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Chita Rivera
- Known for
- Music · Acting
- Born
- January 23, 1933
- Died
- January 30, 2024 · age 91
- From
- Washington, 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.
§ Popular songs
10- 1All That JazzChicago: A Musical Vaudeville (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
- 2Cell Block TangoChicago: A Musical Vaudeville (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
- 3West Side Story: Tonight (Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence)Leonard Bernstein - A Total Embrace: The Composer
- 4AmericaWest Side Story (Original 1957 Broadway Cast Recording)
- 5West Side Story: Maria (Larry Kert)Leonard Bernstein - A Total Embrace: The Composer
- 6West Side Story - Original Broadway Cast: Something's Coming (Larry Kert)NPR Milestones of the Millennium: Preludes, Fugues and Riffs: Jazz in Classical Music
- 7Spanish RoseBye Bye Birdie (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
- 8West Side Story: The Dance at the Gym (The Jets, the Sharks)Leonard Bernstein - A Total Embrace: The Composer
- 9An English TeacherBye Bye Birdie (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
- 10Normal American BoyBye Bye Birdie (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
![The Rink (Original 1984 Broadway Cast) [1999 Remaster] cover art](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music211/v4/14/8d/0b/148d0b58-547c-3cb7-1661-377024f4c746/605288132827.png/600x600bb.jpg)
![West Side Story (Original 1957 Broadway Cast) [2018 Remaster] cover art](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music118/v4/19/7d/01/197d01be-1a64-da10-d13a-0d48fe4e305d/886446466620.jpg/600x600bb.jpg)
![This Could Be The Start Of Something (Big) [Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, June 3, 1962] cover art](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music116/v4/4b/4d/34/4b4d34ec-e92d-e2aa-57e0-3c8dfb8692a1/22UMGIM03298.rgb.jpg/600x600bb.jpg)
