Marlene Dietrich is celebrated as one of Hollywood’s most glamorous movie stars, but the Berlin-born actress preferred being on the front lines with troops fighting during World War II.

Marlene Dietrich was a sought-after star of the ‘30s and ’40s. (Eugene Robert Richee/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Hollywood took note, and a contract with Paramount Pictures followed.

Marlene Dietrich was 100%. Like Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich today is remembered by many for her beauty. But Dietrich's persona – cool, husky-voiced, at times androgynous – was always ...

Berliners spit in Marlene Dietrich's grave before the film star was buried there 10 years ago, but yesterday the city made the Berlin native an honorary citizen. Sign up.

On this day in history, Marlene Dietrich became an international sensation. The 1930 film The Blue Angel was not only her breakthrough performance, it was her first 'talkie' after starring in 19 ...

In the early days of World War II, Marlene Dietrich, one of the biggest stars to ever come out of Berlin, courageously chose to give up her German citizenship to help the Allied war effort.

Actress Marlene Dietrich autographs the cast on the leg of a soldier in a U.S. hospital in Belgium, 1944. Photo by Getty Images. The photo of Dietrich holding one of us was kept with our baby book ...

Marlene Dietrich’s Legendary Van Cleef & Arpels Ruby and Diamond Bracelet Heading to Auction (Exclusive) Worn by the actress to the Academy Awards and in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Stage Fright ...

Instead, “Marlene Dietrich‘s ABCs” is a rollicking collection of aphorisms, one-liners, and haughtiness that ranges from “Sex: In America an obsession.

Marlene Dietrich wore a Van Cleef & Arpels ruby and diamond jarretière bracelet in “Stage Fright.” The piece, perhaps her most famous, fetched more than $4.5 million at auction last year.

A ruby-and-diamond bracelet that legendary star Marlene Dietrich commissioned from Van Cleef & Arpels in 1937 and wore to the Academy Awards in 1951 is headed to the auction block. It will be ...