Marika Rivera | Artist's daughter, 90

Marika Rivera, 90, a daughter of the Mexican artist Diego Rivera, died Jan. 14 in England of advanced dementia, her son David Phillips said Tuesday.

Ms. Rivera, a film and stage actress who had little contact with or support from her father, was born from his tempestuous affair with the Russian-born artist Marevna Vorobieff. The affair ended on a bad note, and he spurned appeals to help the child and mother.

Diego Rivera did contact Ms. Rivera shortly before his death in 1957, asking her to come to Mexico, but she declined, Phillips said.

Marika Rivera had several small film roles, including in Darling (1965); The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968); Fiddler on the Roof (1971); and Hotel du Paradis (1986), in which she played herself. She also produced a one-woman show in London, Marika's Cafe Theatre, based on her memories of life in the arty Montmartre area of Paris. - AP