Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich was a German-American actress and singer...
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth27 December 1901
CitySchoneberg, Germany
daughter mother want
On Becoming a 'Lady': What every mother wants her daughter to be.
alive gone cry
I'm worth more dead than alive. Don't cry for me after I'm gone; cry for me now.
best-love real affair
Love affairs are the real only education in life.
grateful soldier actresses
There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them.
travel women latin
Latins are tenderly enthusiastic. In Brazil they throw flowers at you. In Argentina they throw themselves.
sunday giving champagne
...it gives you the impression that every day is Sunday.
inspirational
Dietrich would never do that
movie gambling actors
I never enjoyed working in a film.
country house bathroom
A country without bordellos is like a house without bathrooms.
tears faces germany
The tears I have cried over Germany have dried. I have washed my face.
mother daughter boys
On Teasing : Teach your teen-age daughters not to tease boys into physical desire. You might save their lives.
beautiful play eyelashes
I had no desire to be an film actress, to always play somebody else, to be always beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me.
death short-circuit mother-night
When you're dead, you're dead. That's it.
careers
I never ever took my career seriously.