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• The American actress was born on January 23, 1933, in Washington, DC, United States of America. Her birth name is Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero Anderson.
• Chita was born to her parents, Pedro Julio Figueroa del Rivero and Katherine Anderson. Katherine was a government clerk, whereas Pedro was a clarinetist and saxophonist for the United States Navy Band.
• Rivera was enrolled in the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet in 1944 by her mother.
• She was one of two pupils chosen to audition in New York City when an instructor from ‘s School of American Ballet later visited their studio when she was fifteen.
• The American national went to the 1951 Call Me Madam casting call with a friend, and she was selected for the lead part opposite Elaine Stritch.