Maria Riva was born on December 13, 1924 in Berlin, Germany as Maria Elisabeth Sieber. She is an actress, known for Scrooged (1988), The Scarlet Empress (1934) and Studio One in Hollywood (1948).
Three days without sleep, Bill was dead on his feet; I saw my chance, and asked him to marry me. He nodded his head - he was too tired to say no. Best thing I have ever done, as well as the most courageous.
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Most of my dear friends came from my mother's lovers. I had a lot of strange fathers; some of them were women, some of them were men.
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I think I wanted to be a teacher, or something important. My mother didn't force me into anything.
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On being Marlene Dietrich's daughter: "As a child I thought my name was 'Maria The-Daughter-Of'."
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Has been good friends with Carol Channing since 1949.
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While attending boarding school in Switzerland in the late 1930s, her roommate was actress Gene Tierney.
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