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I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before.
Chita Rivera
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Chita Rivera
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: January 23
Actress
Dancer
Film Actor
Singer
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Washington
District of Columbia
Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero
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My neighborhood was a great neighborhood it was filled with all sorts of ethnic groups and things. So I grew up thinking I was a human being.
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I never like the way I look. I don't. I never look at myself.
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Mother loved dance so much that she thought (ballerina) Margot Fonteyn should be the president.
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