Gwyneth Paltrow who will celebrate her 32nd birthday in September has new roles waiting for her – mother to her daughter Apple and title role for the upcoming movie by Dream Works, “Marlene Dietrich.”

Variety reported Thursday that Dream Works had optioned Maria Riva’s memoir about her mother Marlene Dietrich. And according to AFP, “the studio had signed Paltrow to the role after securing rights to the tell-all memoir and has also won the cooperation of the estate of the late Dietrich, who died alone in her Paris apartment in 1992.”

Jess Money will write the script and produce with Paltrow and David Nicksay, according to Variety.

A contemporary of Greta Garbo (1905-1990), Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) was born Maria Magdalena Dietrich. Like Garbo, Dietrich was a screen goddess during the 1930s and 1940s Hollywood era.

Best known for her role in The Blue Angel (1930) and Morocco (1930), Dietrich symbolized glamour and mystery, her beauty was considered legendary.

There are numerous books about Dietrich, and one of the most compelling is Maria Riva’s book. Using her mother's diary, radiograms, and letters, she gives proper weight to Dietrich's youth, her experience on the Berlin stage, her collaboration with director Josef Von Sternberg and her latter-day triumphs on stage and as a chanteuse.

Dietrich's grandson Peter Riva, was quoted by Variety saying, Paltrow is one of few contemporary actresses who could do justice to his grandmother.

"She has the stillness required in an aristocrat, and the ability to plumb the depths of character without too much emotion, which was Marlene's trademark," Riva said. "Like Marlene, she has the kind of body designers love to hang clothes on. And while Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald taught Marlene to maximize her limited vocal range, Gwyneth is a much better singer. She'll just have to sultry up her voice a bit."

Peter Riva definitely has a point, except that he, like most of Gwyneth’s fans has to wait a little while for the movie while she gets back her willowy figure. Maybe Gwynnie can ask Kate Hudson for some tips on how to lose pregnancy weight gain.