Maria Riva
Acting
December 13, 1924
Died October 29, 2025 (100 years old)
Berlin, Germany
15
Acting Credits
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
Filmography
All Abroad
2018
as Evie (Period)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self
4.3
Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song
2002
as Self
6.5
Beckmann
1999
as Self
4.5
No Angel: A Life of Marlene Dietrich
1996
6
Scrooged
1988
as Mrs. Rhinelander
6.8
The Taming
1970
3.7
Your Show of Shows
1950
7.3
Studio One
1948
5.4
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
6.8
Studio One
1948
as Jenny Swenson
5.4
Studio One
1948
as Miss Mitnick
5.4
The Garden of Allah
1936
as Young Girl Sewing (uncredited)
6
The King Steps Out
1936
as Girl Playing Violin (uncredited)
6
The Scarlet Empress
1934
as Sophia as a Child
6.9