Sonia Manzano, known to fans as Maria on the acclaimed children’s “Sesame Street,” has announced she will retire from the show after 44 years. In 1971, Sonia Manzano was in her early 20s. She was a junior in college, studying acting. She had just gone back home to New York for her first gig, which was a role in an off-Broadway musical called Godspell. While she was there, she auditioned for another part. The 65-year-old actress said this season of the long-running PBS show would be her last while speaking at the American Library Association Annual Conference earlier this week. Manzano first joined “Sesame Street” in 1971. A production of the musical “Godspell” brought her to New York, where one of her first auditions was for the role of Maria.Īlso Read: 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Gets 'Sesame Street' Parody Promoting Healthy Eating She eventually became a writer for the show in addition acting. She has won 15 Emmy awards as part of the show’s writing staff. She has also been a regular contributor to the Sesame Workshop blog and wrote a children’s book called “No Dogs Allowed.” Sonia Manzano played Maria on Sesame Street for over 40 years, becoming a household name in the U.S. and a trailblazing Latina in the burgeoning public television landscape. Manzano has also appeared in episode’s of the 1970’s TV show “BJ and the Bear,” as well as “Law & Order” and more recently, its spinoff “Law & Order: SVU” as Judge Gloria Pepitone.
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