Maria Riva

About The Author

Maria Riva was born in Berlin in 1924 and is the only child of Marlene Dietrich. Maria performed in Germany and Italy as part of a USO troupe during World War II and taught acting at Fordham University upon her return to the United States. She has performed on Broadway, radio, television, and film and has been nominated for an Emmy. Maria continues an active life in California and spends time visiting her sons and grandchildren.

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Books by Maria Riva

You Were There Before My Eyes

By Maria Riva

A richly imagined portrait of an immigrant woman in the heady and unpredictable first half of the twentieth century.

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Marlene Dietrich

By Maria Riva

The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the landmark biography that tells the full-scale, riveting, and untold story of Marlene Dietrich.

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