Maria Riva, Actress and Daughter of Golden Age Cinema Star Marlene Dietrich, Dies at 100

The German-American actress died on Oct. 29, weeks shy of her 101st birthday.
Maria Riva, Actress and Daughter of Golden Age Cinema Star Marlene Dietrich, Dies at 100
Actress Maria Riva pictured smoking a cigarette held in her black-gloved hand, circa 1950. Riva is the daughter of the actress Marlene Dietrich. Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images
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Actress Maria Riva, the daughter of Marlene Dietrich, a star of Hollywood’s “Golden Age” of cinema in the 1930s and 1940s, has died at the age of 100.

The television star’s son, Peter Riva, confirmed her death in a statement with TheWrap, noting that she died of natural causes on Oct. 29 at his home in Gila, New Mexico, where she had been living since the beginning of last year.

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