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Rendezvous with Marlene

Rendezvous with Marlene *****

Review of performance via YouTube: Nov 23, 2020

© Russ Rowland

UTE LEMPER channelling Dietrich!
Marlene, forever the enigma, hated in her home country, Germany, later restored to favour. Wooed in Hollywood, loved by audiences round the world, pinned into frocks – I remember that sequined dress that made her shuffle to the front of the stage like a geisha when I saw her London – dying a recluse in Paris at 94. Continue reading