CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
Sunday 27 December 2015
Marlene on the Wall
"I had no desire to be a film actress, to always play somebody else, to be beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me."
"I'm not an actress - I'm a personality."
"There is a lack of dignity to film stardom."
"I never ever took my career seriously."
"I was an actress. I made films. Finish."
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (27th December 1901 – 6th May 1992)
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She was a one off - fab
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