Chita Rivera
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.
59 acting credits
Acting · 59
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Will & Grace
1998
Great Performances
1971
Tony Awards
1956
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
The Outer Limits
1963
Stars in the House
2020
Dinah!
1974
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
The Hollywood Palace
1964
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
1971
Chicago
2002
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020
Live from Lincoln Center
1976
The Judy Garland Show
1963
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Sweet Charity
1969
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
2025
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1978
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
That's Dancing!
1985
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973
Every Act of Life
2018
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
Mayflower Madam
1987
Bathtubs Over Broadway
2018
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
Kalamazoo?
2006
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1984
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
2019
Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best
2023
Reopening: The Broadway Revival
2022
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
2015
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
2011
Pippin
1981
The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle
1997
Something's Coming: West Side Story
2021
The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story
1996
Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
2018
Private Screenings: Robert Osborne
2014
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
1977
West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic
2016
My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs
2001
Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance
2020
Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon
2019
A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury
1996
Sondheim: A Musical Tribute
1973
Studio One Forever
2024
Chita: A Legendary Celebration
2020
From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma
1969
Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration
2025
Amy's Victory Dance
2020