German-American actress and singer (died 1992)

Marlene Dietrich

Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich was a German and American actress and singer whose career spanned nearly seven decades. In 1920s Berlin, she performed on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola Lola in Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel (1930) brought her international acclaim and a contract with Paramount Pictures. Dietrich starred in many Hollywood films, including six roles directed by Sternberg: Morocco (1930), Dishonored (1931), Shanghai Express and Blonde Venus, The Scarlet Empress (1934), and The Devil Is a Woman (1935).

Born

1901

December 27

Died

1992

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1992 Died

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april 25 New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
august 10 The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
august 14 The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
august 21 Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.

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