biography
pronunciation:
[rivayra]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1933– )
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| biography:
| Actress and dancer, born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. At age 16 she won a scholarship to Balanchine's School of American Ballet in New York City, made her professional debut in Call me Madam (1952), and had her first important part in Guys and Dolls (1953). Perhaps her best-known role was as Anita in West Side Story (1957). Already twice nominated for a Tony, she won the award for the first time for The Rink, in which she co-starred with Liza Minnelli (1984), though many considered her finest role to be in the Broadway production of Kiss of the Spider Woman (1992). |
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