Chita Rivera
American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1933-01-23
- Died
- 2024-01-30
- Works
- 3
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- Chita
- Chita (Spanish Edition)
- Sweet Charity
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Acting · Washington, D.C., USA
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…
Known for
- Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story — Self2025
- Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration — Self (archive footage)2025
- Studio One Forever — Self2024
- Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best — Self2023
- Reopening: The Broadway Revival — Self2022
- tick, tick... BOOM! — "Sunday" Legend #132021
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1933 births2024 deaths20th-century American actresses21st-century American actresses21st-century American memoirists21st-century American women writersActresses from Washington, D.C.American actresses of Puerto Rican descentAmerican female dancersAmerican film actressesAmerican musical theatre actressesAmerican people of Irish descent