Marika Rivera (13 November 1919 – 14 January 2010) was a French-born film and stage actress and dancer.

Biography

Rivera was born in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

, France, the daughter of the Mexican artist

Diego Rivera Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the ...

and his mistress, the Russian-born painter

Marie Vorobieff Maria Bronislavovna Vorobyeva-Stebelska (russian: Мария Брониславовна Воробьёва-Стебельская; Maria Bronislavovna Vorobyova-Stebelskaya; 1892 – 4 May 1984), also known as "Marie Vorobieff" or Marevna, ...

("Marevna"). Rivera, who was married to

Angelina Beloff Angelina Beloff (born Angelina Petrovna Belova; russian: Ангелина Петровна Белова; June 23, 1879 – December 30, 1969) was a Russian-born artist who did most of her work in Mexico. However, she is better known as Diego Rive ...

at the time, did not accept his daughter, so she grew up under the care of her mother. Rivera participated in dancing and acting classes from an early age; from the age of 3 she was taught dancing by

Isadora Duncan Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877 or May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927) was an American dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance, who performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the US. Born and raised in ...

. She started performing as a dancer at age 5. In 1938 Rivera married the painter Jean Paul Brusset, and gave birth to their son Jean Brusset in 1941. Later she was married to Rodney Phillips, who was the owner of the

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, from 1949 to 1957. In Dorset she bore her second son David Phillips in 1949. David is the father of actor Jon Paul Phillips. After her second divorce she lived in Ealing in Greater London,

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. Rivera died on 14 January 2010 at age 90, survived by her two sons. Rivera's film credits included roles in '' Darling'' (1965), ''

The Girl on a Motorcycle ''The Girl on a Motorcycle'' (French: ''La motocyclette'') is a 1968 British-French erotic romantic drama film directed by Jack Cardiff, starring Alain Delon and Marianne Faithfull and featuring Roger Mutton, Marius Goring and Catherine Jourdan ...

'' (1968), '' Fiddler on the Roof'' (1971), ''

Percy's Progress ''Percy's Progress'' is a 1974 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas. It was written by Sid Colin, Harry H. Corbett and Ian La Frenais. It was released in the United States under the title ''It's Not the Size That Counts''. The US ...

'' (1974), ''

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'' (1976), ''

Voyage of the Damned ''Voyage of the Damned'' is a 1976 drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, with an all-star cast featuring Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant, Max von Sydow, James Mason, and Malcolm McDowell. The story was inspired by actual events co ...

'' (1976), '' Hussy'' (1980), ''

The Supergrass ''The Supergrass'' is a 1985 British comedy film directed by Peter Richardson, (who also plays a major role) who also wrote the screenplay with Pete Richens. The film stars Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith Allen, Nigel ...

'' (1985), '' Hôtel du Paradis'' (1986) and ''

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'' (1987).

Filmography

References

External links

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Marika Rivera
- Daily Telegraph obituary

* French film actresses Actresses from Paris 1919 births 2010 deaths French people of Mexican descent French people of Russian descent French people of Spanish-Jewish descent French female dancers 20th-century French actresses French emigrants to the United Kingdom {{france-film-actor-stub