Throughout World War II she was a high-profile entertainer in the United States. She successfully traded on her glamorous persona and exotic looks, and became one of the era's highest-paid actresses. She starred in many Hollywood films, including six iconic roles directed by Sternberg: Morocco (1930) (her only Academy Award nomination), Dishonored (1931), Shanghai Express and Blonde Venus (both 1932), The Scarlet Empress (1934) and The Devil Is a Woman (1935), Desire (1936) and Destry Rides Again (1939). Her performance as Lola-Lola in Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel (1930) brought her international acclaim and a contract with Paramount Pictures. In 1920s Berlin, Dietrich performed on the stage and in silent films. Marie Magdalene ' Marlene' Dietrich ( / m ɑːr ˈ l eɪ n ə ˈ d iː t r ɪ k/, German: ( listen) 27 December 1901 – ) was a German-born American actress and singer whose career spanned from the 1910s to the 1980s.
