Chita Rivera
January 23, 1933Washington, D.C., USA
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.
Filmography
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977 · 9.0
Kalamazoo?
2006 · 9.0
Live from Lincoln Center
1976 · 8.7
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · 8.1
The Outer Limits
1963 · 7.8
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · 7.6
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973 · 7.6
Pippin
1981 · 7.4
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · 7.2
Chicago
2002 · 7.1
Sweet Charity
1969 · 6.9
Will & Grace
1998 · 6.9
That's Dancing!
1985 · 6.8
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003 · 6.5
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · 6.3
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971 · 5.6
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978 · 4.4
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018 · 1.0
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1973 · 0.0
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
1969 · 0.0