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I was watching a TMC special on Marlene Dietrich yesterday. They had film clips from "Judgement at Nuremburg." I was stunned to later find she was aged 60 when she made this movie (see below). Then I did a little online research and found she had a nose job in her twenties (in the 1920s). I also found that early on she used tape and later fine gold chains to pull her facial and neck skin back so she would look young on film.
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I can see how the tape was used, but do you know how the chains worked?
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Here is the quote I found: Before facelifts were common, Marlene Dietrich invented the temporary facelift during the shooting of 1944's Kismet. Marlene and her hairdresser would take strands of her hair, twist them around hairpins until they pulled the skin of her face back tautly, and then attach the pins so tightly to her scalp that it would bleed. However, the effect was miraculous, and made the 43-year-old actress look at least ten years younger. Marlene also pioneered the use of surgical tape to provide a temporary facelift, with the tape hidden under her hair, or a wig. By the time she was fifty Marlene was using an ultra-fine gold chain which ran under her chin, anchored behind her ears, and was hidden by her hair. This eliminated any sags on her neck, making her look years younger, and because it was so fine it could not be seen by the camera.
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Here she is age 50 in Stage Fright.
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What do you think she did to create the eyebrow lift? She probably shaved her eyebrows and then penciled in the higher ones?? Her forehead looks very smooth but it's probably the lighting.
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To me she looks old even if she has no wrinkles..It's the face structure, I think. She was supposed to be a great beauty, but I can't see it.
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wow i always thought she was a great beauty and I don't think she looks old at all.....
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Yes, she shaved her brows off and penciled them in. I had a friend who was her personal assistant for many years and said she was just amazing and had the best stories, and was always a joy to work for. Drama queen, but in a fun way.
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Ryan wrote:Yes, she shaved her brows off and penciled them in. I had a friend who was her personal assistant for many years and said she was just amazing and had the best stories, and was always a joy to work for. Drama queen, but in a fun way. That's so cool that your friend got to work with a legend like her. It's good to hear she lived up to her image :)
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She was very exotic/beautiful in her younger days and kept much of it well into her later years.
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One of my favorite books is Dietrich's "ABC."
The NY Times called it "an aperitif of tang and sparkle. The alphabet will never seem the same again...Dietricj proves herself worthy listening to in this effervescently readable book.
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