Like many an icon, I know more about her image than her art.

I loved Marlene, she was the epitome of what a great star was all about. You could never take your eyes off her when she was on screen. She was great in Stage Fright, Foreign Affair and especially Witness for the Procecution. She was also mesmerising when seen in live in concert. I have some very happy memories of her.

Very stiff on screen!

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I give Marlene a 4 star rating simply because she went to to front during WWII to entertain the boys. The town where the USO show was being held was even shelled during her performance! She must have had some big cojones and a sense of duty to be up there!

Marlene Dietrich was very beautiful and definetly had talent,,although I dont really care to much for her singing. I loved her as Lola Lola in the Blue Angel!!

Proof that the more things change the more they stay the same. Every generation seems to have a completely decadent and well-known representative of how low humanity can sink. Marlene Dietrich served well in that role for my grandparent’s generation. Couldn’t sing, couldn’t act, obsessed with herself, hard-featured and perverse. And, just like one of her most successful later imitations, Madonna, her biggest talent was selling herself as much more than she actually was. After seeing her seedy life story unfold in a television biography recently, it occurred to me that her only completely lucid thought might have occurred when she realized early on that Hitler was the premier creep of the 20th century. I guess that doesn’t really seem too difficult to believe when you consider that depravity generally has no problem recognizing depravity. ~REVIEW UPDATE FOR thekettleblack~ Since I'm the only one on this page who wrote a negative review I assume you are referring to what I said about Dietrich in your recent comments here. I don’t even remember mentioning this woman’s sexuality (unless you were confusing it with the words “perverse” or "depraved"- understandable but not exactly my original meanings). Since you did bring this up, I feel compelled to add these few thoughts to my review. To tell you the honest truth - I couldn't care less about the sex or even the species this woman fancied. Based on what I have read and seen in bios about her, I just think she was a low life in general and an especially hideous mother BTW - the details of which are not fit to be printed here but are printed elsewhere if you’re interested. From my point of view, she was also such an amazingly bad actress she was practically a cartoon character. Her lack of discernment as to who she slept with may have been her strong suit as far as her career went though as the casting couch MUST have played some part in any opportunity she received to show off just how little real talent she had. And by this, I mean acting ability that doesn’t rely on the juvenile “shock” of sexual ambiguity and a singing voice that doesn’t sound like the mating call of a north woods moose. I do thank her for one thing – her goofy persona provided some great fodder for Madeline Kahn’s character in “Blazing Saddles”. But that's just my opinion and all others are certainly entitled to theirs. No flames intended; just wanted to set the record straight on exactly why I have never been able to take her seriously. It’s pretty simple, but it does go way beyond her multi-faceted sexuality.

Not sure why other people here have been so harsh with Dietrich, but it seems they have more of a problem with her sexuality than her acting. Marlene, to me, was an exquisite woman. Beautiful beyond words, entrancing to see onscreen, a true movie star. The infamous scene in "Morocco" where she wears a tux and kisses a woman must be the most erotic scene in motion picture history.

A woman singing in a night club in a top hat and tails. She is flirting openly with a woman in the audience. She takes a flower from the woman's hair, sniffs it, and throws it to Gary Cooper. The film was "Morrocco", the year was 1930, and the singer was Marlene Dietrich. Kenneth Tynan once wrote of her, "She has sex, but no particular gender." Nothing could be more true! She Was where femininity and masculinity met. She wore tuxedos and suits in public. She remained married to one man but had countless lovers, men and women. But when one looks at her platinum, marcelled hair and those bewitching eyes, one can only sigh and think "Now this is a goddess!" And a goddess who lived! Listen to her world weary voice as she sings "Falling In Love Again" and it'll be no time before you fall in love with her!