December 27, 1901
Birth of Marie Magdalene Dietrich in Berlin-Schöneberg. Second daughter to parents: Louis Erich Otto Dietrich and Elisabeth Ottilie Josefine née Felsing.

1907 to 1919
Attends school in Berlin and Dessau.

1920/21
Studies violin in Weimar

October 1922
First roles in Berlin theaters, among others the Grosses Schauspielhaus Berlin (director: Max Reinhardt); first parts in feature films.

May 17, 1923
Marriage to Rudolf Emilian Sieber (born 1897). They never divorced.

December 13, 1924
Birth of her daughter Maria Elisabeth Sieber.

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