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Chita Rivera
Actor
Born January 23, 1933Died January 30, 2024 (91 years)
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
| 2021 | tick, tick... BOOM! · as "sunday" Legend #13 |
| 2018 | Still Waiting in the Wings · as Broadway Diva |
| 2010 | Submissions Only (TV Series) · as Gladys Franklin |
| 2006 | Kalamazoo? · as Giannina |
| 2005 | Johnny and the Sprites (TV Series) · as Queen Of All Magical Things |
| 2003 | Broadway's Lost Treasures · as Host (segment "record Breakers") / Velma Kelly (segment "chicago") |
| 2002 | Chicago · as Nickie |
| 2000 | Dora the Explorer (TV Series) · as The Witch |
| 1998 | Will & Grace (TV Series) · as Lenore |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as Katy (voice) |
| 1987 | Mayflower Madam · as Risa Dickstein |
| 1985 | That's Dancing! · as From 'sweet Charity' (archive Footage) |
| 1982 | Pippin: His Life and Times · as Fastrada |
| 1978 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band · as Our Guests At Heartland |
| 1977 | Once Upon a Brothers Grimm · as Gingerbread Lady |
| 1973 | The Marcus-Nelson Murders · as Josie Hopper |
| 1971 | The New Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series) · as Connie Richardson |
| 1969 | Sweet Charity · as Nickie |
| 1968 | One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Melody Rambo (1982) |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits (TV Series) · as Mrs. Dame |