Actor
Chita Rivera
January 23, 1933 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Laura Benanti
2 titles together
tick, tick... BOOM!, Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Shirley MacLaine
2 titles together
Sweet Charity, From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
John McMartin
2 titles together
Sweet Charity, Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Paula Kelly
2 titles together
Sweet Charity, From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
Sammy Davis Jr.
2 titles together
Sweet Charity, That's Dancing!
Ben Vereen
2 titles together
Sweet Charity, Pippin
Full filmography · 20
tick, tick... BOOM!
as "Sunday" Legend #13
20217.6
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
as Broadway Diva
2018
Kalamazoo?
as Giannina
2006
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Spider Woman / Aurora ("Kiss Of The Spider Woman") (arch. foot.)
2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as Host (segment "Record Breakers") / Velma Kelly (segment "Chicago")
2003
Chicago
as Nickie
20027.1
That's Dancing!
as From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
19856.9
Pippin
as Fastrada
1981
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
as Our Guests at Heartland
19784.3
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
as Gingerbread Lady
1977
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
as Josie Hopper
1973
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
cast
1973