Chita Rivera

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1933-01-23 (91 years old)

Deathday

2024-01-30

Place of Birth

Washington, D.C., USA

Chita Rivera

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.

Acting

2002

Chicago

as Nickie

2021

tick, tick... BOOM!

as "Sunday" Legend #13

1969

Sweet Charity

as Nickie

1981

Pippin

as Fastrada

1978

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

as Our Guests at Heartland

2005

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

as Spider Woman / Aurora ("Kiss Of The Spider Woman") (arch. foot.)

1973

2006

Kalamazoo?

as Giannina

1977

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

as Gingerbread Lady

1987

Mayflower Madam

as Risa Dickstein

2003

Broadway's Lost Treasures

as Host (segment "Record Breakers") / Velma Kelly (segment "Chicago")

1997

1985

That's Dancing!

as From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)

2025

Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration

as Self (archive footage)

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