Marlene
Americannoun
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What she presents is more like the world’s campiest cabaret act, with the Bride as a mashup of Katharine Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis and maybe Natasha Lyonne.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
German actress Marlene Dietrich and fashion designer Coco Chanel also embraced it.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
The group’s profit was worse than expected, dragged down by a higher tax rate and a volatile net fair value result, analysts Benjamin Goy and Marlene Eibensteiner write.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
She is survived by her husband, Stuart Claxton, stepson Javier, mother Marlene, siblings Jane and Ben, nieces Isabella and Amelia and nephew Nicolas.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2025
Mutti told him and told him that Marlene would just keep on running, that she would be terrified, that no one would be able to catch her, except one of us.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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