Marlene Dietrich

Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (December 27, 1901-May 6, 1992) also known as Maria Magdalena Dietrich was a German actress, entertainer and singer.

Hollywood

She then moved to Hollywood to make Morocco, for which she received her only Oscar nomination.

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Her most lasting contribution to film history was as the star in several films directed by von Sternberg in the pre-Code early 1930s, such as The Scarlet Empress and Shanghai Express, in which she played "femme fatales". She gradually broadened her repertoire in Destry Rides Again, A Foreign Affair, Witness for the Prosecution, Touch of Evil and Judgment at Nuremberg.

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The Scarlet Empress - Shanghai Express - Femme fatale - Destry Rides Again - A Foreign Affair - Witness for the Prosecution - Touch of Evil - Judgment at Nuremberg

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Dietrich sang in several of her films (most famously in von Sternberg's The Blue Angel, in which she sings "Falling In Love Again"), having made records in Germany in the 1920s. Following a slowdown in her film career, she made a number of records first for Decca, Elektrola, EMI, and for Columbia. Her distinctive voice was later satirized, by Lotte Lenya, in the song Lieder by cult British trio Fascinating Aïda. Madeline Kahn did the same in the Mel Brooks classic Blazing Saddles.

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The Blue Angel - 1920s - Decca - Columbia - Satirized - Lotte Lenya - British - Fascinating Aïda - Madeline Kahn - Mel Brooks - Blazing Saddles

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