Sonia Manzano

Jun 12, 1950 (75 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

Sonia Manzano is an actress and writer, known for Sesame Street (1969), Follow That Bird (1985) and Firepower (1979). She has been married to Richard Reagan since 1986. They have one child.

Known For

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Gloria Pepitone

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Law & Order

Barbara Benitez

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Sesame Street

Maria Figueroa Rodriguez

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Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days

Self

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Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

Maria (uncredited) (archive footage)

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STREET SMART: Lessons from a TV Icon

Self

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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Self

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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

Maria

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Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Maria

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A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

Maria (archive footage) (uncredited)

Credits

Getting Ready to Read Future

Maria

★ NR
Sesame Street: Big Bird's Favorite Party Games Future

Maria

★ NR
Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party Future

Herself

★ 9
STREET SMART: Lessons from a TV Icon 2025

Self

★ NR
The Casagrandes Movie 2024

Rosa (voice)

★ 7
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On 2022

Self

★ 8
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days 2021

Self

★ 6.5
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street 2021

Self

★ 7.5
Godmothered 2020

Opal

★ 6.7
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration 2019

Maria

★ 9.3
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story 2015

Self

★ 7.4
Sesame Street: Elmo's Super Numbers 2014

★ NR
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures 2011

★ NR
Sesame Street: C Is for Cookie Monster 2010

★ NR
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days 2010

Maria (uncredited) (archive footage)

★ NR
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol 2006

Maria (archive footage)

★ 6.8
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? 2004

Maria

★ NR
Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse 2002

Maria

★ 10
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland 1999

Maria

★ 6.4
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999

Gloria Pepitone

★ 7.9
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play 1999

Maria (archive footage)

★ NR
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! 1998

Maria

★ 5.8
Sesame Street: The Alphabet Jungle Game 1998

Maria Rodriguez (voiceover)

★ 6
Sesame Street: Fiesta! 1997

Maria Rodriguez

★ 5.7
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas 1996

Maria

★ 5.9
Baby Balloon 1995

Narrator (voice)

★ NR
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! 1994

Maria

★ 7
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo 1994

Maria Rodriguez

★ 7.5
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration 1993

Maria Rodriguez

★ 6
Law & Order 1990

Barbara Benitez

★ 7.4
Barney's Campfire Sing-Along 1990

Tina's mom

★ 6
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! 1990

Maria

★ 6
Barney and the Backyard Gang 1989

Tina's mom

★ NR
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie 1988

Maria

★ 6
Sesame Street: Sing Along 1987

Maria

★ 6
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories 1986

Maria Rodriguez

★ NR
Follow That Bird 1985

Maria

★ 6.4
The Muppets Take Manhattan 1984

Customer at Sardi's

★ 6.6
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1983

Maria

★ 6.5
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street 1979

Maria (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ NR
Night-Flowers 1979

Galicia

★ NR
A Special Sesame Street Christmas 1978

Maria

★ 6
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street 1978

Maria

★ 7.3
Sesame Street at Night? 1977

Maria (archive footage)

★ NR
Death Wish 1974

Grocery Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Sesame Street 1969

Maria Figueroa Rodriguez

★ 7.1