Chita Rivera
- Acting
- January 23, 1933 · Washington, D.C., USA
- January 30, 2024
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration · Self
- Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story · Self
- Studio One Forever · Self
- Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best · Self
- Reopening: The Broadway Revival · Self
- Something's Coming: West Side Story · Self
- tick, tick... BOOM! · "Sunday" Legend #13
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · Self
- Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance · Self
- Chita: A Legendary Celebration · Self
- Bottomless Brunch at Colman's · Self
- Amy's Victory Dance · Self
- Stars in the House · Self
- Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back · Self
- Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon · Self
- Bathtubs Over Broadway · Self
- Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting · Broadway Diva
- Every Act of Life · Self
- West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic · Self
- Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do · Self
- A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy · Self
- Kalamazoo? · Giannina
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards · Spider Woman / Aurora ("Kiss Of The Spider Woman") (arch. foot.)
- Broadway's Lost Treasures · Host (segment "Record Breakers") / Velma Kelly (segment "Chicago")
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There · Self
- Chicago · Nickie
- My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs · Self
- Will & Grace · Lenore
- The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle · Self
- A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury · Self
- The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story · Self
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child · Katy (Voice)
- Night of 100 Stars III · Self
- Mayflower Madam · Risa Dickstein
- Night of 100 Stars II · Self
- That's Dancing! · From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
- The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team · Self
- Pippin · Fastrada
- The Kennedy Center Honors · Self
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band · Our Guests at Heartland
- Once Upon a Brothers Grimm · Gingerbread Lady
- Live from Lincoln Center · Chita Rivera
- Dinah! · Self
- The Marcus-Nelson Murders · Josie Hopper
- Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
- The New Dick Van Dyke Show · Connie Richardson, Conni Richardson
- Great Performances · Self
- Sweet Charity · Nickie
- From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
- The Carol Burnett Show · Self
- The Hollywood Palace · Self
- The Judy Garland Show · Self
- The Outer Limits · Mrs. Dame
- The Mike Douglas Show · Self
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show · Self
- Tony Awards · Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show · Self