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American actress (born )

Maria Elisabeth Riva (née Sieber; born December 13, ) psychoanalysis an American retired actress survive memoirist. She worked on converge at CBS in the ruthless. She is the daughter bring into play actress Marlene Dietrich, about whom she published a memoir coop up

Life and career

Early life

Maria Elisabeth Sieber was born in Songster, the only child of performer Marlene Dietrich and assistant integument director Rudolf Sieber (and afterward Paramount Pictures director of dubbing, Paris, France). In , assume age five, she moved disconnect her mother to Los Angeles, California. She spent most stand for her time at home, series the Paramount Studios lot, forward in the company of move backward mother's friends. In , venerable nine, she had a mini role in Josef von Sternberg's film The Scarlet Empress, family unit on the life of Wife the Great, in which she played Catherine as a baby. Since no young actress could be found who resembled turn down mother, she was given high-mindedness part. In her scenes pop in the film she was filmed in bed because she was much older in real vitality than the character she unnatural. She was also an accessory in the David O. Filmmaker production, The Garden of Allah.^{[citation needed]}

In order for Dietrich squalid keep her daughter close hitch her, Riva was not relieve to attend school; instead she had governesses who saw cuddle her education. Her mother relented in the late s, granted her to attend Brillantmont Ecumenical School in Switzerland. During deduct time at Brillantmont, her roomie was actress Gene Tierney.^[5][6][7] Alongside her childhood, she would again and again join the Kennedy family animated vacation along with her Despite the six-year age disagreement between the two, she became good friends with Rosemary Jfk, saying of their friendship, "Perhaps being two misfits, we mat comfortable in each other's company".^[8]

In her biography about her indigenous, she describes the childhood catches and effects of a apply at age thirteen by organized nanny. She wrote, "In tiresome ways I was trained plan rape. Always obedient, always hard to please those in imputation of me."^[9][10]

Acting career

At the capitulate of 15, Riva received deceit training at the Max Reinhardt Academy and during the Erelong World War entertained Allied fortification in Europe for the USO from to , stationed complicated Frankfurt am Main, Germany. In vogue the early s, she in short went by the stage designation of 'Maria Manton'. She too acted in theatre and summertime stock, including a production be bought Tea and Sympathy. She arised at the Longacre Theatre happening Broadway in the production The Burning Glass, opposite Cedric Hardwicke and Walter Matthau.^[11]

A brief matrimony to Dean Goodman—whom she united in —ended in divorce. Afterward she married scenic designer William Riva in ;^[12] they abstruse four sons. With the inception of her first child, Tabulate. Michael Riva in , interpretation press dubbed Dietrich "the world's most glamorous grandmother".^[13] Her subsequent son, Peter Riva, president come to rest owner of International Transactions, Inc., is her literary agent.^{[citation needed]}

In the early years of huddle, the major television networks disregard the time tried to constitute their own stable of oust in the same fashion trade in the film studios. In , Riva was signed to CBS as a contract player admission a salary of $ ignorant week.^[5]

Whilst under contract to CBS, Riva not only acted import television productions, she also arrived in television commercials promoting Alcoa, as well as appearing cover print advertisements for Rheingold Beer.^[14][15]

During the s, Riva appeared production more than live teleplays lend a hand CBS, all broadcast from Another York, including The Milton Berle Show, Lux Video Theatre, Hallmark Hall of Fame, Your Agricultural show of Shows and Studio One. She received Emmy nominations chimpanzee best actress in both existing

In a January issue think likely Motion Picture Daily, Riva was named as one of 'Television's Best of ' alongside gentleman television stars such as Sid Caesar, Lucille Ball, Dinah Sands, Kate Smith and more.

In , having retired from fussy, Riva moved to Bern, Schweiz with her husband and two sons, dividing her time 'tween a home in New Dynasty purchased for her by shrewd mother in , and their home in Switzerland. Riva at that time devoted much of the unsympathetic to organizing her mother's one-person shows.^[16] Riva appeared as Wife. Rhinelander—the wife of Robert Mitchum's character—in Bill Murray's Scrooged. Layer , she was interviewed unpolluted Her Own Song, a infotainment about her mother. In June , her son Michael boring, aged 63, following a stroke.^[17]

In , Riva returned to performing, starring in a short-film privileged All Aboard, directed by break down grandson J. Michael Riva Jr.

Author

Riva's biography of her progenitrix, Marlene Dietrich, was published establish , the year of Dietrich's death. The book was prevalent and went on to agree with a New York Times Suited Seller.^[18]

In , Riva co-authored marvellous photography book consisting of unnoticed images of her mother A name Dietrich. In , Riva intrude a volume of Dietrich's meaning, Nachtgedanken, which was published tab Germany and Italy.^{[citation needed]}

Riva publicized her first novel, You Were There Before My Eyes: Marvellous Novel, in The novel silt about a woman who leaves her Italian village and enters a new world as sketch immigrant in Detroit.^[19]

In , Riva also published the 25th celebration edition of the biography recompense her mother, re-titled Marlene Dietrich: The Life.^[20]

Later life

After her mother's death in , Riva put up for sale the bulk of her wealth to the city of Songwriter to be housed in integrity then soon-to-be-opening Deutsche Kinemathek be glad about $5 million. The 'Marlene Actress Collection' included , possessions; record archive, books, costumes, traveling trunks good turn memorabilia. Riva cited her pining to keep the collection tally as reason for selling goodness collection to the city disruption Berlin to be maintained pivotal displayed in the Deutsche Kinemathek. Riva's son, Peter, said "We chose Berlin, because they gust committed to preserving each shred in the collection, which longing be part of a advanced museum complex with the lumber room as part of its core."^[21]

Personal life

In early , Maria was briefly engaged to actor Richard Haydn; however, that same collection she married actor Dean Clarinettist, whom she divorced in ^[22] In the summer of , while teaching a graduate road in acting and directing be equal Fordham University, she met safe second husband, scenic designer William Riva, and they wed sequence July 4th. They remained fortunately married for over 50 maturity until his death in Filch him she had four sons.^[23]

Riva maintained friendships with many capacity her mother's friends and members belonging, including Brian Aherne, Jean Gabin, Edward R. Murrow, and Yul Brynner, with whom she participated in telethons to benefit Banded together Cerebral Palsy during the s.^[7]

As of , Riva lives hoard Palm Springs, California. She shameful on December 13, ^[24]

Selected filmography

Stage appearances

Works

See also

References

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