Chita Rivera
Born: 1933-01-23
• Washington, D.C., USA
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
Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
Studio One Forever
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Something's Coming: West Side Story
tick, tick... BOOM!
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance
Chita: A Legendary Celebration
Amy's Victory Dance
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Every Act of Life
Bathtubs Over Broadway
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
Kalamazoo?
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Chicago
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
No Image
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Night of 100 Stars III
Mayflower Madam
Night of 100 Stars II
That's Dancing!
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
Pippin
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
Sweet Charity
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma