Maria Riva

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    December 13, 1924

    Day of Death

    October 29, 2025 (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

    • Scrooged

      Scrooged

      1988

    • The Scarlet Empress

      The Scarlet Empress

      1934

    • The Garden of Allah

      The Garden of Allah

      1936

    • The Ed Sullivan Show

      The Ed Sullivan Show

      1948

    • Studio One

      Studio One

      1948

    • Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

      Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

      2002

    • The King Steps Out

      The King Steps Out

      1936

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

      Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

      2007

    • Your Show of Shows

      Your Show of Shows

      1950

    • The Taming

      The Taming

      1970

    • Beckmann

      Beckmann

      1999

    • No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich

      No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich

      1996

    • All Abroad

      All Abroad

      2018