Chita Rivera
Birthday: 1933-01-23 | Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., USAChita 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.
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
2025
2025
Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Studio One Forever
as Self
2022
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
as Self
2021
2019
2019
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
as Self
2018
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
as Broadway Diva
2018
Bathtubs Over Broadway
as Self
2016
2014
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
as Broadway Diva
2014
2011
2006
Kalamazoo?
as Giannina
2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Host (segment "Record Breakers") / Velma Kelly (segment "Chicago")
1996
1996
1987
Mayflower Madam
as Risa Dickstein
1981
Pippin
as Fastrada
1977
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
as Gingerbread Lady
1969
Sweet Charity
as Nickie
