In a year in which Nazi sympathizers marched in Charlottesville, Virginia, and killed a woman there, it feels especially good to salute one of the 20th century's leading badass anti-Hitlerites, Marlene Dietrich, on her 116th birthday.
Google is sporting a stylish doodle today, and she was trending on Twitter, too. We cats would like to add our two cents and toast Madame Dietrich for her patriotic moxie during World War II.
Born in Germany and naturalized a US citizen in 1939, Dietrich was fiercely outspoken against the Nazis — which got her films banned in her home country, probably to her great delight. During the war, she visited and entertained American troops scarily close to the European front lines. She had spunk!
Oh, and did we mention she was gorgeous, and a terrific actress? Maybe those idiots who marched in Charlottesville should check out one of her best films, "Judgment at Nuremberg." They might learn a thing or two. We cats PURR.
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