Long before “Sesame Street” premiered, Sonia Manzano lived there — minus the Muppets. Manzano spent 44 years on the beloved children’s show as Maria, joining two years after its 1969 debut that showed ...

After 44 years as the loveable Maria on Sesame Street, Sonia Manzano thought she was finally ready to move to a quieter, non-puppet inhabited neighborhood where she could spend her days writing ...

Sonia Manzano is a legend of kids TV. She got her big break in 1971, as a junior at Carnegie Mellon. Sonia had gone back home to New York for her first gig in an off-Broadway play. While she was there ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s no exaggeration to say that Sonia Manzano has been a source of inspiration to millions of children. The actress began playing ...

Sonia Manzano — known to multiple generations as Maria on “Sesame Street” — confesses that there was flirtatious chemistry between her character and Oscar the Grouch. “That’s absolutely true,” she ...

Sonia Manzano is a legend of kids TV. She got her big break in 1971, as a junior at Carnegie Mellon. Sonia had gone back home to New York for her first gig in an off-Broadway play. While she was there ...

S is for Sonia. Sonia Manzano, that is. You might know her better as Maria, the character she played on "Sesame Street" for 44 years. CAROLL SPINNEY: (As Big Bird) Hi, Maria. MANZANO: (As Maria) Ready ...

Sonia Manzano has spent the past 44 years of her career on Sesame Street as Maria, but that is all coming to an end. During a recent appearance at the American Library Association’s annual conference, ...

Sonia Manzano is transporting these middle schoolers back in time to her childhood. "Is Ma right? Am I always daydreaming?" she said. She is reading from her memoir "Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in ...

“Sesame Street” is about to be less A-OK. Sonia Manzano, who has played the role of Maria on the groundbreaking kid show since 1971, is retiring. Manzano, 65, broke the news earlier this week at the ...

It's the end of an era for "Sesame Street": Sonia Manzano--Maria for more than four decades--is retiring from the beloved children's program. News of Manzano's departure arrived in the form of a tweet ...