Chita Rivera

ActingBorn: January 23, 1933in Washington, D.C., USADied: January 30, 2024

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.

Chita Rivera

Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

Studio One Forever

Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best

Reopening: The Broadway Revival

Something's Coming: West Side Story

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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance

Chita: A Legendary Celebration

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

Amy's Victory Dance

Stars in the House

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting

Every Act of Life

Bathtubs Over Broadway

West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy

Kalamazoo?

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

Broadway's Lost Treasures

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

Chicago

My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs

Will & Grace

The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle

A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury

The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

E! True Hollywood Story

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Night of 100 Stars III

Mayflower Madam

Night of 100 Stars II

That's Dancing!

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

Pippin

The Kennedy Center Honors

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

Live from Lincoln Center

Dinah!

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

Sondheim: A Musical Tribute

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

Great Performances

Sweet Charity

From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma

The Carol Burnett Show

The Carol Burnett Show

The Hollywood Palace

The Judy Garland Show

The Outer Limits

The Mike Douglas Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Tony Awards

The Ed Sullivan Show