This week’s Essay focuses on the German-born American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich, charting her life and career through the songs she performed and marking the 30th anniversary of her death.

What am I to do? I cahn’t help it. Love’s always been my game, Play it how I may. I was made that way. I cahn’t help it. — “Falling in Love Again” by Frederick Hollander, Sammy Lerner Marlene Dietrich ...

MONTGOMERY — Marlene Dietrich, one of the most enduring and endearing screen and stage performers of the 20th century, was paid homage by opera singer Janice Hall in a special addition to the Grand ...