Marlene Dietrich on Greta Garbo

Marlene Dietrich talking about Greta Garbo during a 1971 interview in Copenhagen. (Not the full interview)

[@vivianpurplemess]

I so love the way she talks so easy and gentle and smart and intelligent and gives herself time to find the best words. I love her voice as well

[@sshowgirl933]

vivib s universe me too i love it

[@LittleLulubee]

She's so classy!

[@ingeabrahamsen4684]

I've notised that several of the actresses from that era, had very beautiful and pleasent signature voices. Garbo, Dietrich, Gloria Swanson - even Bacall and Kathrine Hepburn. Perhaps the last two wasn"t exactly beautiful, but at least they added to their personality and image. Also Monroes voice was an important part of her beauty and personality. To days actresses seem to have forgotten, how magical a voice - and a special and personal diction can be, and how it can enhance their charisma.

[@MrAquinas1]

You don't know much about her. She was a thoroughbred airhead.

[@vivianpurplemess]

@@MrAquinas1 and you do?, Did you meat her , talk to her ?

[@james8343]

Damn! she was in her 70's and STILL Looked FABULOUS!!!!!

[@kalebchavez3279]

james No F*cking way... She's 70????.. I thought she early 40s.. are you SURE??

[@jesussilva2545]

What a beautiful and interesting was this woman!!

[@bernardm.3205]

@@kalebchavez3279 She was born in december 1901 so she was 69 during this interview!

[@lunareclipse87]

But still, looks DAMN good for 69!

[@Leyla7292]

@@bernardm.3205 Yes she looked about 15 years younger! But many here do NOT seem 2 remember what a big DIFFERENCE make up, cosmetic, do on a face!! 😅

[@stephenstephen1505]

One of the greats. The Academy should be ashamed that it never awarded her an Oscar

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

No😂Both Garbo and Dietrich are so f*** overrated wtf😅I mean, they were ok, but they are still at the bottom of the list, behind all the cool stars of the 30s (Harlow, Stanwyck, Hopkins, Blondell, Twelvetrees, Tierney and many more). And the same is for her director Von Sternberg - his films are soooo f*** boring🤦‍♂️🤣

[@Josip7771]

​@@EasternRomeOrthodoxy You cannot even judge about them being overrated or underrated from today's perspective. That would not be fair. It was a hundred years ago. Times were different the equipment and technics were so much simpler than today.

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@@Josip7771 What?? Wtf... The techniques back then was the best!! The later films that were done from the 60s onwards are trash!! I judge her by the OLD standards and perspective, not today's wtf Compared to the later and today's films, She, Garbo and Von Sternberg were the best things in the world and their work is all masterpiece - but not Compared to their contemporaries!!

[@Josip7771]

@@EasternRomeOrthodoxy Dont believe you know everything of that time😂 i Do not want what you would say about many actors of nowadays. If it Was not for animation, few of them would have made it to Film industry

[@EasternRomeOrthodoxy]

@@Josip7771 Today's actors are trash, garbage, boring garbage😅Compared to them, Garbo and Dietrich are goddesses and Von Sternberg a master!)) You know nothing about the golden era of Hollywood lol You even thought that the actresses I mentioned are today's actresses, and today's technology only destroy the magic of films wtf🤦‍♂️🤣

[@SassyBratt1]

Marlene seemed more beautiful as she got older. She is gorgeous here and her mannerism are so enchanting to watch. What a true star she was!

[@rakesfunnyfarm]

Everything was taped back.

[@SassyBratt1]

@@rakesfunnyfarm You mean like your hemorrhoids?

[@rocknroller77]

SassyBratt1 😄

[@carolinaviescafernandez5490]

It is hard to believe that she became famous at 30's while most of the classic period stars used to be in their peak in the middle of her 20's. Marlene was way prettier during her mid 30's if you compare her with her younger pics. Marilyn was way better looking during her 30's.

[@SamsungSamsung-tm9eu]

Действительно,она в этом видео великолепная

[@melissasaint3283]

Lovely in every way, Marlene. Still gorgeous at 70, intelligent and poised, so gracious in her admiration of Garbo... And let's not forget that Hitler personally asked her to work for him, and what did she do instead? Renounced her German citizenship, toured the US selling war bonds, entertained the troops, visited Injured soldiers and made highly effective anti-Nazi propaganda for the US. Imagine the courage? What a national treasure!

[@user-kj1pq6zh3x]

Strong woman💪

[@MDonuT-of7px]

Hell, she's a national treasure to Germany as well! To hell with that horrendous man for ruining the perception of Germany for generations and committing so many heinous crimes. We love Frau Dietrich in this Household!

[@twomindz79]

@@MDonuT-of7px It's easy to blame hitler but the blame is Germany's. 2 world wars over a 50 year period with 70 million dead . Both wars started by Germany. So much blood on its hands .

[@MDonuT-of7px]

@@twomindz79 The Serbs started WWI, you imbecile.

[@mehmetokay7073]

She hated Hitler.

[@queerchoreography54]

This is a woman with an innate charisma, right down to the bone.

[@thelonelyelephant]

interviewer: did you know her? marlene: no ... 👀

😂😂😝

[@elfedowen6452]

🤥

[@tempusfugit3405]

Her nonverbal communication was just.... Well it kind speak for itself... In this point. She was like " shit I have to hide the fact that we slept together in several occasions hope they don't notice."

[@dmckenzie87]

she's paying Garbo a compliment by saying that "no one was a competitor, not with Garbo". Basically saying that Garbo was the best and no one came close.

[@dmckenzie87]

@Bailey Gibbons thank you for your kind comment. You are such a light in these troubling times.

[@bobbyb7979]

Even as an older woman, Greta still maintained her tall slender figure. I remember seeing her walking a couple times when I was a teenager. I was 20 when she passed

[@rubenquirogakanahuaty3705]

@@bobbyb7979 what an incredible memory to have.

[@UNOwen1]

She’s not ‘basically ‘ saying anything -Ms Dietrich IS - most definitely - saying as much. Basically’ is a ‘filler word’. Is the equivalent of people saying ‘like’, or ‘your know’. None of these adds anything either to the sentence they’re in, and the sentences are just as clear - if not more -so without using them. You’re comment, otherwise was very on-the-mark.

[@crazydude1197]

@Kipper Knickerz Thank you captain rude.

[@vistaestrada]

The way she says the word “competitor”. Heavenly!

[@buzzardbeatniks]

She looks amazing...and annoyed.

[@AG-ej7wm]

I would love to emulate both these qualities from her. She seems like a very patient, smart woman who has finally become really tired of peoples' bs and stupid questions.

[@mdarrenu]

No. That's just her German'ness (Berlin demeanor) coming through

[@rbrookswilliams1689]

@@AG-ej7wm I don't think it's a stupid question to ask what she thought of Garbo. I think it's an interesting question.

[@mayaq8324]

Beautiful, soft, humble, feminine, magic

[@evedarling1307]

"Nobody was ever a competitor. Not with Garbo"

[@sshowgirl933]

unique marlene

[@mz8583]

Actually that was a very gracious thing to say, coming from Marlene who herself was a legend 💗

[@bornyesterday2994]

Eve Maureen ok calm down a bit

[@andrewmark2783]

Except Joan Crawford, who stole Grand Hotel.

[@soul2soul429]

*_Dolores del Rio_* tops them, all together!

[@juanaltredo2974]

yeah, Garbo looked like she came from an alien ship or descended from Valhalla, an incredible woman who made aristocrats look pedestrian, not just by her looks, but her attitude and demeanor. Truly the queen of hollywood

[@silvanodelazzari8522]

Garbo was unique: no one like her

[@Bellasie1]

Absolutely!

[@ed_leonardi]

When actors had class!

[@seattlebeard]

Her story was sad at the end. She was in physical pain to remain that beautiful. Wigs and horrible clips which pulled her skin taught under them. But incredible presence and a gorgeous voice. So much talent, class, and integrity. An icon if there ever was one.

[@sickagain7541]

MARLENE ALWAYS HAD THOSE BEAUTIFUL BEDROOM EYES!!!. SHE WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN!!.

[@jubalcalif9100]

She was no Hope Emerson, but the late great Ms Dietrich certainly was one lovely lady.

[@Readyteddygo]

Marlene doing Mariah’s “I don’t know her” before Mariah was even born.

[@RosieBrownie]

This was exactly what I was saying in my mind - 😂😂 STILL, *_I ship the two of them..._* That might be weird but I'm Swedish and love both Greta and Marlene (but Marlene a bit more obviously 😅❤)

[@kinelar-7010]

@@RosieBrownie but the swedish one is garbo

[@RosieBrownie]

@@kinelar-7010 Yeah that's why I said it might sound weird that I'm a bigger fan of Marlene than Greta ☺

[@kinelar-7010]

@@RosieBrownie ah so why "Marlene a bit more obviously", why "obviously"? (if you're swedish) ah nevermind, it's not important, cheers!

[@Hello-fz3cj]

yah but Marlene wasn’t being shady

[@frankhulck2703]

She was so intelligent. She had the industry and it’s people and fans around her finger tips👌🏼. This lady set more levels straight than some people could imagine 🦋 rip Marlene you where iconic and royalty still till this day. 2021

[@richardpodnar5039]

Marlene always held that her first picture had been "The Blue Angel" (ostensibly the first talkie out of Germany), but she had already been in several silent films prior to that.

[@hectormanuel9793]

She meant that when Garbo was making the silents, she wasn't in Hollywood doing pictures. She didn't arrived until Garbo had started working in talking pictures.

[@Green4CloveR]

You're sitting across this legend and you waste everyone's time asking her about another actress.

[@normadesmond6017]

Nobody ever wasted time talking about Garbo…..

[@paulyandle1286]

Completely agree with you.

[@jankowalski3220]

10/10 Opus magnum nb 1, title: "how to fuck up the interview of life"

[@zyxw2024]

It's an interview...clip, 1 minute & 23 seconds. One legend speaking on another legend. And not everyone see's it as time wasted. I enjoyed her speaking about Garbo. As I saw Garbo several times where I was employed in 1975 - 80. Both women were legends in their own time.

[@normadesmond6017]

@@zyxw2024 Yes, she knew they were they greatest of their time. And they were.

[@Problembeing]

She looked amazing for 70! She looked amazing at 70 if she was in her 40s!

[@softshallow7435]

Problembeing well probably a facelift. They happened in them eras as well.

[@Problembeing]

SOFTSHALLOW undoubtedly. She definitely braided her hair tight and wore a wig. But I don't care, it still looks great ☺️

[@softshallow7435]

Problembeing yeah she looks magnificent!😊

[@kayvonfoerster8436]

@@softshallow7435 Marlene taped the skin of her face with stripes and wore a wig. She was afraid of plastic surgerys and didn't have one.

[@softshallow7435]

Kay von Foerster well it worked better than having a face lift. Have you seen most with facelifts? Also this way is cheaper!

[@thelonelyelephant]

when will we get our tragic lesbian ex-lovers biopic about them

[@issygzmn8161]

This is an underrated comment

[@thelonelyelephant]

@@issygzmn8161 I mean its the truth too!!! its what we deserve!! The lesbians have been through enough!

[@issygzmn8161]

Emmafeelsblah I think we also deserved at least a limited series on the sewing circle

[@user-vm6lx5yx1k]

They were never lovers

[@user-vm6lx5yx1k]

Are you talking about Mersedes?

[@MrTrigger6]

Dietrich’s eloquent honesty in reference to Garbo, is liken to a demure blushing smile. You know what I mean?

[@garyb3397]

Really?? Except that several bios of these two gay women confirm that they met - at one party at least. Dietrich supposedly had a crush on Garbo, and admired how she loved to take a piss - standing up.

[@RollingOnFire]

Are you kidding me?? They dated and then hated each other

[@MrTrigger6]

Nanazarb : No I’m not kidding you. Dietrich’s subvenire is at variance with whose reality?

[@sebeckley]

Lol. No. She's lying about all of it. 1. Dietrich was in silent movies in Germany before von Sternberg brought her to Hollywood. 2. She and Garbo were **in a film together** in Germany. 3. Dietrich "went out" all the time and even dated some of the same people as Garbo. 4. The only thing we can't prove is if they dated in Germany. All of this is documented from cast lists and by her friends and relatives.

[@stmichl9433]

I find it extremely difficult to believe that they never met! Impossible. They moved in the same circles and were both bisexuals. I don't know why she's trying to reinvent history here. Perhaps it's a Hollywood tradition of not wanting to talk about another star and trashing them? She was being diplomatic. I also find it hard to believe that Dietrich never went out as she claims. That's just not true because she had so many actors with so many actors and actresses and that requires "going out"! They were both also hugely competitive with each other being both European imports and both glamorous and mysterious. In any event, I adore her and the way she speaks. The way she pouts when she speaks. Lol so charming and funny. She was quintessentially glamorous even at this ancient age. Her hair is fabulous and so young - perfect - and her style, unlike her Alleged "innocence", completely in tact.lol.... she was really a very unique character and talent, Dietrich.

[@powerliftingcentaur]

How beautiful she looks.

[@JSB1882]

Man! She was 70 in that interview. It's interesting that Garbo and Dietrich shared the same lover - John Gilbert. I believe Dietrich discovered his dead body in 1936.

[@jrcris70]

Actually the really important lover they shared was Mercedes de Acosta, and it was probably a revenge act from Marlene, who was quite envious of Garbo's success.

[@RollingOnFire]

They also in fact dated each other

[@jrcris70]

@@RollingOnFire that has not been proven yet. It is possible, but there is no evidence about it. That's why serious Dietrich biographies, which mention most of her affairs, avoid to confirm this particular one.

[@trilby5546]

Garbo wanted to be alone.

[@tara607]

She simply takes my breath away...

[@livingintorontorealestate]

I LOVE how Dietrich barely conceals her contempt for almost everyone who interviews her! ;-)

[@fortunatoofamontillado1059]

pretentious!

[@garrettmeadows2273]

good point. You could easily see she thought the interviewers shallow idiots trying to pry it out of her that she and Garbo had an affair.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@garrettmeadows2273 As Clinton would say, it depends on the meaning of affair. Unless a lot of people are lying, they hooked up at least once when young, then, according to Frank Sinatra's valet, who wrote a book about his boss, they got together in the 1950s at one of Frank's properties while Frank was away. Of course, it was pointless to try to get Marlene even 100 kilometers near this.

[@richierich2547]

An actress from the golden era of Hollywood. I like "Blue Angel". I like to watch those old movies on tv you know Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, Carol Lombard, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Tyron Power......they had style and glamour

[@pavspol]

Is this an interview or an interrogation?

[@tonynegron1927]

😂 Yes,l noticed that too!

[@frenchanthony2226]

I thought the very same thing. MD was very regal here but, I thought she was being ganged up on. Such a classy, beautiful lady!

[@andrewpalframan4666]

@@frenchanthony2226 Well clearly she didn't feel the way you suggest,she didn't walk out!!

[@danielleevans3323]

That's the same feeling I got. She says she never even met her? I don't know about that. After watching her body language too, I call bs.

[@tempusfugit3405]

I thought exactly the same and what is so funny about the whole interview is that she is having that typical chill voice but her mimics and nonverbal signs are like "if you would only know..." 😂

[@pablobanados6552]

Through this whole interview she remains very humble. Here she admitts Garbo's uniqueness.

[@Sheldontexmex]

It seems like she love her and she recognized no one ever was a competitor , not with Garbo ❤️

[@marukooften1237]

Someone said Dietrich's most fascinating lover was with Garbo. Garbo also denied knowing Dietrich for the rest of her life....

[@TheTerryE]

People can make up any shit they want now that people are dead.

[@TheAhHaTraveler]

@@TheTerryE you can't make up the fact that they were in a movie together and yet still said this... Blue Angel a famous german film. It was easy to lie with no google lol

[@lucakat9262]

@@TheAhHaTraveler what movie did they make and how do you know how close they were?

[@TheAhHaTraveler]

@@lucakat9262 I believe it was called Blue Angel. It was a silent German movie. I have read a lot more interviews with Marlena daughter who said that the affair happened. Let alone it was common knowledge in the Hollywood community.

[@lucakat9262]

@@TheAhHaTraveler I've read from the comments section that it was another film they worked on together? An earlier film if Dietrichs.

[@mariorudnicki7527]

70 yrs old here omfg

[@softshallow7435]

Acer Emachines well facelifts were prominent in that era as well. Whoever did it did a great job.

[@kyleturner8283]

Style, class, sophistication, an astounding actress & a wonderful Grandmother to the four Riva boys !

[@thomassperduti4500]

Lol I love Dietrich but when she said she never met Garbo because Garbo never went out "true enough" and she Dietrich didn't go out I had to laugh. Dietrich was always going out absolutely always.

[@magda23324]

because you are a cow, you believed everything the medias tell you lol

[@tillyboos]

She and Garbo were my two FAVORITE actresses of that period. 💕 them both. ICONS. 🥰

[@sams9744]

She changed and transformed herself into someone on another level. Her face, body, shape and the way she spoke! Looked so different from her early age and photos I've seen. Unreal...!

[@daveyrogers7336]

One of the most beautiful and under-rated stars and actresses of The Golden Age. Should have won Oscar for Witness for the Prosecution.

[@chucksellers8422]

I'm a huge fan, and that was her best work.

[@Okidoki-uo9pk]

under-rated? You talking seriously?

[@daveyrogers7336]

@@Okidoki-uo9pk As an actress most certainly.

[@gunterangel]

@@daveyrogers7336 Absolutely ! You are so right on this ! I think, it was Von Sternberg and the exaggerated glamour style, that was fashionable in Hollywood at that time, when Von Sternberg had brought her to Hollywood, that pushed that monotonous and quite dull vamp image on her, that she had to repeat in most of her roles in the thirties. Rarely she got the opportunity to really shine as a character actress. And I completely agree with you, that 'Witness for the Prosecution' is probably her best performance, and she should have won an Oscar for it ! ( SPOILER ALERT !!! ) Seeing the movie for the first time she had actually fooled me with her disguise as the vulgar and ugly Cockney woman. Her courage for appearing ugly was really remarkable. And the climax of the entire movie at the very end wouldn't have worked, if she hadn't succeded in it. That means the movie as a whole stands or fails with her performance, an unbelievably heavy burden for any actress or actor. And she had mastered it ! Even Maximilian Schell once stated, that it was a shame, that she wasn't even nominated for an Academy Award, since it was certainly one of the best performances of the year. At least she was nominated for a Golden Globe, but didn't win either. There is one profound detail of her performance, that I could only recognize, when I watched the movie for the first time on DVD in the original English version. As a German, when the movie was broadcasted on German TV, one had always to watch the German dubbed version (, which is remarkably good btw.; Tilly Lauenstein's voice, who dubbed for Marlene Dietrich, had really an uncanny resemblence to Marlene's own voice, it's very difficult to discriminate between them, so similar both voices are ...!) But nevertheles, the original is always the best of course, the dubbing may be as excellent as it is.. Everytime I saw the dubbed version I was always shocked, but also quite amused, when I heared Marlene Dietrich singing the song for the British soldiers, shortly after the war in Hamburg. This song was the only part of the movie, that was not dubbed into German, so one could hear Marlene's own voice. And, as said, I was shocked and amused about the strong, nearly funnily heavy German accent, that Marlene sung the song with. (' I will never go home anymore') And I just wondered, how could it have been possible, that she had made such a big career in Hollywood with such a ridiculously heavy German accent ?! Then I went on watching the movie on DVD and suddenly realized, that in the later chapters, which played a dozen years later in London, her German accent appeared much more restraint, nearly inaudible, at least for me as a German. Then I finally realized, that the strong German accent in the singing scene was done all on purpose by her, because she played a German singer/actress, who wasn't used to sing in English until that point in time. And after she had become Mrs.Vole and had moved to the UK her English pronounciation would have naturally improved over a period of ten years. It's such great sense for the smallest detail, that made Marlene Dietrich's performance so great in this movie. Certainly oscar-worthy !!!

[@siempremarisol]

she look beautiful

[@sshowgirl933]

YES SO BITCHY BEAUTIFUL

[@rakesfunnyfarm]

Everything was taped back.

[@carolinaviescafernandez5490]

She was like 60 here

[@paolotondo2463]

@@carolinaviescafernandez5490 she was 68 here

[@Melinda8162]

@@rakesfunnyfarm ‘Taped’??

[@stevegordon8474]

Pure class exemplified Dietrich's every move. A formidable actor and performer herself, she could still pay a lovely compliment to the luminous Great Garbo. That's class.

[@Igor_ogi]

I’ve never seen her interviewed. That’s a real treat. Thank you.

[@nicnancy1312]

What a sweet, straightforward, and very down to earth woman. Gorgeous to boot. Quite revolutionary for her time as well. Piaf and her, the epitome of glamour and European excellence. Such a shame woman like themselves could not go on to live forever.

[@iiiiiccccc]

of course they met haha. Marlene & Jean Gabin rented one of Garbos houses in the 1940s. Garbo was their next door neighbour. Also, they were re-introduced to each other in 42 at an Orson Welles party. What's more, they met in the early 30s once when they both dated Mercedes de Acosta. After Mercedes they had a few other shared lovers. Interesting stuff. Hollywood was a village. When Marlene says "we never met" she might mean "we met in passing, but we never really met". You never know with this queen lol. Love m both.

[@shadowplay5363]

She is such an Ice Queen, which is exactly what you expect from Dietrich.

[@missdee4927]

The thing about Garbo is she was a legend and set apart from her peers while she was alive and young. Most people had to die young to become legends or get old.

[@Josip7771]

Well she managed to become a legend by creating that mystery around her by disappeearing so early from the screen and from the public. Im not quite sure if she had managed to keep her legend aura wouldn't she had disappeared so early

[@zyxw2024]

I as a young adult would see Garbo every so often where I was employed 1975 - 80. We never interacted, there was no reason too.

[@jeffgreenberg5306]

Very intelligent, courageous, and great actress in her own right, but love her respect for Garbo and realization of her uniqueness as a beautiful, intelligent, and brilliant actress. Marlene wasn't quite that level but was also unique in her beauty and style.

[@chucksellers8422]

They were doing very different things and had very different careers. MD was at least comparable to all the actresses, and at the same time, outshined almost every other star in the Hollywood cosmos.

[@Phoenixhunter157]

She’s more beautiful here than she was in her 20’s! 😍😍🤯

[@mogg34y]

Love her voice. Gentle and relaxing 😌

[@MrCrowebobby]

Talking to a famous Broadway writer who had just arrived in Hollywood, it may be in Moss Hart's autobiography, Dietrich about regretting to have accepted a film role: "Garbo turned it down; she knew it was trash. She has the primitive instincts. All those peasants do."

[@songbirdy]

That sounds about right. She's also talked of Garbo being poor and wearing dirty underwear. Just horrible trash talk. But Garbo showed her I guess. She was able to retire at 36, rich. Never had to work another day in her life and died at 84 worth millions. Never had to do an interview on a talk show either!

[@johnny-cc4in]

I believe this was one of her last sit down face to face interviews. About 8 years later she hid away from the public eye. Still looks good here.

[@mrsbluesky8415]

Stage Fright wasn’t a big hit but I always loved that movie, especially Marlene’s performance. You can’t take your eyes off her, she has such a presence. And look at her here, so beautiful and well spoken, an icon of glamour.

[@renatedebruyn9612]

Is this where Marilyn Monroe got the look? The eye liner and hair! The upsweep is reversed on Marilyn.

[@tonita88]

Yes and Marilyn's Happy Birthday Mr. President naked dress was inspired by the nude illusion gowns of Marlene Dietrich.

[@AnnaMaria-oy1fp]

@@tonita88 The nude gowns were created by Jean Louis. No she didn't get the hair from MD as this interview is way after MM death. The studios tested make up and hair on all actresses to find their look. Hair dressers would always experiment with hair styles.

[@kittyviveen9448]

Well, maybe they never met, but they shared a lover: Mercedes d'Acosta. She first had Garbo and then went to Dietrich

[@meboneme1]

And, WHICH of the THREE did you EVER MEET? Shut the hell up with GOSSIP!

[@blueheaven2135]

@@meboneme1 she is saying the truth its official lol

[@windstorm1000]

I believe it.all 3 were to say the least androgynous

[@tonybroderick4808]

They had many threesomes.

[@kittyviveen9448]

@@tonybroderick4808 reallly? what proof do you have of that?

[@daxashah1506]

Very bold n honest interview of this German actress of forties n fifties.She herself was very good actress.Privilidged to watch her in Billy Wilder’s court drama Witness For the Prosecution(1958).

[@gdcat777]

Such a lovely little clip, I want more.

[@philipdraper7284]

Her daughter claims she could not stand Garbo. These old film stars were complete professionals in that regard. They rarely if ever bashed a protege or peer from the old days. They kept in PRIVATE. Now every celebrity gets on Twitter and knocks another because they forgot to wave hello at them out shopping at the supermarket. That’s what our culture has become.

[@barronmaxxx2991]

I never realized how shy and almost meek in interviews talking about her life...let alone she was MGM;s Garbo counterpart....I loves this.

[@stconstable]

Dietrich was at Paramount.

[@barronmaxxx2991]

I knew it was MGM Paramount Warner Bros...I mean no disrespect...Ginger Rogers/Cyd Charise Marilyn Monroe/Jayne Mansfield Joan Collins/Elizebeth Taylor etc...

[@twerk4jesus108]

It's not shyness, she's just being coy and doesn't want to say too much. Garbo and Dietrich were secret lovers so this was an awkward question!

[@alanwisdom7777]

A true Lady, not like now they all throw carbage on the back of others.She speaks with respect of Garbo . I miss this time When the stars were really stars, by which I mean, they were inaccessible, mysterious, distant, and every appearance was an event. Now with social networks, we see celebrities in their kitchen, in their bathroom without makeup, there is no more mystery. They are all drowned in a flood of Instagram images

[@MrCrowebobby]

She said of Garbo to a Broadway writer in Hollywood "She has the primitive instincts; all those peasant do." It's in his autobiography.

[@Yves_Ka]

Those days there was no botox and fillers - pure unadulterated scalpel work

[@andrewmark2783]

And removing teeth to give you bone structure...

[@gracekelly1323]

Прекрасная актриса! Несмотря на то, что жила в штатах, американского акцента нет, британский. Восхищаюсь ее таланту !

[@gunterangel]

As the daughter of a German military officer in the Kaiser's Germany, it was expected from her to learn several European languages. And of course the ideal pronounciation of the English language in German schools at the time was Oxford English. That was, what every German, who was studying English, tried to achieve.

[@jsharkee]

So she was 70 here? She looks good for 70 doesnt she!

[@sshowgirl933]

gorgeous marlene

[@bobbyb7979]

Her daughter, Maria Riva, is 95 and still living.

[@hrvojekosi5323]

I was watching Stage Fright the other day, she really dominates the screen.

[@missg1727]

These ladies slept together back in the Golden Hollywood days.

[@martijnkeisers5900]

They actually met and were in a silent picture together.

[@jakasnazwa2072]

Where ?

[@mexton]

She was very pretty.I never saw her in color.

[@slayerette86m]

Wow, she looked amazing.

[@dmac3551]

She does a great “Lily Von Schtoop” (Blazing Saddles) impression

[@mskitty238]

HAHA .. !

[@Lacrimosemo]

I am a little confused. The first talking picture was The Jazz Singer and Garbo was not in that Movie... ????

[@garychopping2184]

she arrived in hollywood just after Greta Garbo made her first talkie.

[@themermaidstale5008]

MD said, “She (Garbo) just made her first talking picture when I arrived here.”

[@WalterLiddy]

It's funny - Joan Crawford was in awe of Garbo too. If these ladies didn't consider themselves in the same league, I'm sure she's right that nobody did.

[@marciosr8504]

So did Kate Hepburn and Bette Davis. Both said the same things with different words...

[@mariochavez1253]

The Mariah Carey of the classic cinema... "I don't know her" 😅😅😅

[@freethinker4821]

Danny Schwartz you truly are deranged

[@freethinker4821]

Danny Schwartz are you done?

[@freethinker4821]

Danny Schwartz take a long walk off a short pier

[@kimmylovesvintage3931]

Free Thinker get some fucking help!

[@freethinker4821]

Marlene's dolls who asked you?

[@sebeckley]

Dietrich was in 18 silent films, mostly if not all in Germany. She was also in one of them with Garbo.

[@Myplop]

She said she wasn’t in Hollywood Silents which is true

[@gunterangel]

Exactly ! She was brought to Hollywood by American director, Josef von Sternberg, who had directed her in 'Der blaue Engel'/'The Blue Angel', which was one of the first sound pictures made in Berlin/Germany in 1929. The movie was made during a short period of time, when there was a joint venture of the American Paramount and the German UFA. As it was a use in the days of the early talkies several language versions of prestigious movies had been made, also for 'Der blaue Engel'/'The Blue Angel' . Von Sternberg directed both, the German version and the English one. And Marlene Dietrich as well as Emil Jannings also played in both versions. The movie became a hit in Germany and in the USA. Afterwards Von Sternberg persuaded Marlene Dietrich to follow him to Hollywood, where he was the most important builder of her movie career.

[@Rudipolt]

THANKS Marlene Aloha from Hawaii

[@kuziokundera]

Damn...this is 1971, which means she’s 70? To look that good at 70 in 1971 is almost impossible.

[@MsUa125]

Marlene she's the one who lost an expensive cabochon emerald ring while baking at a friend's house.

[@aldofhister6859]

It's floating in the ocean somewhere ! Or at the bottom of the sea

[@wilburbonzo]

It's not true that Dietrich made no films in the silent era, she did appear in quite a few in Germany

[@kensimmons]

But not in Hollywood, which is the context here.

[@mariaalano3077]

she looks to be herself, no pretensions, exudes confidence of a strong woman

[@rolom3]

If you know Marlene’s mannerisms from watching her movies, and if you know a bit about this situation. How she was bisexual but she found real pleasure and meaning with women and not with men. How she and Garbo had a relationship when she was 21 and Garbo only 19. How the end to their relationship was extremely painful and heartbreaking, and that Garbo made Dietrich swear not to speak a word of it for the rest of her life - she even had to pretend they never met.... Then you can see the pain Dietrich is holding back here. Not only the pain, but the love and admiration for Garbo that still remained. Did you see that sigh at the end? She’s so uncomfortable and she’s trying her best to keep her cool and mask her feelings. “She didn’t go out and I didn’t go out so how could we meet?” The biggest lie ever, Dietrich was a party animal and Garbo went out too! They just avoided each other at all costs, if one was at a party the other had to leave. Such a tragic story 💔

[@sprague49]

Their affair notwithstanding, Dietrich was a legend and the epitome of style and class. She wasn't going to sit there and gossip about other actresses, whoever they might be. Best to declare, "We never met", forcing the interviewer to either move on or challenge her. He tried and he failed. Bravo Marlene!

[@jackevans3480]

Of course there was the rumoured affair and they met while making "Die Freudlose Gasse," obviously, but one has to admire Dietrich's discretion and her obvious admiration for Garbo.

[@Josip7771]

​@@jackevans3480 that is just an unproven rumor. The woman on set to be Marlene Dietrich in fact turned out to be Herta von Walther. I, personally, think it is more likely that they avoided each other for no distinct reason. It can be assumed that Garbo mostly avoided people in general and made only few exceptions.

[@patronsaintofnow9765]

@@Josip7771 This.

[@65wiseman]

Age 69. A sometimes difficult but great woman -

[@careygustafson495]

alguien podría traducir, en español, no entendí... :(

[@virginiabify]

Em português? O apresentador perguntou a Marlene se ela e Greta Garbo era competidodas(rivais). Marlene constatou la pergunta e disse que não! Impossível competir com Garbo! Marlene também contestou que nunca encontrou Garbo na vida. Greta Garbo não tinha vida social como a própria Marlene.

[@markc3393]

Love Dietrich there was no one like her either. Bette Davis said Greta Garbo was like the camera it was up to the other actor to work off of her. I can't remember the quote exactly but it was very interesting. She was talking about transcending a role but she said no one really transcended except Garbo.

[@danielh3179]

She was 69 in this clip and looks amazing.

[@kevinbergin2225]

I would have been interested in a Garbo/Dietrich pairing. Right up there with a Gary Cooper /John Wayne western? But these things never happened.

[@winnienguyen4420]

Not surprising as I always found Marlene to be the only actress with any similarities to Garbo. Both were wonderful.

[@Starkardur]

I doubt that Garbo would feel the same LMFAO. Marlene adored Garbo. Too bad the feeling were not mutual.

[@clacclackerson3678]

Who is the interviewer? His voice sound so familiar.

[@BrendanJSmith]

I still feel Garbo's super early retirement was the biggest loss of an actor that Hollywood ever experienced that wasn't a death.

[@debra13]

I would love to see Helen McCrory play Dietrich.

[@reasonrestored9116]

auntdj111 interesting comment, I get it. I saw sian Phillips play her years ago on stage in her ‘old’ age. I thought she was excellent. I can see HMcC doing that role

[@debra13]

@@reasonrestored9116 thanks!

[@LittleLulubee]

She's so elegant!! Her dress is gorgeous, and I love her hair! 😍💖😍

[@arnoldstollar5375]

Few people have performed in French or German. As this singer has. Great.

[@keysersoze4322]

THE LIES HAHAHAHAHA

[@hazlitt1]

Two of my favourite all time leading ladies…… Garbo and Dietrich. They had it all, beauty, grace, intelligence, gravitas, femininity, …… leading ladies today are nothing…. Same for leading men.

[@goliathsparrow1082]

the studios definetly had one each in terms of exotic: and they did pit each against each other, but Marlene is stating something else here

[@sunmoonstars2228]

It was a documentary about her early days. The truth was when she started she was copying Greta Garbo, and it was the competitiveness aspect involved. But she said the truth and that Greta was unique

[@charliesoutherton4249]

she still looks like she was in the 1930s with her make up

[@rakesfunnyfarm]

Everything was taped back.

[@BoBo-ti6jh]

You need glasses.

[@erwinwoodedge4885]

Dietrich is a class act!

[@sapphire7424]

She just said what we all know, no one before or since has ever compared to GG.

[@georgegallucci1845]

Garbo’s pictures have not aged well. They seem ridiculous if you watch them now.

[@blueheaven2135]

@@georgegallucci1845 nope Garbo is a macig ,she has macigal presence front of the camera

[@songbirdy]

@@georgegallucci1845 some are camp. Not all of them. Camille. Anna Christie. Ninontchka. Anna Karinia. Even silents like A Woman of Desires is good still. I mean melodrama was the movies in the 20's. I actually liked Conquest with Boyer and her. She seldom had a strong male lead. Barrymore. But she messed up and over acted in Grand Hotel imo.

[@paolotondo2463]

Unbelievable that she was already 70!what a beuatiful woman 😍

[@mariahernandez-garay5599]

SHE WAS RIGHT, GARBO WAS UNIQUE,BUT SHE LIED ABOUT NOT MEETING HER,THEY MET IN BERLIN BEFORE GARBO CAME TO AMERICA.

[@Murgatroydian]

Closed Captions calls her "Gobble".

[@sfyc]

OH MY GOD I got such a laugh out of this AHAHA!!

[@songbirdy]

Lol!

[@GFSLombardo]

Neither Garbo nor Dietrich ever publicly admitted that they knew each other, let alone had an unhappy lesbian affair (which they apparently did). Both were actresses, they both knew how to lie-its called "acting". Dietrich gave one such "performance" to the 2 TV guys in the video. She dodged all of the "delicate" questions and tried to convince them she was just a humble little hard working actress from Germany-AND SHE DID NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT GARBO-GET IT!? Reading Maria Riva's biography about her mother , she wrote that during the late 1960's early 1970's Dietrich suffered a series of serious accidents . This, as well as the known fact that she habitually wore a very stiff and tight"foundation" under her clothing, and may have been on pain medication, one may surmise the reasons she looked so stiff and uncomfortable and was "hiding" behind the piano. She may have been in pain back in 1971, maybe even using an unseen wheelchair?-But the show must go on! P.S. She played those two men like they were two trout on her line(lol).

[@TheOmegaman1911]

Garbo didn't make the first talking picture , Jolson did , unless she was a minstrel?

[@tomarnold8417]

Bryan John Van Heer Hewitt she said it was garbos first talking picture. Not the first talking picture.