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American actress, dancer and singer, born 23 January 1933 in Washington, D.C., USA, died January 30, 2024 in New York. She was married to Tony Mordente from 1957 to 1966 (divorced).
With a career spanning seven decades, Rivera's accolades include 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 Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008; she won the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2018.
Rivera's breakthrough came as "Anita" in the original Broadway production of “West Side Story” (1957). She went on to play memorably hard-edged women: Rosie in “Bye Bye Birdie” (1960), the murderous floozy Velma Kelly in “Chicago” (1975) and the title role in “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (1993). She sang enduring numbers in those roles: “America” in “West Side Story,” “One Boy” and “Spanish Rose” in “Bye Bye Birdie,” and “All That Jazz” in “Chicago.” Often critically lauded as perhaps the greatest musical-theater dancer ever; of her Tony Award-winning performance as Anna in “The Rink” (1984), Richard Corliss in Time magazine wrote: “Packing 30 years of Broadway savvy into the frame of a vivacious teenager, the 51-year-old entertainer could by now sell a song to the deaf.”
2015
Broadway Records (9), Yellow Sound Label
CD, Album
2013
Stage Door Records
CD, Comp, RE, RM
2009
Yellow Sound Label
CD, Album
2006
Masterworks Broadway
CD, Comp
1992
1984
1981
1975
1967
1964
Columbia
7", Promo
1964
1963
1962
1961
Philips, Philips
7", EP
1961
Philips, Philips
7", EP
1961
Philips, Philips
7", EP
1961
1960
1957
Dot Records
7", Single
2021
2021
2016
2013
DRG Records
2xCD, Album
2009
Sony Classical
2xBox, Album, Comp, Ltd, RE + CD, Album, Club, RE
2006
2005
VCI
DVD-V, NTSC
2003
PS Classics
CD, Album
2000
Sony Classical, Columbia, Legacy
CD, Album
1999
BBC Music, Columbia Broadway Masterworks, BBC Music Magazine
CD, Comp, Mono
1999
Sony Music Special Products, Sony Music Special Products, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc
4xCD, Comp, Enh
1999
Sony Music Special Products
4xCD, Comp
1991
Columbia Music Collection
2xCD, Comp, Club
1989
1988
1973
1969
1962
1956
1955
2020
Sony Music
3xCD, Comp
2020
2019
Stage Door Records
2xCD, Comp, RM
2018
2016
Universal Music, Sony Music
CD, Album, Comp
2016
2015
Music Brokers
3xCD, Comp
2015
Sony Music
3xCD, Comp
2015
Sony Music, Sony Classical, Rhino Records (2)
3xCD, Comp
2011
Dynamic Nostalgia
3xCD, Comp
2009
Delta Music Group
5xCD, Comp + Box
2009
Delta Music Group
CD, Comp
2008
Reader's Digest
3xCD, Comp, Box
2006
Acorn Media
4xDVD-V + Box
2005
Columbia
2xCD, Comp
2004
Columbia Broadway Masterworks, Legacy
Box, Comp + 5xCD, Comp
2004
2003
Acorn Media
DVD-V
2003
Jay Productions Ltd.
CD, Album
2002
2002
2001
Sony Music Media
53xFile, MP3, Comp
2000
Image Entertainment
DVD-V, NTSC
2000
Hybrid Recordings
CD, Album
1999
1999
1998
Arista
2xCD, Comp
1997
1997
1996
MCA Records
CD, Comp
1996
Reader's Digest, Reader's Digest, Reader's Digest
5xCD, Comp, 2 x
1996
MCA Records, Broadway Gold
4xCD, Comp
1996
Sony Music Special Products
CD, Album, Comp
1995
Time Life Music, Sony Music Special Products
CD, Comp
1994
Reader's Digest
6xCD, Comp
1992
First Night Records
CD, Single
1991
Columbia, Columbia
CD, Comp
1985
Save The Children
7", Promo
1983
1981
1980
1979
Fleetwood Communications, Fleetwood Communications
2xLP, Comp
1976
American Lung Association
LP, Promo
1973
Select Records (7)
LP, Comp, Mono
1973
Columbia Special Products, CSP
3xLP, Comp, Smplr
1972
Columbia Special Products
4xLP, Comp, Ltd + Box, Comp, Ltd
1972
CBS
2xLP, Comp
1964
Sidwill Associates Inc.
12", Album, Mono
1961
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