dietrich openly defied sexual norms and conventional gender roles; she came of age in 1920s Berlin, had affairs with women and men, and she created some of the most memorable androgynous film roles of all time.Marlene Dietrich died of renal failure on May 6, 1992; she was ninety. #lgbthistory #HavePrideInHistory #MarleneDietrich -- source link
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