Marlene Dietrich

the classic photo many people think shows Marlene Dietrich on a motorcycle in a dress and heels is not actually her — at least not in the widely circulated versions on social media. According to posts from vintage-photo collectors and retro archives, a version of this image circulating online is of a Marlene Dietrich lookalike photographed in 2019, not the actress herself.
The motorcycle looks older style — but the lighting, clarity, and proportions suggest either a staged or stylized shoot, possibly a modern retro recreation rather than an authentic vintage press shot from the 1930s–1950s.
There’s no verified archival or press record of Marlene Dietrich posing on a motorcycle in a dress and heels in any historic Dietrich photo archive or biography. Authentic Dietrich photos from her career (1930s–1950s) exist widely in museum collections and press archives — but none match this specific pose.
Online posts claiming this photo is Dietrich often misattribute or use mislabeled images, and many such viral images are modern recreations or look-alikes rather than genuine period files.

This can be easily researched,and also usually gen Z idiots(or silent gen or boomers) believe every photo. You don't even need AI ,there's plenty lookalike photos too. And DIetrich was decades older than the woman in the photo(which is very obviously not a photo taken in the late 1910s, 20s or early 30s at the latest based on age Dietrich was. Bikes like that did not exist back then. It has several post-WW2 features.
Horizontally opposed “boxer” twin engine
→ BMW pioneered this, but early versions (late 1920s–early ’30s) looked much simpler.

Plunger rear suspension (those vertical springs near the rear wheel)
→ This is key.
➜ BMW introduced plunger rear suspension around 1951.

Overall bulk, tank shape, engine casing
→ Matches early-1950s BMW models, especially:
BMW R51/3 (1951–1954)
BMW R67 / R68 era
1920s:
❌ No rear suspension like this
❌ Much thinner frames, rigid rear ends

Early–mid 1930s:
❌ Still mostly rigid rear frames
❌ Very different engine casings and proportions

Late 1930s–WWII:
❌ Military bikes (R75, Zündapp KS750) look nothing like this

Posted by EternalFreedomDharmaReply0 02026-01-29 16:47 (edited 2026-01-29 16:49)  🛈  ⚠

Incomparable Marlene Dietrich, bella, sensual, de hermosas piernas, una actriz notable y cantante singular, de esas épocas de la femme fatale por su exótico maquillaje y poses.

Posted by ramontelleReply1 02025-12-06 02:08  🛈  ⚠

My memory of is of her in her later years. She was in Witness For The Prosecution which was shown on BBC2 on Saturday.

Posted by jb793Reply0 02025-12-02 16:53  🛈  ⚠

mine is of her many bisexual escapades and lovers,rubbing carpets with other women for decades whilst she cuckolded her husband( this is factual info,anyone can research) by sleeping around with many men and women and showing him their love letters to her and giving him biting comments alongside them. She ridiculed him, but they remained married until his death in the 70s. A cruelty that germans know well, but he was a loser simp for tolerating it. Greta Garbo,another hollywood legend,swedish this time, bisexual that had decades long affair with a woman she loved,look it up,but did admit to have loved a man once when young. fascinating histories. Garbo and Dietrich never met though, as Dietrich confirmed in the 70s.

Posted by EternalFreedomDharmaReply1 02026-01-29 16:53  🛈  ⚠

RIP great performer

Posted by Paolino980Reply1 02024-12-27 10:27  🛈  ⚠