What is Maria Riva?
{{Infobox person | name = Maria Riva | image = Maria Riva 1951.jpg | image_caption = Maria Riva in 1951. | birth_name = Maria Elisabeth Sieber | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1924|12|13}} | birth_place = Berlin, Weimar Republic | nationality = American | years_active = 1934&ndash;present | occupation = Actress, author | spouse = {{marriage|Dean Goodman|1943|1944|end=divorce}}<br/>{{marriage|William Riva|1947|1999|end=died}} | children = 4 including [[J. Michael Riva]] and Peter Riva | parents = [[Marlene Dietrich]] <br/> (mother) }} '''Maria Elizabeth Riva''' ([[née]] '''Sieber''', born 13 December 1924) is a German-born American actress, writer and activist. She worked on television in the 1950s. She is the daughter of actress [[Marlene Dietrich]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Marlene Dietrich|last=Riva|first=Maria|year=1994|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=978-0345386458|page=[https://archive.org/details/marlenedietrich00riva_0/page/598 598]|url=https://archive.org/details/marlenedietrich00riva_0/page/598}}</ref> Riva was born in [[Berlin]], [[Weimar Republic]]. Her career began in 1934.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/You-Were-There-Before-Eyes-ebook/dp/B075JS715X|title=You Were There Before My Eyes|first=Maria|last=Riva|date=10 October 2017|publisher=Pegasus Books|via=Amazon}}</ref> During the 1950s, Riva appeared in more than 500 live teleplays for CBS, all broadcast from New York, including ''[[The Milton Berle Show]]'', ''[[Lux Video Theatre]]'', ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'', ''[[Your Show of Shows]]'' and ''[[Westinghouse Studio One|Studio One]]''. She received [[Emmy]] nominations as best actress in both 1952 and 1953. Riva was married to Dean Goodman from 1943 until they divorced a year later. She later married William Riva in 1947 and would remain married until his death in 1999. They had four children; including [[J. Michael Riva|J. Michael]] and [[Peter Riva]]. ==References== {{ref