Talk:Marlene Dietrich

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I'd like to get more information together on her cult of personality, political and social stances as well as her interactions with officials of the Third Reich.

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"Lili Marleen" seems to be the correct, original title of the song. See http://ingeb.org/garb/lmarleen.html

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Contents 1 marlene.eu 2 The lost earring 3 Image and Legacy 4 Marlene Dietrich UK Website 5 Dietrich's teeth 6 WP:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers priority assessment

[edit] marlene.eu

Is this deserving of its own section? Is it relevant at all? Perhaps a "Legacy" section or something similar (Trivia?) can be added for such info?Orbicle 10:21, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

"The heirs of Marlene Dietrich are currently suing the uncle of a 11-year old Danish girl, because he has bought the site marlene.eu for his daughter."

What can this mean? What has the fact that this man has an 11 year old niece got to do with anything? - Pepper 150.203.227.130 09:48, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

I totally agree. It may have something to do with something, but does it have anything to do with Dietrich? If others agree, maybe that section can be deleted? Orbicle 11:09, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The lost earring

I think we should put something in about the lost earring. At Blackpool in 1934 Marlene lost an earring. This year, 73 years from that time, the amusement park found it. Pretty amazing. But where would we fit that into the article? 71.106.243.15 03:23, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image and Legacy

"According to Frank Sinatra and other people Marlene was incredible at giving 'fellatio'"

Maybe this should be in another section ? Perhaps Trivia? I don't think it's relevant under the current heading. Perhaps somebody could update the "Image and Legacy" section as it is very fragmented at the moment. TonyPolar 09:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC

[edit] Marlene Dietrich UK Website

Please visit my UK website to Marlene Dietrich. This site is an 'overview' of Marlene Dietrich and links to the main Dietrich sites. http://marlenedietrich.org.uk/ My site conforms with the Dietrich Estate and MDCB requirements and have been granted permission to use her name and images. Please can i have a link on the Wikipedia Dietrich page to my site ? (Hall1901)

[edit] Dietrich's teeth

In Carol Channing's autobiography, Just Lucky I Guess, the actress recalls having dinner with Dietrich and her daughter. Noting that Dietrich ate nothing but cheese, Channing asked, and was told that Dietrich had had her molars taken out, in order to achieve that perfect sculptural look of her face and cheekbones. A sensational fact. But is it true? If so, it should be told, as an illustration of the lengths Hollywood stars would go to conquer their position. Has anyone of the Dietrich experts editing this article read anything similar? I have not, and think that Channing is telling tales. Johan, contributor to Swedish wikipedia --128.214.162.196 14:05, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

She might be telling tales, but the tale is not unique to her. Actually the rumor that Dietrich had her back teeth and sections of her jaw removed is rather well known among her fans. I personally don't think it is true because she always had high cheek bones and she lost alot of weight when she moved to Hollywood which helped improve her already beautifully sculptured face. I have not found anything on the internet about it but this was a real rumor and I have heard it before many times, if someone finds a scource it should be added. (Daniel Chiswick 00:47, 1 October 2007 (UTC))

Thanks for answering. From what I read somewhere, apart from sometimes eating little, Dietrich liked to cook, pork-filled, traditional German meals. She was not quite as artificial in real life as she might have seemed. So I surmise, about the teeth: a rumour or lore, spread by many, applicable to any cheek-boned star, nothing to state as a fact. Thanks! Johan, 11 October 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.214.162.196 (talk) 11:04, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers priority assessment

Per debate and discussion re: assessment of the approximate 100 top priority articles of the project, this article has been included as a top priority article. Wildhartlivie (talk) 11:14, 29 February 2008 (UTC)