30 Days of Pride Day 14- Marlene DietrichMarlene Dietrich was a German-born American actress an

30 Days of Pride Day 14- Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich was a German-born American actress and singer, whose career spanned over 60 years, and was considered on of the highest paid actresses of her time. Dietrich, who was bisexual, enjoyed the thriving gay bars and drag balls of 1920s Berlin. The term “sewing circle,” coined by Dietrich was used to describe the underground, closeted lesbian and bisexual film actresses and their relationships in Hollywood. 

She was known for her humanitarian efforts during World War II fighting against Nazism, and for housing German and French exiles, providing financial support and even advocating their American citizenship. She died in Paris at age 90, and over 1,500 mourners flocked to the church of her funeral service.