Maria Riva, a two-time Emmy-nominated actor and the one and only daughter of Golden Age star Marlene Dietrich , has died at age 100. Riva died in her sleep of natural causes at her son Peter’s New Mexico home, he said in a statement to The Wrap .

“We will all miss Maria’s intelligence, advice and deep human understanding,” Peter’s remarks began. “The family finds comfort in knowing that she is now reunited with her husband William, with whom she shared 50 years of marriage, her eldest son Michael and her parents, Marlene and Rudi.” Riva died on Wednesday, October 29—less than two months shy of her 101st birthday on December 13.

Maria Riva with her parents—Marlene Dietrich and film producer Rudolf Sieber. Bettmann/Getty Images

Born Maria Elisabeth Sieber in 1924 Berlin, she was t

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