Chita Rivera
Acting

Chita Rivera

Born 23 January 1933 · Washington, D.C., USA · Died 30 January 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

Chicago
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Will & Grace
Sweet Charity
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Pippin
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Broadway's Lost Treasures
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Mayflower Madam
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
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Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Kalamazoo?
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Chicago
Mayflower Madam
Pippin
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Sweet Charity
Chita Rivera · Midrow