Search results
Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero was born in Washington, D.C. on January 23, 1933, the daughter of Katherine (née Anderson), a government clerk, and Pedro Julio Figueroa del Rivero, a clarinetist and saxophonist for the U.S. Navy Band. Her father was born in Puerto Rico.
Jan 31, 2024 · On the other hand, Katherine (Anderson) Figueroa del Rivero, Chita’s mother, was a woman of diverse heritage, with roots in Scottish, Irish, and African-American descent. After the untimely death of her husband, Katherine, working as a government clerk, took on the responsibility of raising Chita and her siblings as a single mother.
- Bishnu Thapa
Jan 31, 2024 · NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Chita Rivera, the musical theater legend and multiple Tony winner who created the role of Puerto Rican firebrand Anita on Broadway in "West Side Story" and other...
Jan 31, 2024 · Pedro Julio was born in 1899. Pedro Julio Figueroa del Rivero was the son of Modesto Figueroa Maldonado and Aurora del Rivero. Pedro Julio Figueroa married Katherine Anderson December 23, 1922, in the District of Columbia, USA.
- Male
- April 12, 1899
- Katherine (Anderson) Figueroa Del Rivero
- February 5, 1940
Jan 30, 2024 · Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero Anderson was born on January 23, 1933 in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Katherine (Anderson) and Pedro Julio Figueroa del Rivero. She trained...
- Nicole Rosky
Jan 30, 2024 · Her father, Pedro, a Puerto Rican sax player, died of cancer when she was 7. Her Irish mother, Katherine Anderson del Rivero, raised her.
Jan 30, 2024 · Jan. 30, 2024. Chita Rivera grew up to be a Broadway queen, but you can’t leave out that she was a ballet kid. Her training began after a botched jump at her family home in Washington, D.C. Rivera...
