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Jan 30, 2024 · Chita Rivera had one child, Lisa Mordente, whom she welcomed in 1958 before her death in January 2024. Here’s everything to know about Chita Rivera’s daughter.
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Jan 30, 2024 · Actress Chita Rivera welcomed one daughter, Lisa Mordente, with her ex-husband, Tony Mordente. The Broadway star's death was announced in January 2024.
Jan 30, 2024 · Lisa Mordente is the only child of legendary Broadway performer Chita Rivera. Amid news of Chita's death, here's what to know about her daughter.
Jan 30, 2024 · Chita Rivera, who appeared in more than 20 Broadway musicals over six decades, has died, according to her daughter, Lisa Mordente. The three-time Tony Award-winning Broadway legend created...
Born in the Long Island village of New Hyde Park, to choreographer and television director Tony Mordente and actress/dancer Chita Rivera (her birth postponed her mother's opening in the West End production of West Side Story), Mordente made her Broadway debut opposite Alexis Smith in the short-lived 1978 musical Platinum.
Rivera was one of five children. Rivera was seven years old when her mother was widowed and went to work at The Pentagon. In 1944, Rivera's mother enrolled her in the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet (now the Jones Haywood School of Dance).
Jan 30, 2024 · Ms. Rivera and her daughter Lisa Mordente provide colorful stories and rare insight into what it was like to grow up inside a musical family and on a Broadway stage.
