Chita Rivera
Actor
- Born
- January 23, 1933 · Washington, D.C., USA
- Died
- January 30, 2024 (age 91)
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
December 10, 2002
tick, tick... BOOM!
November 11, 2021
Sweet Charity
February 25, 1969
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
July 21, 1978
Bathtubs Over Broadway
November 30, 2018
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
January 24, 2025
That's Dancing!
January 18, 1985
Something's Coming: West Side Story
December 5, 2021
Pippin
June 1, 1981
Every Act of Life
April 23, 2018
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
March 8, 1973
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
April 3, 2003
Acting40
- 2025Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration as Self (archive footage)
- 2025Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story as Self
- 2024Studio One Forever as Self
- 2023Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best as Self
- 2022Reopening: The Broadway Revival as Self
- 2021Something's Coming: West Side Story as Self
- 2021tick, tick... BOOM! as "Sunday" Legend #13
- 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2020Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance as Self
- 2020