Marlene Dietrich

In 1994 her memoralilia were sold to the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek (after US insitutions showed no interest) where it became the core of the FilmMuseum Berlin in the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. Her other films include:. de:Friedenau Cemetery. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in recognition of her contribution to Motion Pictures at 6922 Hollywood Boulevard. Her body, covered with an American flag, was then returned to Berlin where she was interred in the Städtischen Friedhof III, Berlin-Schöneberg, Stubenrauchstraße 43-45. Alice Faye died in Rancho Mirage, California from stomach cancer. A service was conducted at La Madeline in Paris before 3,500 mourners and a crowd of well-wishers outside. The couple remained together until Harris' death in 1995.

Dietrich died peacefully at the age of 90 in Paris, of general old-age. Her marriage to Harris was considered a happy one, and the couple worked extensively together on radio after the demise of Faye's film career, most notably in NBC's Fitch Bandwagon from 1946 until 1948, and The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show from 1948 until 1954. It is true that she quipped that she would return only when one of her Jewish friends (possibly Max Reinhardt) could accompany her. Her marriage to Phil Harris in 1941 resulted in two daughters, Alice born in 1942 and Phyllis born in 1944. Despite all of this, she was reportedly offered a king's ransom to return to Germany, due to her immense popularity as well as Hitler's ardour, which she declined. Faye married Tony Martin in 1937 but the couple divorced in 1940. When Maria gave birth to a son in 1948, Dietrich was dubbed "the world's most glamorous grandmother." Although they never married, the great love of her life was the French actor and military hero, Jean Gabin. The film was not a great success and Faye made infrequent cameo appearances thereafter.

13, 1924. Gossip magazines of the time speculated that Faye was dismissed as a result of a rivalry with Betty Grable, a claim that Faye and Grable, who would remain friends until Grable's death, both disputed. After a seventeen year absence from films, Faye made a return in State Fair (1962). Her only child, Maria, was born on Dec. Released in 1945, Fallen Angel was Faye's final film as a major Hollywood star. She married once, to director's assistant (and later director at Paramount Pictures, France) Rudolf Sieber. Faye drove away from the studio after a screening of the film and refused to return. Zanuck responded by having Faye blackballed for breaking her contract, and her film career was effectively over. Unlike her professional celebrity, which was carefully crafted and maintained, Dietrich's personal life was kept out of public view. The picture was ostensibly designed to be a Faye vehicle, and she was the lead actress, however Zanuck was attempting to build the career of his new star Linda Darnell, and many of Faye's scenes were cut in favour of Darnell.

Her public image and some of her movies included strong sexual undertones, including bisexuality. Accordingly, it is no surprise that she had affairs with women (Mercedes de Acosta was among her lesbian lovers) as well as men. Her career continued until 1944 when she was cast in Fallen Angel. Dietrich was a fashion icon to the top designers as well as a screen icon whom later stars would follow. Most often cast in musicals, she was responsible for introducing many popular songs to the hit parade, and although not regarded a serious dramatic actress, she gave what many critics described as her best dramatic performance in In Old Chicago (1938). She is also famous for having recorded Lili Marleen during World War II, a curious example of a song transcending the hatreds of war. Zanuck made a deliberate effort to soften her image from that of a wise cracking showgirl. Dietrich became an American citizen in 1937, raised a record number of War Bonds and entertained American troops during the Second World War. She became a popular favourite with cinema audiences of the 1930s, especially from 1936 when producer Darryl F.

Her singing helped here too, as she recorded a number of anti-Nazi records in German for the OSS. Faye was originally engaged to perform a musical number with Vallee but was elevated to the starring role. She sang for the Allied troops on the front lines in Algiers, Fance and into Germany with Generals Gavin & Patton. Faye's film break occurred in 1933 when Lillian Harvey walked out on the lead role in the movie George White's Scandals. She was a staunch anti-Nazi who despised Germany's anti-semitic policies of the time. Vallee had also appeared in the George White Scandals of 1931. Dietrich was known to have a strong set of political convictions and a mind to speak them. Adopting her stage name, Faye came to prominence on radio in The Fleischmann Hour (1932-1934) with Rudy Vallee and his Connecticut Yankees.

Madeline Kahn did the same in the Mel Brooks film "Blazing Saddles". She was born Alice Jeane Leppert in New York City and made her entertainment debut as a chorus girl on Vaudeville, moving on to Broadway in the George White Scandals. Her distinctive voice was later satirized, by Lotte Lenya, in the song Lieder by cult British trio Fascinating Aïda. Alice Faye (May 5, 1915 - May 9, 1998) was a US actress and singer. She spent the last twelve years bed-ridden, in seclusion in her apartment in Paris. Four Jills In A Jeep, 1944. Her show business career largely ended, however, in 1974, when she broke her leg during a stage performance. Hello, Frisco, Hello, 1943.

Spectacular costumes (by Jean Louis) and careful stage lighting helped to preserve Dietrich's glamorous image well into old age. That Night In Rio, 1941. His arrangements helped to disguise Dietrich's limited vocal range and allowed her to perform her songs to maximum dramatic effect. Lillian Russell, 1940. Until the mid-1960s her musical director was pop composer Burt Bacharach. Rose Of Washington Square, 1939. Her repertoire included songs from her films as well as popular songs of the day. Alexander's Ragtime Band, 1938.

From the 1950s to the mid-1970s Dietrich toured internationally as a successful cabaret performer. In Old Chicago, 1938. Following a slowdown in her film career, she made a number of records first for Decca, Elektrola, EMI, and for Columbia. Wake Up And Live, 1937. 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. On The Avenue, 1937. She gradually broadened her repertoire in roles such as Destry Rides Again, A Foreign Affair, Witness for the Prosecution, Touch of Evil, and Judgment at Nuremberg.

Her most lasting contribution to film history was as the star in several films directed by Josef von Sternberg in the early 1930s, such as The Scarlet Empress and Shanghai Express, in which she played "femme fatales". After playing in only German movies at first, she got her first role in the 1st European talking picture, The Blue Angel(1930; directed by Joseph von Sternberg) and then moved to Hollywood to make Morocco (for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress). Born in Schöneberg, Berlin, Dietrich played the violin before joining an acting school in 1921, making her film debut the following year. Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (December 27, 1901 - May 6, 1992) was a German actress and singer.