Sonia Manzano
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A native of the South Bronx whose parents emigrated from Puerto Rico, she began performing at the High School of Performing Arts before earning a scholarship to Carnegie Mellon University and joining the original off-Broadway cast of Godspell. Her career is most closely associated with the long-running role of Maria on Sesame Street, a part she inhabited from 1971 until her 2015 retirement, later…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
