US EditionActress Maria Riva, only Child of Marlene Dietrich, Dead at 100
Maria Riva was a pioneering early TV star with Emmy nominations in 1952 and 1953 and later managed her mother Marlene Dietrich’s career and legacy.
- On Wednesday, Maria Riva died in her sleep at her son Peter Riva's home in Gila, New Mexico, at age 100, just weeks before her 101st birthday on Dec. 13.
- Born Maria Elisabeth Sieber on Dec. 13, 1924 in Berlin, she was the only child of Marlene Dietrich and Rudolf Sieber and became a live-television pioneer with over 500 teleplays and Emmy nominations in 1952 and 1953.
- Riva also turned to writing and editing about Dietrich, publishing the 1992 biography 'Marlene Dietrich', co-authoring a 2001 photo book, editing a 2005 poetry volume, and releasing her 2017 novel 'You Were There Before My Eyes' at age 91.
- She is survived by three sons, seven grandchildren and a great-granddaughter, and Peter Riva said the family is comforted knowing she now joins her husband of 50 years, William, and her eldest son, J. Michael Riva.
- Her career positioned her as a cross‑media pioneer by drawing television personalities into other media, and she preserved Dietrich's legacy by selling much of her mother's estate to the Deutsche Kinemathek museum in Berlin.
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The announcement of the disappearance was given by his son to Hollywood Reporter, stating that he died peacefully.
Although Maria Riva herself was successful in show business, she remained one thing for the rest of her life: the daughter of Marlene Dietrich. Now the actress died in New Mexico. She became 100 years old.
Maria Riva was the only child of Marlene Dietrich. Standing in the shadow of the ambitious mother was never easy for the actress. Now she died in New Mexico.
Maria Riva, Daughter of Marlene Dietrich and Actress, Dies at 100
A two-time Emmy get nominee, Riva published a biography of her mother shortly after Dietrich's deathEric Robert/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images Maria Riva.Maria Riva, the only child of famed actress Marlene Dietrich, has died at the age of 100 — just weeks before she was set to turn 101 on Dec. 13.A two-time Emmy nominee in the early 1950s for her work on television, the actress died of natural causes in her sleep on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at the New M…
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