Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera
Chita Riverais 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. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009...
NationalityPuerto Rican
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth23 January 1933
new-experiences done welcome
I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before.
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My hairdresser and I found ourselves shopping at Bloomingdale's with nothing to do for days.
italian greek way
I've played American, Italian, Greek, French. I've been really lucky that way.
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You know I've got a generator that's still popping.
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I love life. I love the live theater.
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My neighborhood was a great neighborhood; it was filled with all sorts of ethnic groups and things. So I grew up thinking I was a human being.
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I really never felt any tremendous aggravation or separation.
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I have a blessed life. I really do. I have a great family, a great daughter, I love life, I love living, I love people. I love all the blessings that God's given me.
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American audiences are affected by what the English people think.
doe happy-endings
A lot of Americans like happy endings, but life does not necessarily have a happy ending.
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I love to laugh, I love the joy of life, and I love sharing it.