Chita Rivera

Known for ActingBorn 1933-01-23Died 2024-01-30Washington, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

Kalamazoo?

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

Live from Lincoln Center

Bathtubs Over Broadway

West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

E! True Hollywood Story

Studio One Forever

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

The Judy Garland Show

tick, tick... BOOM!

Something's Coming: West Side Story

Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon

The Outer Limits

The Carol Burnett Show

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

Pippin

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

Chicago

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle

Will & Grace

That's Dancing!

Dinah!

Night of 100 Stars II

Sweet Charity

Every Act of Life

My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs

Broadway's Lost Treasures

The Ed Sullivan Show

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Great Performances

The Mike Douglas Show

Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

The Hollywood Palace

Night of 100 Stars III

Mayflower Madam

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting

Reopening: The Broadway Revival

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age