Marlene Dietrich, born December 27, 1901, was a German-born American film actress, singer and cabaret artist. After her breakthrough role as Lola-Lola in "The Blue Angel", film director Josef von Sternberg encouraged Dietrich to move to Hollywood, under contract of "The Blue Angel" distributor Paramount Pictures. Dietrich starred in six films under direction of Josef von Sternberg who stylised and coached her into a glamorous and mysterious femme fatale, "Morocco" (1930) "Dishonored" (1931), "Sh