Carving Out Her Identity
Even though her real name wasn’t Marlene, it wasn’t absurd because entertainers often used stage names back then. But her story is a little different. She was born Marie Magdalene Dietrich, but her friends and family nicknamed her “Lena,” and somehow it cleverly evolved into “Marlene”.
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As her connections coined this name, Marlene loved it and carried it graciously. She started calling herself by this name when she was just eleven years old. However, it’s almost like fate played the game right by preparing a fantastic name for the future.