Marlene Dietrich from 2 to 90 years old

Marie Magdalene Dietrich (December 27, 1901 May 6, 1992) was a German and American actress and singer whose career spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich performed on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as LolaLola in Josef von Sternberg s The Blue Angel (1930) brought her international acclaim and a contract with Paramount Pictures. She starred in many Hollywood films, including six iconic roles directed by Sternberg: Morocco (1930) (her only Academy Award nomination), Dishonored (1931), Shanghai Express and Blonde Venus (both 1932), The Scarlet Empress (1934) and The Devil Is a Woman (1935), Desire (1936) and Destry Rides Again (1939). She successfully traded on her glamorous persona and exotic looks, and became one of the era s highestpaid actresses. Throughout World War II she was a highprofile entertainer in the United States. Although she delivered notable performances in several postwar films, including Billy Wilder s A Foreign Affair (1948), Alfr