#OTD 1992 one of the last great cinema divas, the unforgettable,
unsurpassed Marlene Dietrich died in #Paris. She, a born & bred
Berlinerin, was laid to rest next to her mother at the Schöneberg III
cemetery in Stubenrauchstraße in #Berlin #Friedenau.
Dietrich, christened Maria Magdalena, was born 1901 in #Schöneberg's
Sedanstraße 65 (since 1947 Leberstraße) . She
and her older sister, Liesel, spent their childhood in the house which still
exists in a neighbourhood known as the #RoteInsel.
As young actress in #Berlin Dietrich had a competitor who never got
over losing the race. Her name was Leni Riefenstahl. While Dietrich
rejected the Nazi regime's policies & wooing & left, Riefenstahl embraced
both. Dietrich was stamped a traitor after #WW2. LR was a star.
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