Chita Rivera
Awards

Chita Rivera

Section Title: Awards
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Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result

1961	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical	Bye Bye Birdie	Nominated

1976	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical	Chicago	Nominated

1981	Bring Back Birdie	Nominated

Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Nominated

1983	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical	Merlin	Nominated

1984	The Rink	Won

Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Won

1986	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical	Jerry's Girls	Nominated

1993	Kiss of the Spider Woman	Won

Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Won

2002	Kennedy Center Honors	Kennedy Center Honors	Herself	Won

2003	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical	Nine	Nominated

Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	Nominated

2006	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical	Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life	Nominated

2015	The Visit	Nominated

Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Nominated

Drama League Award	Distinguished Performance	Won

Theatre World Award	John Willis Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.	Herself	Won

2018	Tony Awards	Lifetime Achievement in Theatre	Won

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In 1984, Chita Rivera won the Tony Award for The Rink.

final_sentence: In 1984, Chita Rivera won the Tony Award for The Rink.