by caappy » Tue Jun 12, 2018 7:27 pm
Maria Elisabeth Riva (née Sieber; born 13 December 1924) is an American actress, writer and activist. She worked on television at CBS in the 1950s. She is the daughter of actress Marlene Dietrich, about whom she published a memoir in 1992. Riva received acting training and during the Second World War entertained Allied troops in Europe for the USO from 1945–46, stationed in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. She also acted in theatre and summer stock, including a production of Tea and Sympathy. She appeared at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway in the 1954 production The Burning Glass, opposite Cedric Hardwicke and Walter Matthau.. Riva semi-retired from acting in the mid-50's, but made a cameo appearance as Mrs. Rhinelander - the wife of Robert Mitchum's character - in Bill Murray's Scrooged. In 2001, she was interviewed for Her Own Song, a documentary about her mother. In June 2012, her son Michael died, aged 63, following a stroke.
In 2018, Riva returned to acting, starring in a short-film entitled 'All Aboard', directed by her grandson J. Michael Riva, Jr.
Sent her 2 photos on 4 Jan and got them back signed on 12 Jun... Sent them via her son... The postmark on the envelope was stamped Los Angeles, CA 90035 dated 5 Jun..
Ms Maria Riva
c/o Peter Riva
International Transactions, Inc.
PO Box 97
Gila, NM 88038-0097
Maria Elisabeth Riva (née Sieber; born 13 December 1924) is an American actress, writer and activist. She worked on television at CBS in the 1950s. She is the daughter of actress Marlene Dietrich, about whom she published a memoir in 1992. Riva received acting training and during the Second World War entertained Allied troops in Europe for the USO from 1945–46, stationed in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. She also acted in theatre and summer stock, including a production of Tea and Sympathy. She appeared at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway in the 1954 production The Burning Glass, opposite Cedric Hardwicke and Walter Matthau.. Riva semi-retired from acting in the mid-50's, but made a cameo appearance as Mrs. Rhinelander - the wife of Robert Mitchum's character - in Bill Murray's Scrooged. In 2001, she was interviewed for Her Own Song, a documentary about her mother. In June 2012, her son Michael died, aged 63, following a stroke.
In 2018, Riva returned to acting, starring in a short-film entitled 'All Aboard', directed by her grandson J. Michael Riva, Jr.
Sent her 2 photos on 4 Jan and got them back signed on 12 Jun... Sent them via her son... The postmark on the envelope was stamped Los Angeles, CA 90035 dated 5 Jun..
Ms Maria Riva
c/o Peter Riva
International Transactions, Inc.
PO Box 97
Gila, NM 88038-0097
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