Chita Rivera

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Broadway performer dancer human musical theatre actress singer stage actress

Chita Rivera is an acclaimed American musical theatre actress, singer, and dancer renowned for originating iconic Broadway roles in shows such as West Side Story and Chicago.

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Label Occurrences
Chita Rivera canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway performer ⓘ
dancer ⓘ
human ⓘ
musical theatre actress ⓘ
singer ⓘ
stage actress ⓘ
awardReceived Drama Desk Award ⓘ
Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ
Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical (nominated) ⓘ
surface form: Olivier Award nomination

Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
child Lisa Mordente ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1933-01-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2024-01-30 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Puerto Ricans ⓘ
familyName Figueroa del Rivero ⓘ
fieldOfWork Broadway theater ⓘ
surface form: Broadway theatre

musical theatre ⓘ
fullName Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero Anderson ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Conchita ⓘ
Dolores ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
notableAchievement first Latina American to receive a Kennedy Center Honor ⓘ
notableWork Bring Back Birdie ⓘ
Bye Bye Birdie ⓘ
Call Me Madam ⓘ
Can-Can ⓘ
Chicago ⓘ
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life ⓘ
Guys and Dolls ⓘ
Jerry's Girls ⓘ
Kiss of the Spider Woman ⓘ
Merlin ⓘ
Mr. President ⓘ
Mr. Wonderful ⓘ
Nine ⓘ
Seventh Heaven ⓘ
Shinbone Alley ⓘ
Sweet Charity ⓘ
The House of Flowers ⓘ
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (musical) ⓘ
surface form: The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Rink ⓘ
The Visit (Broadway) ⓘ
surface form: The Visit

West Side Story ⓘ
Zenda ⓘ
occupation actress ⓘ
dancer ⓘ
musical theatre performer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C. ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
role Anita (West Side Story) ⓘ
surface form: Anita in West Side Story

The Rink ⓘ
surface form: Anna in The Rink

Aurora in Kiss of the Spider Woman ⓘ
Rose Alvarez in Bye Bye Birdie ⓘ
Velma Kelly ⓘ
surface form: Velma Kelly in Chicago
spouse Tony Mordente ⓘ
stageName Chita Rivera self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical → notableWinner → Chita Rivera ⓘ
Gwen Verdon → workedWith → Chita Rivera ⓘ
Rivera → hasNotableBearer → Chita Rivera ⓘ
Chita Rivera → stageName → Chita Rivera self-link ⓘ
Bye Bye Birdie → starredInOriginalBroadwayCast → Chita Rivera ⓘ
The New Dick Van Dyke Show → hasCastMember → Chita Rivera ⓘ
Gwyneth Evelyn Verdon → workedWith → Chita Rivera ⓘ
subject surface form: Gwen Verdon