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I'm bugged because I can't believe I can't speak every language there is. But I feel I can when I sit and am with somebody, and I can dance for them. Because dance is dialogue without language.
Chita Rivera
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Chita Rivera
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: January 23
Actress
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Washington
District of Columbia
Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero
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