Marlene Dietrich, the Berlin-born film legend with the husky voice, smoldering eyes and classic legs, died Wednesday at her home in Paris, her grandson said. She was 90.
Pierre Riva, who made the announcement to French journalists, gave no details on the cause of death.Dietrich captivated film, theater and nightclub audiences for more than four decades with roles as diverse as the cool, continental temptress Lola-Lola in "The Blue Angel," and the hot-tempered wild west saloon queen Frenchy in "Destry Rides Again."
"I played whores," Dietrich once remarked with her legendary candor. "I never played any recommendable character."
Dietrich's career ended in 1975 when she broke her her leg in Australia, and in recent years she lived as a recluse in her fashionable Right Bank apartment behind the Champs Elysees.