Chita Rivera
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 23 January 1933 · Washington, D.C., USA
- Died
- 30 January 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.
Known for
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- 2025Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration as Self (archive footage)
- 2025Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story as Self
- 2024Studio One Forever as Self
- 2023Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best as Self
- 2022Reopening: The Broadway Revival as Self
- 2021Something's Coming: West Side Story as Self
- 2021tick, tick... BOOM! as "Sunday" Legend #13
- 2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self
- 2020Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance as Self
- 2020Chita: A Legendary Celebration as Self
- 2020Amy's Victory Dance as Self
- 2019Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back as Self
- 2019Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon as Self
- 2018Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting as Broadway Diva
- 2018Every Act of Life as Self
- 2018Bathtubs Over Broadway as Self
- 2016West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic as Self
- 2015Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do as Self
- 2014Waiting in the Wings: The Musical as Broadway Diva
- 2014Private Screenings: Robert Osborne as Self
- 2011A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy as Self
- 2006Kalamazoo? as Giannina
- 2005Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards as Spider Woman / Aurora ("Kiss Of The Spider Woman") (arch. foot.)
- 2003Broadway's Lost Treasures as Host (segment "Record Breakers") / Velma Kelly (segment "Chicago")
- 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
- 2002Chicago as Nickie
- 2001My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs as Self
- 1997The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle as Self (archive footage)
- 1996A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury as Self
- 1996The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story as Self
- 1990Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1987Mayflower Madam as Risa Dickstein
- 1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1985That's Dancing! as From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)
- 1984The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team as Self - Performer
- 1981Pippin as Fastrada
- 1978Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as Our Guests at Heartland
- 1977Once Upon a Brothers Grimm as Gingerbread Lady
- 1973The Marcus-Nelson Murders as Josie Hopper
- 1973Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
- 1969Sweet Charity as Nickie
- 1969From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma