She demanded that Max Factor sprinkle half an ounce of real gold dust into her wigs to add glitter to her tresses during filming.
Marlene's father was Lt. Louis Erich Otto Dietrich, who died when she was very young. Her mother remarried to Colonel Eduard von Losch, who was killed in WWI.
She was voted the 43rd Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
Interred at Friedhof III, Berlin-Friedenau, Germany.
