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I love the theater because the theater is alive. The audience is right there.

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
Theater
Alive
Audience
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I never feel as though I'm ever, ever alone.
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Mother loved dance so much that she thought (ballerina) Margot Fonteyn should be the president.
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I have a blessed life. I really do. I have a great family, a great daughter, I love life, I love living, I love people. I love all the blessings that God's given me.
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San Francisco has just blown us all away. I also understand Angels in America didn't do well there.
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