Personal Info
Birthday
January 23, 1933
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
Known For
Acting
Chita Rivera
Biography
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.
Acting Filmography (58)
10.0
Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration
Movie2025
7.7
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
Movie2025
7.8
Studio One Forever
Movie2024
No Backdrop
2.0
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
Movie2023
0.0
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
Movie2022
7.5
Something's Coming: West Side Story
Movie2021
7.6
tick, tick... BOOM!
Movie2021
No Backdrop
0.0
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie2021
5.2
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance
Movie2020
No Backdrop
0.0
Chita: A Legendary Celebration
Movie2020
10.0
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
TV Series2020
0.0
Amy's Victory Dance
Movie2020
0.0
Stars in the House
TV Series2020
5.0
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Movie2019
7.3
Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon
Movie2019
1.0
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
Movie2018
6.4
Every Act of Life
Movie2018
8.1
Bathtubs Over Broadway
Movie2018
No Backdrop
8.0
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
Movie2016
0.0
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
Movie2015
No Backdrop
7.3
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
Movie2014
No Backdrop
0.0
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
Movie2011
No Backdrop
9.0
Kalamazoo?
Movie2006
No Backdrop
7.2
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
Movie2005
No Backdrop
6.4
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Movie2003
7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie2003
7.1
Chicago
Movie2002
No Backdrop
6.5
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs
Movie2001
6.9
Will & Grace
TV Series1998
No Backdrop
7.0
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
Movie1997
No Backdrop
7.2
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
Movie1996
8.2
E! True Hollywood Story
TV Series1996
6.3
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV Series1995
No Backdrop
4.0
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie1990
No Backdrop
4.3
Mayflower Madam
Movie1987
No Backdrop
6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie1985
6.9
That's Dancing!
Movie1985
0.0
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
Movie1984
7.5
Pippin
Movie1981
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV Series1978
4.3
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Movie1978
No Backdrop
9.0
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
Movie1977
8.7
Live from Lincoln Center
TV Series1976
7.0
Dinah!
TV Series1974
7.6
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Movie1973
No Backdrop
0.0
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
Movie1973
No Backdrop
5.2
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
TV Series1971
6.1
Great Performances
TV Series1971
6.9
Sweet Charity
Movie1969
No Backdrop
0.0
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
Movie1969
7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
TV Series1967
No Backdrop
5.0
The Hollywood Palace
TV Series1964
8.2
The Judy Garland Show
TV Series1963
7.8
The Outer Limits
TV Series1963
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
TV Series1961
6.4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV Series1956
No Backdrop
0.0
Tony Awards
TV Series1956
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV Series1948