Chita Rivera

Birthday: 1933-01-23
Deathday: 2024-01-30
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2021-11-11 tick, tick... BOOM! "Sunday" Legend #13
2018-06-09 Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting Broadway Diva
2014-04-01 Waiting in the Wings: The Musical Broadway Diva
2006-04-07 Kalamazoo? Giannina
2005-08-07 Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards Spider Woman / Aurora ("Kiss Of The Spider Woman") (arch. foot.)
2003-08-10 Broadway's Lost Treasures Host (segment "Record Breakers") / Velma Kelly (segment "Chicago")
2002-12-10 Chicago Nickie
1987-11-15 Mayflower Madam Risa Dickstein
1981-06-01 Pippin Fastrada
1978-07-21 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Our Guests at Heartland
1977-11-23 Once Upon a Brothers Grimm Gingerbread Lady
1973-03-08 The Marcus-Nelson Murders Josie Hopper
1973-01-01 Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1969-02-25 Sweet Charity Nickie
1969-01-01 From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma