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Sonia Manzano

American television personality · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1950 · age 76

Sonia Manzano is an American actress, writer and speaker. She is best known for playing Maria on Sesame Street from 1971 to 2015. She received a Lifetime Achievement Daytime Emmy Award in 2016.

Sonia Manzano is read about 168 times a day, in 15 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 110 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2024The Casagrandes MovieFilm, Rosa (voice)2021Alma's WaySeries, Creator, ProducerSesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny DaysFilm, 20212019Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary CelebrationFilm, Maria2013Américas AwardAward2011Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor AdventuresFilm2006A Sesame Street Christmas CarolFilm, Maria (archive footage)2003Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets LostFilm, Maria1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries, Gloria PepitoneThe Adventures of Elmo in GrouchlandFilm, 1999Maria1997Sesame Street: Fiesta!Film, Maria Rodriguez1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!Film, Maria1990Law & OrderSeries, Barbara BenitezBarney's Campfire Sing-AlongFilm, 1990Tina's mom1988Barney and the Backyard GangSeries, Tina's mom1987Sesame Street: Sing AlongFilm, Maria1984The Muppets Take ManhattanFilm, Customer at Sardi's1979A Walking Tour of Sesame StreetFilm, Maria (archive footage) (uncredited)1974Death WishFilm, Grocery Clerk (uncredited)1969Sesame StreetSeries, Writer1950Born12 June 1950

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  • The Casagrandes Movie 2024
  • Death Wish 1974
  • Godmothered 2020
  • The Muppets Take Manhattan 1984
  • Follow That Bird 1985

Filmography 40

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Television 6

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Awards

Américas Award2013

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Type
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Born 1950 · age 76

In the same film or series as Sonia

Jessica MauboyAlso in Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! (2015)Maya AngelouAlso in Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas (1996)Caroline KennedyAlso in Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)Bill IrwinAlso in Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019)Olympia DukakisAlso in Death Wish (1974)Jillian BellAlso in Godmothered (2020)