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Chita Rivera is a Actor American born on 23 january 1933 at Washington, D.C. (USA)

Chita Rivera

Chita Rivera
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Birth name Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero
Nationality USA
Birth 23 january 1933 at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Death 30 january 2024 (at 91 years)
Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom

Chita Rivera (born January 23, 1933) is an American actress, dancer, and singer best known for her roles in musical theatre. She is the first Hispanic woman and the first Latino American to receive a Kennedy Center Honors award (December 2002). She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.

Usually with

Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse
(4 films)
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine
(3 films)
Carol Channing
Carol Channing
(3 films)
Gwen Verdon
Gwen Verdon
(3 films)
Ann Miller
Ann Miller
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Chita Rivera (8 films)

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Actress

Kalamazoo?
Kalamazoo? (2006)
, 1h47
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Josie Davis, Mayim Bialik, Claire Bloom, Chita Rivera, Renee Taylor, Michael Boatman
Roles Giannina
Rating46% 2.348912.348912.348912.348912.34891
Carol (Josie Davis) , Maggie (Mayim Bialik) et Joan (Joanna Clare Scott) sont trois amies qui ont choisi des différents modes de vie. Les filles retournent à Kalamazoo, Michigan pour une soirée de remise des diplômes. Mais les trois amies découvrent une capsule temporelle contenant des prédictions. Horrifié à l'idée d'avoir leurs objectifs inassouvis rendus publics, elles décident de voler la capsule de temps et de la détruire. Mais doivent faire face à la vie qu'elles ont laissé derrière elles, y compris leurs anciens amours et leurs familles.
Chicago
Chicago (2002)
, 1h53
Directed by Rob Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Action, Musical, Crime
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Musical films, Women in prison films, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Christine Baranski
Roles Nickie
Rating71% 3.5994353.5994353.5994353.5994353.599435
In 1927, Roxie Hart sees star Velma Kelly perform ("All That Jazz") at a Chicago theater. Wanting stardom for herself, she begins an affair with Fred Casely, who claims to know the manager. After the show, Velma is arrested for killing her husband Charlie and sister Veronica, who were in bed together. A month later, Casely admits to Roxie that he has no showbiz connections and just wanted her body. Enraged, she shoots him dead. She convinces her husband Amos to take the blame, telling him she killed a burglar in self-defense. As Amos confesses to the detective, Roxie fantasizes that she is singing a song devoted to her husband ("Funny Honey"). However, when the detective brings up evidence that Roxie and Casely were having an affair, Amos recants; Roxie furiously admits what really happened and is arrested. Ambitious District Attorney Harrison announces he will seek the death penalty.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
, 1h53
Directed by Michael Schultz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Peter Frampton, Frankie Howerd, Paul Nicholas, Donald Pleasence, Steve Martin, Alice Cooper
Roles Our Guests at Heartland
Rating42% 2.102922.102922.102922.102922.10292
Le bonheur et l'harmonie règnent à Heartland, symbolisées par un ancien militaire, le sergent Pepper, qui a fondé un groupe de musique nommé Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Des jeunes musiciens modernes recréant sa musique se font engager par un producteur de disques à Los Angeles, M. Kite. M. Mustard, maléfique promoteur immobilier assoiffé d'argent, en profite pour corrompre Heartland.
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm (1977)
, 2h
Directed by Norman Campbell
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Dean Jones, Paul Sand, Arte Johnson, Teri Garr, Sorrell Booke, Ruth Buzzi
Roles Gingerbread Lady
Rating72% 3.6384153.6384153.6384153.6384153.638415
Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm are traveling to a king's palace to present him with their fairy tales. Their carriage driver refuses to take them into the woods because they are said to be enchanted. Not wanting to miss their audience with the king, the brothers buy the carriage from the driver and travel into the woods alone. Placed under the enchantment of the woods, the brothers begin to encounter a wide range of characters that exist in their tales, including Snow White and Sleeping Beauty among many others.
Sweet Charity
Sweet Charity (1969)
, 2h29
Directed by Bob Fosse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Transport films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Ricardo Montalbán, Sammy Davis Jr., John McMartin, Barbara Bouchet, Chita Rivera
Roles Nickie
Rating68% 3.448653.448653.448653.448653.44865
Charity Hope Valentine (Shirley MacLaine) works as a taxi dancer along with her friends, Nickie (Chita Rivera) and Helene (Paula Kelly). She longs for love, but has bad luck with men, being robbed and pushed off a bridge in Central Park by one ex-boyfriend. She has another humiliating encounter with Vittorio Vitale (Ricardo Montalban), a movie star.