Chita Rivera

Known for: Acting
Born: January 23, 1933, Washington, D.C., USA
Died: January 30, 2024
Movies: 40

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.1

Chicago

2002

7.6

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021

6.9

Sweet Charity

1969

4.4

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

1978

8.3

Bathtubs Over Broadway

2018

7.7

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

2025

6.8

That's Dancing!

1985

7.4

Something's Coming: West Side Story

2021

7.4

Pippin

1981

6.4

Every Act of Life

2018

Filmography

2025	Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration	Self (archive footage)
2025	Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story	Self
2024	Studio One Forever	Self
2023	Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best	Self
2022	Reopening: The Broadway Revival	Self
2021	Something's Coming: West Side Story	Self
2021	tick, tick... BOOM!	"Sunday" Legend #13
2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self
2020	Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance	Self
2020	Chita: A Legendary Celebration	Self
2020	Amy's Victory Dance	Self
2019	Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back	Self
2019	Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon	Self
2018	Bathtubs Over Broadway	Self
2018	Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting	Broadway Diva
2018	Every Act of Life	Self
2016	West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic	Self
2015	Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do	Self
2011	A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy	Self
2006	Kalamazoo?	Giannina
2005	Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards	Spider Woman / Aurora ("Kiss Of The Spider Woman") (arch. foot.)
2003	Broadway's Lost Treasures	Host (segment "Record Breakers") / Velma Kelly (segment "Chicago")
2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Self
2002	Chicago	Nickie
2001	My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs	Self
1997	The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle	Self (archive footage)
1996	A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury	Self
1996	The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story	Self
1990	Night of 100 Stars III	Self
1987	Mayflower Madam	Risa Dickstein
1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self
1985	That's Dancing!	From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
1984	The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team	Self - Performer
1981	Pippin	Fastrada
1978	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Our Guests at Heartland
1977	Once Upon a Brothers Grimm	Gingerbread Lady
1973	The Marcus-Nelson Murders	Josie Hopper
1973	Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1969	Sweet Charity	Nickie
1969	From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma

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