Collection of nearly 130 letters of the legendary actress and singer Marlene Dietrich sold at auction in Berlin only after a significant reduction in price. When the cost of the lot with the launch of four thousand euro fell to three, unknown to the buyer on the phone agreed to acquire the collection, said the German agency ddp.
At the meeting were submitted personal letters written by Dietrich in the period from 1960 until his death actress in 1992. Most of them addressed to the artist-dressers Max Holstein. Some of them were fairly long message, but some - a short holiday greetings.
As the representative agency specializing in the sale of the company autographs JA Stargardt Matten bei Karin (Karin Matten), Dietrich was in love with Holstein, therefore sold the letters were very personal in nature. Matten bei clarified that Dietrich was not able to achieve reciprocity, as couturier was a homosexual.
Maria Magdalena von Losch, in fact so called actress, was born in Berlin in 1901. World fame earned her the role of femme fatale in the film "Blue Angel". In 1930, Dietrich moved to Hollywood, where she has become one of the most popular actresses in American cinema.
Since 1953, Marlene Dietrich in Las Vegas began a successful singing career. In 1963 with great success have been its tour in Moscow and Leningrad. Once transferred, in 1975, injury ended his career. Last 13 years of life the actress spent in bed, communicating with the outside world by telephone. Marlene Dietrich died on May 6, 1992 in Paris.
(Lenta.ru)
Pity he did not know about this auction. Would have bought at launch. A pity, Lili Marlene ... : (
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Here is Lili Marlene
Also the muse (or muses
) a great artist ... Yet Dietrich psychic.