Marianna was born in Moscow on 23 January 1925 to film directors Grigori Roshal and Vera Stroyeva.
While evacuating from fighting in World War II, she edited films for Kazakhfilm.
[1] In 1956, Roshal-Stroyeva directed the film The White Poodle alongside Vladimir Shredel [ru] at the Odesa Film Studio, based on a story by Aleksandr I. Kuprin.
In 1967, she began working on literary translations and co-authored a historical novel.
Roshal-Stroyeva was a member of the Guild of Film Directors of Russia.