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