Chita Rivera

Chita Rivera

1/23/1933 – 1/30/2024Washington, D.C., USA

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.

Filmography (59 titles)

Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration10.0Movie

Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration

Self (archive footage) · 2025

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story7.7Movie

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

Self · 2025

Studio One Forever7.8Movie

Studio One Forever

Self · 2024

Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best2.0Movie

Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best

Self · 2023

Reopening: The Broadway RevivalMovie

Reopening: The Broadway Revival

Self · 2022

Something's Coming: West Side Story7.5Movie

Something's Coming: West Side Story

Self · 2021

tick, tick... BOOM!7.6Movie

tick, tick... BOOM!

"Sunday" Legend #13 · 2021

Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeMovie

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Self · 2021

Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance5.2Movie

Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance

Self · 2020

Chita: A Legendary CelebrationMovie

Chita: A Legendary Celebration

Self · 2020

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's10.0Show

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

Self · 2020

Amy's Victory DanceMovie

Amy's Victory Dance

Self · 2020

Stars in the HouseShow

Stars in the House

Self · 2020

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back5.0Movie

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

Self · 2019

Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon7.3Movie

Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon

Self · 2019

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting1.0Movie

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting

Broadway Diva · 2018

Every Act of Life6.4Movie

Every Act of Life

Self · 2018

Bathtubs Over Broadway8.1Movie

Bathtubs Over Broadway

Self · 2018

West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic8.0Movie

West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

Self · 2016

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To DoMovie

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

Self · 2015

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne7.3Movie

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

Self · 2014

A Place for Us: West Side Story's LegacyMovie

A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy

Self · 2011

Kalamazoo?9.0Movie

Kalamazoo?

Giannina · 2006

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards7.2Movie

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Spider Woman / Aurora ("Kiss Of The Spider Woman") (arch. foot.) · 2005

Broadway's Lost Treasures6.4Movie

Broadway's Lost Treasures

Host (segment "Record Breakers") / Velma Kelly (segment "Chicago") · 2003

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There7.0Movie

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Self · 2003

Chicago7.1Movie

Chicago

Nickie · 2002

My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs6.5Movie

My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs

Self · 2001

Will & Grace6.9Show

Will & Grace

Lenore · 1998

The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle7.0Movie

The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle

Self (archive footage) · 1997