- Native of Pennsylvania.
- The oldest of nine children.
- Appeared on the cover of "Strength & Health" fitness magazine (August 1972).
- Maria Lauren is a fitness/healthy living expert, motivational speaker, TV host, and entertainer who performed with Dean Martin as a member of The Golddiggers in the 1970s-1990s.
- Certified fitness instructor and motivator at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles. Also a singing coach in Los Angeles.
- Mother of Marianna Riccio.
- Winner of two national fitness championships in 1972: Miss Americana and Miss Body Beautiful USA.
- Is of Italian and Hungarian descent.
- Member of The Golddiggers (on and off) from 1973 until 1991.
- Older sister of Linda Alberici and Darlene Alberici, each of whom also performed as part of The Golddiggers.
- Produced a series of "Showstoppers" reunion shows featuring some of her fellow former Golddiggers from the 1970s-1990s era. The shows were tributes to the music of the Rat Pack and a bygone era of entertainment.
- One of the original eight members of the post-1973 "second generation" of Dean Martin's Golddiggers troupe on TV and on stage, along with her sister Linda Alberici, Susan Buckner, Robin Hoctor, Colleen Kincaid, Lee Nolting, Patti Gribow, and Deborah Pratt.
- One of the singing/dancing Alberici Sisters duo, along with her sister Linda Alberici (Eichberg). Both sisters were longtime members of Dean Martin's Golddiggers troupe, starting in the 1970s. The Alberici Sisters became a trio in the early 1980s, with the addition of younger sister Darlene Alberici-Cianci (also a member of the Golddiggers), who eventually left the act. As well as performing, The Alberici Sisters (Maria and Linda) also lecture as fitness motivators.
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