Maria Riva

Maria Riva

Acting

Birthday

1924/12/13

Day of death

2025/10/29 (100 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Berlin, Germany

Also know as

Maria Elisabeth 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.

Acting
Scrooged
6.8

(1988) Scrooged

as Mrs. Rhinelander

No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
6.0

(1996) No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich

as ---

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
4.3

(2007) Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

as Self

Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
6.4

(2002) Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

as Self

The Scarlet Empress
6.8

(1934) The Scarlet Empress

as Sophia as a Child

The King Steps Out
5.9

(1936) The King Steps Out

as Girl Playing Violin (uncredited)

The Garden of Allah
5.8

(1936) The Garden of Allah

as Young Girl Sewing (uncredited)

The Taming
2.0

(1970) The Taming

as ---

All Abroad
0.0

(2018) All Abroad

as Evie (Period)

Studio One
5.0

(1948) Studio One

as ---

Your Show of Shows
6.3

(1950) Your Show of Shows

as ---

The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8

(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Studio One
5.0

(1948) Studio One

as Jenny Swenson

Studio One
5.0

(1948) Studio One

as Miss Mitnick

Beckmann
2.0

(1999) Beckmann

as Self