Personal Info
Birth date
1933-01-23 (92 Years)
Day of death
2024-01-30
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Washington, D.C., USA
Also known as
Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero
Chita Rivera
Biography
Chita Rivera (January 23, 1933 - January 30, 2024) was an American actress, dancer, and singer best known for creating roles in musical theatre hits such as Anita in "West Side Story," Rosie in "Bye Bye Birdie," Velma in "Chicago" and Aurora in "Kiss of the Spider Woman." She received 2 Tony Awards (from a record 10 nominations), a Kennedy Center Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Filmography
The Mike Douglas Show
5.375
Overview:
The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.Great Performances
5.3
Overview:
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.The Carol Burnett Show
7.7
Overview:
The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
Overview:
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.Will & Grace
6.855
Overview:
Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, butting heads at times but ultimately supporting one another while exchanging plenty of witty banter along the way.The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
6
Overview:
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on NBC from October 1956 to June 1963. The series was sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors and its theme song, sung by Shore, was "See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet", which continued to be used in Chevrolet advertising for several more years after the cancellation of the show.Tony Awards
5.1
Overview:
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.Stars in the House
NYR
Overview:
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky and his husband, producer James Wesley have created Stars in the House, a daily live streamed series to support The Actors Fund and its services.The Outer Limits
7.8
Overview:
The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
6
Overview:
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.The Kennedy Center Honors
7.4
Overview:
The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.Dinah!
6.667
Overview:
Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's Place which usually featured one guest and was more of a home oriented show about cooking, crafts and occasionally music. This format lasted until May of 1974. When the show came back in October of 1974 the format had changed drastically to a variety talk show which was called Dinah. and went on until 1981. This show was also known as "Dinah and Friends" during the summer of 1976.Live from Lincoln Center
8.6
Overview:
Since premiering in 1976, the landmark series has sought to democratize the world of the performing arts by making Lincoln Center's historic concerts and events available for public broadcast across the country. And it continues to push the boundaries, both technical and creative, of what is possible in the realm of stage performance capture.The Hollywood Palace
4.5
Overview:
The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970. Originally titled The Saturday Night Hollywood Palace, it began as a mid-season replacement for The Jerry Lewis Show, another variety show which had lasted only three months. It was staged in Hollywood at the former Hollywood Playhouse on Vine Street, which was renamed The Hollywood Palace during the show's duration and is today known as Avalon Hollywood. A little-known starlet named Raquel Welch was cast during the first season as the "Billboard Girl", who placed the names of the acts on a placard.The Judy Garland Show
8
Overview:
The Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star. Garland, who for years had been reluctant to commit to a weekly series, saw the show as her best chance to pull herself out of severe financial difficulties. Production difficulties beset the series almost from the beginning. The series had three different producers in the course of its 26 episodes and went through a number of other key personnel changes. With the change in producers also came changes to the show's format, which started as comedy/variety but switched to an almost purely concert format. While Garland herself was popular with critics, the initial variety format and her co-star, Jerry Van Dyke, were not. The show competed with Bonanza, then the fourth most popular program on television, and consistently performed poorly in the ratings. Although fans rallied in an attempt to save the show, CBS cancelled it after a single season. TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".E! True Hollywood Story
8.103
Overview:
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
NYR
Overview:
Each week, Fear the Walking Dead's Colman Domingo will send a couple of friends all the mixings for a cocktail of choice, have them make something delicious and invite them to brunch, and he's inviting you too.Chicago
7.118
Overview:
Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.tick, tick... BOOM!
7.615
Overview:
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.Waiting in the Wings: The Musical
5.3
Overview:
Two entertainers destined for the big time are mismatched in a casting office from two very different online contests. Tony, a stripper from New York, is cast in an Off-Broadway musical and needs to trade in his tear-away trunks for tap shoes and tights. Anthony, a naive musical theatre enthusiast from Montana, needs to decide if he can strip all the way down just to stay in town. Hilarity ensues as they realize that "to make it" they're gonna have to learn some new tricks.Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
4.3
Overview:
A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must thwart a plot to destroy their home town. Built around the music of The Beatles, this musical uses some big name groups like Peter Frampton and Aerosmith.Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
7.6
Overview:
Rich with archival gems and Liza Minnelli’s own point of view, Bruce David Klein's luminous documentary celebrates a young entertainer full of boundless raw talent and the deep, creative relationships with her mentors and influences.Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting
1
Overview:
The stripper Tony and the naive enthusiast Anthony, two entertainers, destined for the big time, who are mismatched in a casting office from two very different online contests.That's Dancing!
6.974
Overview:
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.Something's Coming: West Side Story
7.5
Overview:
Incredible video behind-the-scenes with the stars, Steven Spielberg, and see one of the last interviews with the legendary Stephen Sondheim.Sweet Charity
6.888
Overview:
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.Night of 100 Stars II
8
Overview:
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.Pippin
7.6
Overview:
A mysterious performance troupe led by a Leading Player tells the story of Pippin, a young prince on his search for meaning and significance. Taped at Hamilton Place in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.Night of 100 Stars III
4
Overview:
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
7
Overview:
Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award-winning filmmaker Rick McKay filmed over 100 of the greatest stars ever to work on Broadway or in Hollywood. He soon learned that great films can be restored, fine literature can be kept in print - but historic Broadway performances of the past are the most endangered. They leave only memories that, while more vivid, are more difficult to preserve. In their own words — and not a moment too soon — Broadway: The Golden Age tells the stories of our theatrical legends, how they came to New York, and how they created this legendary century in American theatre. This is the largest cast of legends ever in one film.Acting
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
2020Bottomless Brunch at Colman's (1 Episode) as Self
2020Amy's Victory Dance as Self
2020Stars in the House (6 Episodes) 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 Herself
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
1998Will & Grace (1 Episode) as Lenore
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
1996E! True Hollywood Story (1 Episode) as Unknown
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1 Episode) as Katy (voice)
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 Unknown
1981Pippin as Fastrada
1978The Kennedy Center Honors (1 Episode) as Self
1978Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as Our Guests at Heartland
1977Once Upon a Brothers Grimm as Gingerbread Lady
1976Live from Lincoln Center (1 Episode) as Chita Rivera
1974Dinah! (1 Episode) as Self
1973The Marcus-Nelson Murders as Josie Hopper
1973Sondheim: A Musical Tribute as Unknown
1971Great Performances (1 Episode) as Self
1969Sweet Charity as Nickie
1969From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma as Unknown
1967The Carol Burnett Show (1, 1 Episode) as Self, Self - Guest / Various Characters
1964The Hollywood Palace (1 Episode) as Self - Singer / Dancer
1963The Judy Garland Show (1 Episode) as Self
1963The Outer Limits (1 Episode) as Mrs. Dame
1961The Mike Douglas Show (1 Episode) as Self
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1 Episode) as Self
1956Tony Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Performer
1948The Ed Sullivan Show (2 Episodes) as Self