About Chita Rivera
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…
Filmography38 films
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- Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration2025
- Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story2025
- Studio One Forever2024
- Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best2023
- Reopening: The Broadway Revival2022
- Something's Coming: West Side Story2021
- tick, tick... BOOM!2021
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021
- Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance2020
- Chita: A Legendary Celebration2020
- Amy's Victory Dance2020
- Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back2019
- Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon2019
- Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting2018
- Every Act of Life2018
- Bathtubs Over Broadway2018
- West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic2016
- Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do2015
- Private Screenings: Robert Osborne2014
- A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy2011
- Kalamazoo?2006
- Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003
- Chicago2002
- My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs2001
- The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle1997
- A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury1996
- The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story1996
- Night of 100 Stars III1990
- Mayflower Madam1987
- Night of 100 Stars II1985
- That's Dancing!1985
- Pippin1981
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band1978
- Once Upon a Brothers Grimm1977
- The Marcus-Nelson Murders1973
- Sondheim: A Musical Tribute1973
- Sweet Charity1969
- From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma1969
