Person

Chita Rivera

Acting · 1933–2024 · 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.

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  The Mike Douglas Show

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  Great Performances

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  Will & Grace

  Lenore

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  The Carol Burnett Show

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  Tony Awards

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  The Ed Sullivan Show

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  Dinah!

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  The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

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  The Outer Limits

  Mrs. Dame

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  Stars in the House

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• 2025Dick Van Dyke: 100th CelebrationSelf (archive footage)
• 2025Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True StorySelf
• 2024Studio One ForeverSelf
• 2023Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's BestSelf
• 2022Reopening: The Broadway RevivalSelf
• 2021Something's Coming: West Side StorySelf
• 2021tick, tick... BOOM!"Sunday" Legend #13
• 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf
• 2020Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz DanceSelf
• 2020Chita: A Legendary CelebrationSelf
• 2020Bottomless Brunch at Colman'sSelf
• 2020Amy's Victory DanceSelf
• 2020Stars in the HouseSelf
• 2019Maurice Hines: Bring Them BackSelf
• 2019Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen VerdonSelf
• 2018Waiting in the Wings: Still WaitingBroadway Diva
• 2018Every Act of LifeSelf
• 2018Bathtubs Over BroadwaySelf
• 2016West Side Stories: The Making of a ClassicSelf
• 2015Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To DoSelf
• 2014Private Screenings: Robert OsborneSelf
• 2011A Place for Us: West Side Story's LegacySelf
• 2006Kalamazoo?Giannina
• 2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsSpider Woman / Aurora ("Kiss Of The Spider Woman") (arch. foot.)
• 2003Broadway's Lost TreasuresHost (segment "Record Breakers") / Velma Kelly (segment "Chicago")
• 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf
• 2002ChicagoNickie
• 2001My Favorite Broadway: The Love SongsSelf
• 1998Will & GraceLenore
• 1997The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle DazzleSelf (archive footage)
• 1996A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela LansburySelf
• 1996The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld StorySelf
• 1996E! True Hollywood Story
• 1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildKaty (voice)
• 1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf
• 1987Mayflower MadamRisa Dickstein
• 1985Night of 100 Stars IISelf
• 1985That's Dancing!From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
• 1984The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic TeamSelf - Performer
• 1981PippinFastrada
• 1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf
• 1978Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandOur Guests at Heartland
• 1977Once Upon a Brothers GrimmGingerbread Lady
• 1976Live from Lincoln CenterChita Rivera
• 1974Dinah!Self
• 1973The Marcus-Nelson MurdersJosie Hopper
• 1973Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
• 1971The New Dick Van Dyke ShowConnie Richardson
• 1971Great PerformancesSelf
• 1969Sweet CharityNickie
• 1969From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
• 1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf
• 1964The Hollywood PalaceSelf - Singer / Dancer
• 1963The Judy Garland ShowSelf
• 1963The Outer LimitsMrs. Dame
• 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
• 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
• 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Performer
• 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf