The character that set Chita Riveras career and US theatre alight By Neil Armstrong Features correspondent Alamy Chita. Broadway icon Chita Rivera best known for her role as Anita in the original 1957 Broadway cast of West Side Story has died at age 91. NEW YORK Jan 30 Reuters - Chita Rivera the musical theater legend and multiple Tony winner who created the role of Puerto Rican firebrand Anita on. After several small Broadway roles in the early 1950s Rivera became a star with the 1957 debut of West Side Story. Chita Rivera singer actress dancer and star of early Broadway who filled the stage for seventy years and a was a 10-time Tony Award nominee..
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. Riveras daughter Lisa Mordente announced the news of her mothers death saying it happened on Tuesday after a brief illness. . Rivera earned her first Tony nomination in 1960 for her role as Rose in Bye Bye Birdie In the musical she starred opposite Dick van Dyke. For our critic Chita Riveras voice remains indelible It was a piano player who encouraged her and offered her..
Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero Anderson a January 23 1933 January 30 2024 known professionally as Chita Rivera was an American actress singer and dancer. Tue 30 Jan 2024 1434 EST Chita Rivera one of Broadways most illustrious stars has died at the age of 91 A consummate triple-threat entertainer Rivera was celebrated for her singing. The death was announced in a statement by her daughter Lisa Mordente To generations of musical aficionados Ms. Rivera even at the age of 89 when she came to Segerstrom Center for the Arts Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall to perform her cabaret act Chita The Rhythm of My Life could. January 30 2024 300 PM EST CBS News Broadway icon Chita Rivera best known for her role as Anita in the original 1957 Broadway cast of West Side Story has died at age 91..
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The film stars Shirley MacLaine and features John McMartin Chita Rivera Paula Kelly Stubby Kaye Ricardo Montalbán Sammy Davis Jr and. Seth Rudetsky How Shirley MacLaine Saved Chita Riveras Performance in the Sweet Charity Film This week in the life of Seth Rudestky Seth takes us inside. Chita Rivera right with Shirley MacLaine centre and Paula Kelly in the 1969 film Sweet Charity. Chita Rivera who died on Tuesday In Sweet Charity almost two decades after her Broadway debut Thankfully we have variety shows TV. With Shirley MacLaine John McMartin Ricardo Montalban Sammy Davis Jr Taxi dancer Charity continues to have..
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