
Chita Rivera
Highest Rated: 100% Bathtubs Over Broadway (2018)
Lowest Rated: 83% Sweet Charity (1969)
Birthday: Jan 23, 1933
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., USA
Dynamic Latina dancer-singer-actress, a staple of Broadway musicals for four decades. Shortly after studying for several years at George Balanchine's American School of Ballet, Rivera made her Broadway debut in "Call Me Madam" (1952). A sinuous dancer very much in the vein standardized by Jerome Robbins and later Bob Fosse, Rivera brought her fiery energy to many Broadway and regional productions, including originating the role of Anita in "West Side Story" (1959), "Can Can," "Mr. Wonderful," "Bye, Bye Birdie" (as Spanish Rose), "Shinebone Alley," "Chicago" (as Velma), "Merlin," "Jerry's Girls" and a Tony-winning turn opposite Liza Minnelli in "The Rink." Rivera has frequently appeared on TV, most often on such variety specials as "Broadway Sings: The Music of Jule Styne" (1987). She has played occasional dramatic roles on TV, including a memorable turn as the sinister Mrs. Dame on an episode of the cult series "The Outer Limits" (1963-64). Rivera also appeared in Bob Fosse's adaptation of the Broadway hit "Sweet Charity" (1969), in which, as one of Shirley MacLaine's sassy girlfriends, she sparkled singing and dancing to "There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This" with MacLaine and Paula Kelly. After a severe automobile accident in 1986, it seemed doubtful that Rivera would ever dance again, but she returned to Broadway in triumph as the film star centerpiece of a gay prisoner's fantasies in "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (1993). The role earned her second Tony as Best Actress in a Musical.
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Filmography
Movies
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100% | 90% | Bathtubs Over Broadway | Herself (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting | Broadway Diva (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky | Unknown (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Kalamazoo? | Giannina (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mayflower Madam | Risa Dickstein (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Marcus-Nelson Murders | Josie Hopper (Character) | - | 1973 |
83% | 74% | Sweet Charity | Nickie (Character) | - | 1969 |
TV
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38% | 77% | Maya & Marty | Music Performer | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 52% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The View | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tavis Smiley | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS News Sunday Morning | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live From Lincoln Center | Music Performer | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Will & Grace | Lenore (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1974 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Dick Van Dyke Show | Connie Richardson (Character) | 1973-1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Carol Burnett Show | Guest | 1971 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Unknown (Character) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Judy Garland Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
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