German actress and singer Marlene Dietrich, bi-sexual cabaret performer who brought her charisma most remarkably to Josef von Sternberg's 1930 films Morocco and The Blue Angel

Having come to Hollywood to escape the tide of Nazism, she later risked her life performing for American soldiers overseas, knowing full well that if the Germans caught her she'd be made a terrible example. All that greatness, plus she loved a chihuahua. How cool is that.