Ebook {Epub PDF} Marlene Dietrich by Her Daughter by Maria Riva

This bio of Marlene Dietrich (MD) by her daughter Maria Rivas is pages - a lot to review. The book is based on Rivas's long-time, intimate relationship with her mother, her own diaries, MD's diaries, her father's diaries, newspaper and critics' reports - plus, copies of MD's personal correspondence (she always made a copy of everything, knowing that Rivas would some day write her bio)/5(). by Maria Riva (Pegasus Books £) Maria Riva, the only child of Marlene Dietrich, describes the all-consuming monstrousness required to be a great star in this overwhelmingly brilliant and unflinching memoir, re-released 25 years after her mother’s death. Maria’s mother went out of her way to suppress any feelings of common humanity and kindness.  · by Maria Riva (Pegasus Books £) Maria Riva, the only child of Marlene Dietrich, describes the all-consuming monstrousness required to be a Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins.

The newest is a glitzy, gossipy, page memoir written by Dietrich's only child, Maria Riva, who leaves no sequin unturned in exposing her mother's lurid personal life. Now 68 years old, Ms. Marlene Dietrich: The Life is captures this complex and astonishing woman. Maria Riva's biography of her mother has the depth, range, and resonance of a novel and captures the conviction and passion of its remarkable subject. LISTEN TO AN EXCERPT: MY REVIEW: Marlene Dietrich: The Life by Maria Riva. My rating: 4 of 5 stars. Dietrich wanted her daughter to write her biography. [It is] the only biography to rely on her diaries and letters." ― People. About the Author. Maria Riva was born in Berlin in 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.

Parent (s) Marlene Dietrich (mother) Maria Elisabeth Riva (née Sieber; born 13 December ) is a German-born American actress, writer, and activist. She worked on television in the s. She is the daughter of actress Marlene Dietrich, about whom she published a memoir in by Maria Riva (Pegasus Books £) Maria Riva, the only child of Marlene Dietrich, describes the all-consuming monstrousness required to be a great star in this overwhelmingly brilliant and unflinching memoir, re-released 25 years after her mother’s death. Maria’s mother went out of her way to suppress any feelings of common humanity and kindness. This bio of Marlene Dietrich (MD) by her daughter Maria Rivas is pages - a lot to review. The book is based on Rivas's long-time, intimate relationship with her mother, her own diaries, MD's diaries, her father's diaries, newspaper and critics' reports - plus, copies of MD's personal correspondence (she always made a copy of everything, knowing that Rivas would some day write her bio).