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Sonia Manzano

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American television personality

United StatesActorsBorn 1950 · age 76
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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.

Photos 1

Filmography 40

Death Wish1974 · ★ 6.9
Godmothered2020 · ★ 6.7
The Muppets Take Manhattan1984 · ★ 6.6
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland1999 · ★ 6.3
Follow That Bird1985 · ★ 6.4
The Casagrandes Movie2024
The Guitar2008 · ★ 5.5
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story2015
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street2021
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street1978
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas1996
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration2019
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!1998
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art1983
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol2006
A Special Sesame Street Christmas1978
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!1994
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days2021
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration1993
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie1988
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!1990
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo1994
Sesame Street: Fiesta!1997
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On2022
Night-Flowers1979
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!1993
Sesame Street: Sing Along1987
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play1999
Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse2002
Sesame Street: The Alphabet Jungle Game1998
Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party
Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets Lost2003
Barney's Campfire Sing-Along1990
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days2010
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?2004
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street1979
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!2015
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories1986
Getting Ready to Read1992
STREET SMART: Lessons from a TV Icon2025

58 credits on file

Television 6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999
Law & Order1990
Sesame Street1969
Alma's Way2021
The George Lucas Talk Show: Live
Barney and the Backyard Gang1988

Awards 1

2013Américas Award

Connected to Sonia 6

Jessica MauboyAlso in Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! (2015)Bill IrwinAlso in Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019)Julia Louis-DreyfusAlso in Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)Caroline KennedyAlso in Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)Jim HensonAlso in Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)Julie KavnerAlso in Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration (1993)

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
living
Dates
Born 1950 · age 76
Written about in
15 languages

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