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Chita Rivera

1933 - 2024

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Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero (January 23, 1933 – January 30, 2024), known professionally as Chita Rivera, was an American actress, singer, and dancer. Rivera received numerous accolades including two Tony Awards, two Drama Desk Awards, and a Drama League Award. She was the first Latina and the first Latino American to receive a Kennedy Center Honor in 2002, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. She won the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Chita Rivera is the 5,818th most popular actor (down from 2,635th in 2024), the 9,027th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,105th in 2019) and the 2,674th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Chita Rivera ranks 5,818 out of 13,578. Before her are Karen Mok, Michiel Huisman, Antonio Resines, Guy Siner, Lili Taylor, and Song Kang. After her are Núria Espert, Timothy West, Kim Bum, Robert Beltran, Michaela Schaffrath, and Mónica Cruz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Chita Rivera ranks 429. Before her are Josef Němec, Peter Arundell, Irmtraud Morgner, Françoise Héritier, Anita Gradin, and Alexander Mitta. After her are Habib Thiam, Leonid Bartenyev, Stan Brakhage, Jiří Lanský, Miklós Ambrus, and Frank Murkowski. Among people deceased in 2024, Chita Rivera ranks 415. Before her are Lance Larson, David Walker, Ilke Wyludda, Gordon Bell, Martin Mull, and Bob Love. After her are Timothy West, Laurent Cantet, Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, Benji Gregory, Klaus Wunder, and Dickey Betts.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chita Rivera ranks 9,029 out of 20,380. Before her are Malcolm Bilson (1935), Ginni Rometty (1957), Hope Davis (1964), Nancy Dupree (1927), Guy Siner (1947), and Lili Taylor (1967). After her are Clayton Anderson (1959), Ellsworth Vines (1911), Sally Mann (1951), Jake Roberts (1955), James Hartle (1939), and Matthew Henson (1866).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Chita Rivera ranks 2,675. Before her are Kim Darby (1947), Shelley Lubben (1968), Chris Owen (1980), Hope Davis (1964), Guy Siner (1947), and Lili Taylor (1967). After her are Robert Beltran (1953), Phil Harris (1904), Tim Holt (1919), James Marshall (1967), Robert Alda (1914), and Richard Tyson (1956).

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