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Actor
Chita Rivera
- Born January 23, 1933 in Washington, D.C., USA
- Died January 30, 2024
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.
Known for
Chicago2002
tick, tick... BOOM!2021
Will & Grace1998
The Outer Limits1963
Sweet Charity1969
E! True Hollywood Story1996
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band1978
That's Dancing!1985
Filmography
- 2025Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True StoryFilmSelf
- 2025Dick Van Dyke: 100th CelebrationFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2024Studio One ForeverFilmSelf
- 2023Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's BestFilmSelf
- 2022Reopening: The Broadway RevivalFilmSelf
- 2021tick, tick... BOOM!Film"Sunday" Legend #13
- 2021Something's Coming: West Side StoryFilmSelf
- 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeFilmSelf
- 2020Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz DanceFilmSelf
- 2020Bottomless Brunch at Colman'sSeriesSelf
- 2020Amy's Victory DanceFilmSelf
- 2020Chita: A Legendary CelebrationFilmSelf
- 2020Stars in the HouseSeriesSelf
- 2019Maurice Hines: Bring Them BackFilmSelf
- 2019Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen VerdonFilmSelf
- 2018Bathtubs Over BroadwayFilmSelf
- 2018Every Act of LifeFilmSelf
- 2018Waiting in the Wings: Still WaitingFilmBroadway Diva
- 2016West Side Stories: The Making of a ClassicFilmSelf
- 2015Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To DoFilmSelf
- 2011A Place for Us: West Side Story's LegacyFilmSelf
- 2006Kalamazoo?FilmGiannina
- 2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsFilmSpider Woman / Aurora ("Kiss Of The Spider Woman") (arch. foot.)
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereFilmSelf
- 2003Broadway's Lost TreasuresFilmHost (segment "Record Breakers") / Velma Kelly (segment "Chicago")
- 2002ChicagoFilmNickie
- 2001My Favorite Broadway: The Love SongsFilmSelf
- 1998Will & GraceSeriesLenore
- 1997The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle DazzleFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries
- 1996The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld StoryFilmSelf
- 1996A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela LansburyFilmSelf
- 1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildSeriesKaty (voice)
- 1990Night of 100 Stars IIIFilmSelf
- 1987Mayflower MadamFilmRisa Dickstein
- 1985That's Dancing!FilmFrom 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
- 1985Night of 100 Stars IIFilmSelf
- 1984The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic TeamFilmSelf - Performer
- 1981PippinFilmFastrada
- 1978Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandFilmOur Guests at Heartland
- 1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSeriesSelf
- 1977Once Upon a Brothers GrimmFilmGingerbread Lady
- 1976Live from Lincoln CenterSeriesChita Rivera
- 1974Dinah!SeriesSelf
- 1973The Marcus-Nelson MurdersFilmJosie Hopper
- 1973Sondheim: A Musical TributeFilm
- 1971Great PerformancesSeriesSelf
- 1971The New Dick Van Dyke ShowSeriesConnie Richardson, Conni Richardson
- 1969Sweet CharityFilmNickie
- 1969From Stage to Screen---A Director's DilemmaFilm
- 1967The Carol Burnett ShowSeriesSelf, Self - Guest / Various Characters
- 1964The Hollywood PalaceSeriesSelf - Singer / Dancer
- 1963The Outer LimitsSeriesMrs. Dame
- 1963The Judy Garland ShowSeriesSelf
- 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeriesSelf
- 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeriesSelf
- 1956Tony AwardsSeriesSelf - Performer
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesSelf