Chita Rivera was known for lighting up the stage ... Rivera's work extended to movies, too, notably in 1969's Sweet Charity alongside Paula Kelly and Shirley MacLaine. "I’ll never forget an ...

By Elisabeth Vincentelli Chita Rivera, who died on Tuesday at the ... Only in 1969 did Rivera make her feature-film debut, in “Sweet Charity,” almost two decades after her Broadway debut.

Chita Rivera, an iconic performer of stage and screen with credits including “Chicago,” “Kiss of the Spider Woman” and “Sweet Charity,” has died. She was 91. Rivera’s longtime ...

Watch Rivera's character in "Sweet Charity," Nickie ... Then there was Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera in "Chicago." Long before Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones inhabited the roles in ...

Paula Kelly, Shirley MacLaine and Chita Rivera, ‘Sweet Charity’ (1969) Everett Collection Rivera was awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2009; she was the ...

Rivera was most known for starring in "West ... On the big screen, she starred opposite Shirley MacLaine in 1969's "Sweet Charity" and made a cameo in the 2002 film adaptation of "Chicago ...

Her namesake Chita Rivera Awards, presented by The NYC Dance ... On screen, Rivera’s feature credits include “Sweet Charity,” “Chicago,” and “tick, tick…BOOM!” ...

Chita Rivera — the Tony Award-winning Broadway ... Opera,” “The Rose Tattoo,” “Born Yesterday,” “Sweet Charity” and “Kiss Me Kate.” In 1986, Rivera — who trained as a ...

"I’ll never forget an instance with Shirley MacLaine when we were filming the movie Sweet Charity," Rivera recalled ... film version of the musical. Chita Rivera in 'Kiss of the Spider Woman ...