Maria Riva

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

15

Gender

Female

Birthday

1924-12-13

Day of death

2025-10-29 (100 years old)

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Maria Riva

Biography

Maria Elisabeth Riva (née Sieber; born December 13, 1924) is a German-born American actress. She worked on television at CBS in the 1950s, becoming one of the first stars of early kinescope-era television. She is the daughter of actress Marlene Dietrich, about whom she published a memoir in 1992. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maria Riva, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Beckmann

    Beckmann

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Scrooged

    Scrooged

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • All Abroad

    All Abroad

  • The Scarlet Empress

    The Scarlet Empress

  • No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich

    No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich

  • The Garden of Allah

    The Garden of Allah

  • The King Steps Out

    The King Steps Out

  • Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

    Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

  • The Taming

    The Taming