Chita Rivera

Born: 1933-01-23, Washington, D.C., USA

Died: 2024-01-30

Biography

Chita Rivera was an American actress, singer, and dancer who became a musical theater icon. Born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero, she won two Tony Awards for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her roles in The Rink (1984) and Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993). Rivera achieved stardom for her performance as Anita in the original Broadway production of West Side Story, a role she reprised in London.

Filmography

• Will & Grace (1998)
• The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971)
• Chicago (2002)
• tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
• Sweet Charity (1969)
• E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
• That's Dancing! (1985)
• Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards (2005)
• The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)
• Pippin (1981)
• Kalamazoo? (2006)
• Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (1977)
• Mayflower Madam (1987)
• Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
• Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting (2018)
• From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma (1969)
• Sondheim: A Musical Tribute (1973)