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Acting

Marlene Dietrich

Career: Active from 1919 to 2018, with a break from 1963 to 1977, busiest in 1927 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 41
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: Witness for the Prosecution
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Marlene Dietrich Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.7, average 5.4
Scare
1.0, average 2.6
Coming of Age
1.5, average 3.0
Family Dynamics
3.4, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Political Intrigue 5
Historical Drama 5
Femme Fatale 5
Historical Setting 5
Classic Hollywood 4
Character Study 3
Intrigue 3
Character-Driven 3
Social Commentary 3
Complex Characters 2
Obsessive Romance 2
Star-Crossed Lovers 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

65

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

1 title

1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year

TV show

2010s

2 titles · average score 71

Bodies and Spaces, Fabric and Light

as (archive footage)

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

71

as Countess Alexandra Vladinoff (archive footage)

2000s

1 title

The Great Yiddish Love

as (archive footage)

1990s

4 titles · average score 84

Storyville

80

TV show

That's Entertainment! III

88

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nylon Blues: A History of the Nylon Stocking

as (archive footage)

The Meeting of Two Queens

as (archive footage)

1970s

2 titles · average score 52

Just a Gigolo

41

as Baroness von Semering

The South Bank Show

63

TV show

1960s

3 titles · average score 70

Paris When It Sizzles

62

as Marlene Dietrich (uncredited)

Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler

69

as Narrator (voice)

Judgment at Nuremberg

81

as Mrs. Bertholt

1950s

7 titles · average score 73

Touch of Evil

89

as Tana

Witness for the Prosecution

87

as Christine

The Monte Carlo Story

48

as Maria de Crevecoeur

Around the World in 80 Days

67

as Saloon Hostess

Rancho Notorious

83

as Altar Keane

No Highway in the Sky

70

as Monica Teasdale

Stage Fright

71

as Charlotte Inwood

1940s

12 titles · average score 59

Jigsaw

53

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

A Foreign Affair

79

as Erika Von Schlüetow

Golden Earrings

55

as Lydia

Martin Roumagnac

67

as Blanche Ferrand

Kismet

50

as Jamilla

Follow the Boys

57

as Marlene Dietrich

The Spoilers

57

as Cherry Malotte

Pittsburgh

57

as Josie 'Hunky' Winters

The Lady Is Willing

64

as Elizabeth Madden

The Flame of New Orleans

44

as Countess Claire Ledoux, aka Lili

Manpower

68

as Fay Duval

Seven Sinners

62

as Bijou

1930s

15 titles · average score 74

Destry Rides Again

81

as Frenchy

Angel

84

as Lady Maria Barker, aka Angel

Desire

80

as Madeleine de Beaupré

The Garden of Allah

44

as Domini Enfilden

The Devil Is a Woman

63

as Concha Perez

The Scarlet Empress

81

as Princess Sophia Frederica / Catherine II

The Song of Songs

74

as Lily Czepanek

Shanghai Express

80

as Shanghai Lily

Blonde Venus

71

as Helen Faraday, aka Helen Jones

Dishonored

81

as Magda / X27

Morocco

75

as Mademoiselle Amy Jolly

The Blue Angel

85

as Lola Lola

1920s

17 titles · average score 64

The Woman One Longs For

63

as Stascha

The Ship of Lost Men

as Ethel Marley

I Kiss Your Hand, Madame

62

as Laurence Gerard / Lucille

Art of Love

as Chichotte de Gastoné

Cafe Electric

68

as Erni Göttlinger - ein flatterhaftes Mädchen

The Imaginary Baron

as Sophie

His Greatest Bluff

as Yvette

A Modern Dubarry

as Kokotte

Heads Up, Charley

as Edmée Marchand

Her Dancing Partner

as Dancer (Extra)

Leap Into Life

as Mädchen

Man by the Roadside

as Krämerstochter

1910s

1 title

Im Schatten des Glücks

as (unconfirmed)