Overview
- Her son Peter Riva confirmed she died in her sleep in Gila, New Mexico, where she had been living with him.
- Riva built an early 1950s television career as a CBS contract performer and earned two Emmy nominations.
- She published the influential 1992 biography Meine Mutter Marlene, widely noted for its candor.
- As custodian of Dietrich’s estate, she helped place extensive letters, costumes and archives with Berlin’s Deutsche Kinemathek.
- She is survived by four sons, including the late film designer J. Michael Riva, and news of her death first surfaced via a Facebook post by a family friend’s son.