Born on this day – Maria Riva:

Maria Riva

Actress

Writer

Producer

December 13, 1924 – October 29, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Marlene Dietrich (1992); Marlene Dietrich Lib/E: The Life (2020); Marlene Dietrich: By Her Daughter Maria Riva (1992); Marlene Dietrich: The Life (1993); Meine Mutter Marlene (1992); You Were There Before My Eyes (2017).

Movies and television:

4th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1954); 5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); Ad Lib (1986–1995); All Aboard (2018); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952); Beckmann (2005); Biography (2000); Climax! (1955); Compression (2023); Crime Photographer (1951–1952); Crime Syndicate (1952); Danger (1951–1952); Die glückliche Mutter (1928); Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952); Hello Paradise (2007); Hour of Stars (2002); Josef von Sternberg, the Man Who Made Dietrich (1994); Kraft Theatre (1952); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1952–1953); Kultur im Gespräch (1993); Legenden (1998); Let's Take Sides (1953); Lux Video Theatre (1951–1952); Marlene - Le Crépuscule d'un ange (2012); Marlene (2025); Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song (2001); Marlene Dietrich: Shadow and Light (1996); Medallion Theatre (1953); Nachlass Marlene Dietrich (1993); Omnibus / segment: The Abracadabra Kid (1953); Robert Montgomery Presents (1952–1955); Scrooged (1988); Stage 7 (1955); Studio One (1951–1955); Sure As Fate (1951); Suspense (1951–1954); Target (1958); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Garden of Allah (1936); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2009); The Ken Murray Show (1952); The King Steps Out (1936); The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996); The Martha Raye Show (1955); The Milton Berle Show (1953); The Motorola Television Hour (1953); The Revlon Mirror Theater (1953); The Scarlet Empress (1934); The Story of Ruth (1954); The Web (1951–1954); Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007); WOR-TV's Kid Telethon (1954); You Are There (1954); Your Show of Shows (1952).